Professor in EEB
Biography
I use mathematical modeling to explore the behavior, evolution, and control of complex systems with application areas ranging from basic science (evolutionary sociobiology and epidemiology) to deployable tools (biosurveillance, cyber-security, and wildlife conservation).
Research
- Mathematical Biology
- Epidemiology & BioSecurity
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- Evolution and Stability of Social-Behavioral Systems
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- Self-organizing Adaptive Complex Systems
- Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Network Theory
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- Distributed Anomaly Detection
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- Applied Algebraic Topology
Education
Ph.D., Tufts University
Contact Information
- 447 Hesler Biology Building
- E-mail: nfefferm@utk.edu
- Personal Website
- ORCID Profile
- Elements Profile