Neil Nicholson

Neil Nicholson is a Professor of the Practice in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame, part of the College of Science. He holds a B.A. from Lake Forest College (2002) and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (2007). His research focuses on collaborative undergraduate projects across diverse mathematical fields, with primary interests in topology (knot theory, knot invariants, and piecewise linear knots) and secondary interests in algorithmic music writing, graph theory, computational geometry, and math education. He has published works in mathematics education and interdisciplinary journals, including a textbook on proof techniques and studies on service-learning impacts. Nicholson advises undergraduate research in areas bridging pure mathematics and applied computational methods. His office is located in 146 Hayes-Healy Bldg.