Anna C. Nelson
she/her
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
University of New Mexico
My field of research is mathematical biology, and I am primarily interested in simulating, modeling, and analyzing mechanistic mathematical models of neurological and physiological phenomena. In particular, I develop and use tools in dynamical systems, statistical physics, and stochastic processes to understand how polymerization impacts physiological processes like blood clot formation and neuronal injury.
I am an Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of New Mexico. Prior to UNM, I was a Phillip Griffiths and William W. Elliott Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Duke University, where my mentor was Veronica Ciocanel. I completed my Ph.D. in mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah under the supervision of Aaron L. Fogelson.
Outside of mathematics, I enjoy disc golf, hiking, baking, traveling, and playing/directing handbells.
Upcoming Activities
- July 2025, Organizer and contributed speaker, SMB Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB
- August 2025, Organizer and invited speaker, Joint SIAM/CAIMS Annual Meeting, Montréal, QC
- October 2025, Participant, AIM SQuaRE for reasearch collaboration, Pasadena, CA
Recent Activities
May 2025, Invited speaker, SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Denver, COApril 2025, Invited speaker, Montana State University Applied Math Seminar, Bozeman, MT
March 2025, Invited speaker, AMS Spring Southereastern Sectional Meeting, Clemson, SC
January 2025, Invited participant ICERM Workshop on Patterns, Dynamics, and Data in Complex Systems, Providence, RI
January 2025, Co-organizer and invited speaker, Joint Mathematics Meeting, Seattle, WA
November 2024, Invited participant, NITMB Workshop on Random Dynamical Systems, with applications in biology, Chicago, IL
October 2024, Participant, AIM SQuaRE for research collaboration, Pasadena, CA
July 2024, Co-organizer and invited speaker, SIAM Annual Meeting 2024, Spokane, WA
May 2024, Invited speaker, Biology and Medicine through Mathematics, Richmond, VA
April 2024, Invited speaker, UNC Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Chapel Hill, NC
April 2024, Plenary speaker, Plenary speaker, Math For All, Clemson, SC
March 2024, Invited speaker, VCU Biomath Seminar, Richmond, VA
January 2024, Invited speaker, Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Francisco, CA
November 2023, Invited speaker, NC State Biomathematics Seminar, Raleigh NC
November 2023, Poster presenter, TriCAMs, Durham NC
October 2023, Invited speaker, UPenn MathBio Seminar, Philadelphia PA
September 2023, Co-organizer and invited speaker, AWM Research Symposium 2023, Atlanta GA
August 2023, Co-organizer and invited speaker, ICIAM 2023, Tokyo JP
August 2023, Co-organizer and invited speaker, MAA MathFest 2023 , Tampa FL
July 2023, Invited speaker, Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting, Columbus OH
June 2023, Invited participant, AMS MRC on Complex Social Systems, Java Center NY
May 2023, Contributed speaker, SIAM Dynamical Systems 2023, Portland OR
April 2023, Invited speaker, AMS Spring Central Sectional Meeting 2023, Cincinnati OH