Nina Fefferman

Nina H. Fefferman (born December 20, 1978) is an American mathematical modeler and theoretical biologist. Her research uses mathematical modeling to explore the behavior, evolution, and control of complex systems with application in areas from basic science (evolutionary sociobiology  and epidemiology) to direct real-world applications (bio-security, cyber-security, bio-inspired design, and wildlife conservation). She studies how individual behaviors can affect an entire population, frequently focusing on a networks approach. She has written over 150  peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters and been funded by a diversity  of US governmental agencies and private foundations throughout her career.

Fefferman is the founding director and PI of the US NSF Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion (APPEX) and also serves as the director of the National Institute for Modeling Biological Systems (NIMBioS) (previously the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis). Both of these organizations are based at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where Fefferman is also a professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Mathematics.