Professor
Rutgers University
Professor Fefferman is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and is also an active member of the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS). She also serves as the Co-Director of the Tufts University Initiative for the Forecasting and Modeling of Infectious Disease (InForMID). She is the author of over 30 academic papers and edited volumes, has been the PI on multiple funded research studies, and her work has been the focus of international media attention in television, radio, and print media. Prof. Fefferman uses mathematical modeling to examine how behavior and societal organization can impact the spread of infectious disease and what insights can be gained from systems in the natural world for application in areas of public health, bio-defense, and pandemic preparedness. Her lab also works to produce novel mathematical techniques for outbreak detection and spatial modeling for health risk assessment. Fefferman has been an active member of CCICADA (the Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis; a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence), and has consulted for the National Defense University, DARPA, and multiple private companies. She received her Ph.D. in biology from Tufts University in 2004, her MS in mathematics from Rutgers University in 2001, and her AB in mathematics from Princeton University in 1999.