Professional Trajectory
- 2023-present: Professor at California State University San Marcos.
- 2018-2023: Associate Professor at California State University San Marcos.
- 2013-2018: Assistant Professor at California State University San Marcos.
- 2012-2013: Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Minnesota.
- 2009-2012: Assistant Research Professor at Duke University.
- 2009: PhD in Mathematics, Ohio State University.
- 2004: MS in Physics, Ohio State University.
Recent Travel
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Research in Teams Workshop:
Mathematical foundations of chemical computing,
Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff, Canada, March 2026.
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Chemical Reaction Networks in Hawaiʻi 2026 (CRNT2026),
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, May 17–22, 2026.
(Invited keynote: Computing with reaction networks: input-independent speed and rate-constant-independent accuracy.)
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14th European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology (ECMTB 2026),
University of Graz, Austria, July 13–17, 2026.
(Organizing two minisymposia jointly with Jinsu Kim and Tung Nguyen:
Mathematical Foundations of Biochemical Computing and
Molecular Computing: Theory and Implementations.
Talk: Reliable computing with reaction networks with unknown or variable rate constants.)
Research interests:
- Theory and applications of biochemical reaction networks
- Mathematical foundations of reaction network based computers
Research Publications
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David F. Anderson, Badal Joshi, and Tung D. Nguyen.
Computing with reaction networks at input-independent speed: exponential and logarithmic functions,
arXiv preprint (2026).
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi and Tung D. Nguyen.
Bifunctional enzyme action as a source of robustness in biochemical reaction networks: a novel hypergraph approach,
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 23, 20250252 (2025).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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David F. Anderson and Badal Joshi.
Chemical mass-action systems as analog computers: implementing arithmetic computations at specified speed,
Theoretical Computer Science, Volume 1025, 114983 (2025).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi and Tung D. Nguyen.
Bifunctional enzyme provides absolute concentration robustness in multisite covalent modification networks,
Journal of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 88, 36 (2024).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Mainak Patel and Badal Joshi.
Development of the sleep-wake switch in rats during the P2-P21 early infancy period,
Frontiers in Network Physiology: Networks in Sleep and Circadian Systems, Vol. 3, (2023).
[doi]
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Badal Joshi and Gheorghe Craciun.
Power-engine-load form for dynamic absolute concentration robustness,
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 83, Iss. 6, (2023).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi, Nidhi Kaihnsa, Tung D. Nguyen, and Anne Shiu.
Prevalence of multistationarity and absolute concentration robustness in reaction networks,
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 83, Iss. 6, (2023).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi and Gheorghe Craciun.
Reaction Network Motifs for Static and Dynamic Absolute Concentration Robustness,
SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 501-526, (2023).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi and Gheorghe Craciun.
Foundations of Static and Dynamic Absolute Concentration Robustness,
Journal of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 85, 53 (2022).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Daniele Cappelletti and Badal Joshi.
Transition graph decomposition for complex balanced reaction networks with non-mass-action kinetics,
Stochastic methods for biological systems, special issue of Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Vol. 19, Issue 8, (2022).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Gheorghe Craciun, Badal Joshi, Casian Pantea, and Ike Tan.
Multistationarity in cyclic sequestration-transmutation networks,
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 84:65 (2022).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Gheorghe Craciun, Abhishek Deshpande, Badal Joshi, and Polly Y. Yu.
Autocatalytic recombination systems: A reaction network perspective,
Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 345, 108784 (2022).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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David F. Anderson, Badal Joshi, and Abhishek Deshpande.
On reaction network implementations of neural networks,
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 18, Issue 177 (April 2021).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi and Gheorghe Craciun.
Autocatalytic Networks: An Intimate Relation between Network Topology and Dynamics,
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 81, Issue 4, pp. 1623-1644 (August 2021).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Stefan Müller and Badal Joshi.
Detailed balance = complex balance + cycle balance: A graph-theoretic proof for reaction networks and Markov chains,
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 82, Article number: 116 (September 2020).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Daniele Cappelletti and Badal Joshi.
Graphically balanced equilibria and stationary measures of reaction networks,
SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 2146-2175 (August 2018).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Mainak Patel and Badal Joshi.
Deterministic Stability Regimes and Noise-Induced Quasistable Behavior in a Pair of Reciprocally Inhibitory Neurons,
Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 441, pp. 68-83 (March 2018).
[doi]
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Badal Joshi and Anne Shiu.
Which small reaction networks are multistationary?,
SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 802-833 (April 2017).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Mainak Patel and Badal Joshi.
Modeling the Evolving Oscillatory Dynamics of the Rat Locus Coeruleus Through Early Infancy,
Brain Research, Vol. 1618, pp. 181-193 (August 2015).
[doi]
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Badal Joshi and Anne Shiu.
A survey of methods for deciding whether a reaction network is multistationary,
Chemical Dynamics special issue of Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 47-67 (August 2015).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi.
A detailed balanced reaction network is sufficient but not necessary for its Markov chain to be detailed balanced,
Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, Vol. 20, pp. 1077-1105 (June 2015).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Runjing Liu*, Mainak Patel, and Badal Joshi.
Encoding Whisker Deflection Velocity within the Rodent Barrel Cortex using Phase-Delayed Inhibition,
Journal of Computational Neuroscience, Vol. 37, pp. 387-401 (December 2014).
[doi]
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Mainak Patel and Badal Joshi.
Switching mechanisms and bout times in a pair of reciprocally inhibitory neurons,
Journal of Computational Neuroscience, Vol. 36, pp. 177-191 (February 2014).
[doi]
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Mainak Patel and Badal Joshi.
Decoding synchronized oscillations within the brain: phase-delayed inhibition provides a robust mechanism for creating a sharp synchrony filter,
Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 334, pp. 13-25 (October 2013).
[doi]
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Badal Joshi and Mainak Patel.
Encoding with synchrony: phase-delayed inhibition allows for reliable and specific stimulus detection,
Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 328, pp. 26-32 (July 2013).
[doi]
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Badal Joshi.
Complete characterization by multistationarity of fully open networks with one non-flow reaction,
Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 219, Iss. 12, pp. 6931-6945 (February 2013).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi and Anne Shiu.
Atoms of multistationarity in chemical reaction networks,
Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 153-178 (2013).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi and Anne Shiu.
Simplifying the Jacobian criterion for precluding multistationarity in chemical reaction networks,
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 857-876 (2012).
[doi]
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi.
Order of magnitude time-reversible Markov chains and characterization of clustering processes (2011).
[arXiv]
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Badal Joshi.
A doubly stochastic Poisson process for wake-sleep cycling, Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University (2009).
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Andrew Gall, Badal Joshi, Janet Best, Virginia R. Florang, Jonathan A. Doorn, and Mark Blumberg.
Developmental emergence of power-law wake behavior depends upon the functional integrity of the Locus Coeruleus,
Sleep, Vol. 32, No. 7 (2009).
[doi]
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Badal Joshi, Xueying Wang, Sayanti Banerjee, Haiyan Tian, Anastasios Matzavinos, and Mark A.J. Chaplain.
On immunotherapies and cancer vaccination protocols: A mathematical modelling approach,
Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 259, No. 4, pp. 820-827 (August 2009).
[doi]