Nick Trefethen

Nick Trefethen
FRS
Nick Trefethen FRS
Born	Lloyd Nicholas Trefethen; 30 August 1955
Alma mater	Harvard University; Stanford University;
Known for	Embree–Trefethen constant
Spouses	; Anne Trefethen (née Daman) (m. 1988⁠–⁠2008) Kate McLoughlin (m. 2011)
Children	one son, one daughter
Awards	Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis (1985); FRS (2005); IMA Gold Medal (2010);
	Scientific career
Fields	Numerical analysis
Institutions	University of Oxford; New York University; MIT; Cornell University;
Thesis	Wave Propagation and Stability for Finite Difference Schemes (1982)
Doctoral advisor	Joseph E. Oliger
Doctoral students	Alan Edelman
Website	people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen

Lloyd Nicholas Trefethen FRS (born 30 August 1955) is an American mathematician, professor of numerical analysis and until 2023 head of the Numerical Analysis Group at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. He was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.

Nick Trefethen FRS
Born	Lloyd Nicholas Trefethen (1955-08-30) 30 August 1955
Alma mater	Harvard University Stanford University
Known for	Embree–Trefethen constant
Spouses	Anne Trefethen (née Daman) (m. 1988⁠–⁠2008) Kate McLoughlin (m. 2011)
Children	one son, one daughter
Awards	Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis (1985) FRS (2005) IMA Gold Medal (2010)
Scientific career
Fields	Numerical analysis
Institutions	University of Oxford New York University MIT Cornell University
Thesis	Wave Propagation and Stability for Finite Difference Schemes (1982)
Doctoral advisor	Joseph E. Oliger
Doctoral students	Alan Edelman

Website	people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen