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Nancy Jane Kopell is a distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Boston University, holding the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor title since 2009, the first woman to achieve this honor at BU. She earned her B.S. from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining BU in 1986, she held positions at MIT and Northeastern University, where she became a full professor in 1978.
Her research focuses on mathematical modeling of neural networks, particularly oscillatory systems in vertebrate and invertebrate nervous systems. She co-directs the Center for BioDynamics (CBD), a multidisciplinary initiative training students in dynamical systems theory applied to biology and engineering. Her work bridges mathematics and neuroscience, analyzing how network properties emerge from cellular interactions.
Key achievements include the MacArthur Fellowship (1990), election to the National Academy of Sciences (1996), and the William Goodwin Aurelio Professorship (2000). Her publications span over 80 papers, emphasizing dynamical systems, nonlinear oscillations, and applications in neuroscience.
