Archive · 9 Dec 2025
IIITH Researchers Use Math to Explain Living Systems Patterns
Scientists at IIITH are using math to understand how living things behave.
They study how different parts of nature, like animals and chemicals, interact and change over time.
For example, they looked at what happened when wolves were brought back to Yellowstone Park.
They found that the wolves helped balance the ecosystem by controlling the number of elk, which in turn helped trees and rivers.
The researchers also study how chemical reactions can act like tiny computers.
They believe this math can help us in medicine, protecting nature, and making new technology.
Their work has been published in important science journals, and one of their students even got a special award for his research.
IIITH researchers use reaction networks and dynamical systems to study patterns in living systems.
Prof. Abhishek Deshpande's work includes studying the Yellowstone ecosystem's balance after wolf reintroduction.
Research demonstrates how one family of reaction networks can be embedded within another.
Studies explore chemical interactions behaving like computing systems, potentially rethinking computation methods.
Research on origin of life models and homeostasis reveals how molecular networks persist and maintain stability.
- Who
- Researchers at IIITH, led by Prof. Abhishek Deshpande
- What
- Using mathematical models to study hidden patterns in living systems
- When
- Ongoing research with recent publications
- Where
- International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH)
- Why
- To understand and explain complex behaviors in ecosystems and biochemical interactions
- Institution
- International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH)
- Research Focus
- Reaction networks and dynamical systems in living systems
- Key Researcher
- Prof. Abhishek Deshpande
- Example Study
- Yellowstone wolf reintroduction and ecosystem balance
- Published Journals
- SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, Mathematical Biosciences, Journal of Mathematical Biology
- Notable Collaboration
- Samay Kothari, Jiaxin Jin, Amey Choudhary
- Funding
- IndiaAI fellowship for Amey Choudhary