Nilima Nigam

Nilima Nigam is a Professor of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University (SFU), part of the Department of Mathematics within the Faculty of Science. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Delaware (1999). Her research focuses on numerical analysis of partial differential equations (PDEs), computational electromagnetics, mathematical physiology, and biomechanics. She is also actively involved in interdisciplinary projects, such as modeling muscle-tendon complexes and spectral geometry problems.

Nigam serves on editorial boards for journals like the SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing and Mathematics-in-Industry Case Studies. She supervises graduate and undergraduate students in applied mathematics, with a focus on structure-preserving discretizations, computational biology, and spectral problems.

Her work includes collaborations with researchers in biomechanics, notably with James Wakeling in studying muscle mechanics and energy dynamics. She has mentored numerous students through programs like the SFU Department of Mathematics USRA competition. Her teaching spans advanced courses in numerical analysis, PDEs, and mathematical physics.