B.S. in Mathematics, Bulent Ecevit University, Turkey 

M.S. in Mathematics Education, Marmara University, Turkey 

M.S. in Mathematics, Texas Tech University, USA 

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Texas Tech University, USA 

Dr. Lale Asik completed her B.S. in Mathematics at Bulent Ecevit University before pursuing graduate study in Mathematics Education at Marmara University. Her academic journey took an important turn when she received a competitive government scholarship from Turkey's Ministry of National Education, allowing her to move to the United States to pursue advanced studies at Texas Tech University, where she earned both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics. 

Before joining Wenzhou-Kean University, Dr. Asik spent several years as Assistant Professor of Computational Mathematics at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in San Antonio, Texas. Her commitment to teaching was recognized with the UIW Provost's Legacy in Teaching Award in both 2022 and 2025. 

With over fourteen years of teaching experience spanning K-12 through university levels, Dr. Asik has been active in curriculum design, student advising, and faculty development. Her professional development reflects a commitment to innovation in higher education, with a focus on artificial intelligence in mathematics education. 

Beyond her teaching, Dr. Asik has become involved in the professional mathematics community through her service work. She organizes special sessions at national and international conferences, reviews manuscripts for leading journals, and evaluates research proposals for funding organizations. Her commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in mathematics is perhaps most evident in her national-level service with the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), where she serves on both the Student Chapters Awards Selection Committee and the M. Gweneth Humphreys Award Committee. As an active member of SIAM, AMS, SMB, and MAA, she supports initiatives that promote research collaboration and professional development across the mathematical sciences.

Dr. Asik's research in Mathematical Biology focuses on providing quantitative and qualitative improvements in the predictive power of theoretical and computational population ecology. She uses dynamical systems theory and tools to develop, analyze, and interpret mathematical models of biological systems, spanning the fields of ecology, toxicology, and epidemiology. Working with her collaborators, she has investigated population dynamics and nutrient cycling across trophic levels, as well as the spread of infectious diseases in various biological contexts. 

Calculus I

Biostatistics & Computational Analysis

Saucedo, O., Laubmeier, A., Tang, T., Levy, B., Asik, L., Pollington, T., Prosper Feldman, O. (2024). Comparative analysis of practical identifiability methods for an SEIR model. AIMS Mathematics, 9(9), 24722–24761. https://doi.org/10.3934/math.20241204 

  Van de Waal, D.B., White, L.A., Everett, R., Asik, L., et al. (2023). Reconciling contrasting effects of nitrogen on host immunity and pathogen transmission using stoichiometric models. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4170 

  Seabloom, E.W., Peace, A., Asik, L., et al. (2023). Dead or alive: carbon as a currency to integrate disease and ecosystem ecology theory. Oikos. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09880 

  Borer, E.T., Paseka, R.E., Peace, A., Asik, L., et al. (2022). Disease-mediated nutrient dynamics: Coupling host–pathogen interactions with ecosystem elements and energy. Ecological Monographs, 92(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1510