Duane C. Harris received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Arizona State University in 2018 and his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Arizona State University in 2023. Before joining Lawrence Technological University, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he worked in the Theoretical Biology and Biophysics group.

His research focuses on the development and analysis of partial differential equation models to study biological systems. He is particularly interested in how spatial structure, diffusion, and nonlinear interactions influence population and disease dynamics. His recent work includes reaction–diffusion models describing tumor invasion and ecological pattern formation, as well as studies of parameter sensitivity and stability in models of glioblastoma growth.