Dr. Nawal H. Siddig
Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and BiomathematicsPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh
I build mathematical models of disease spread, blood flow and hearing, and I teach them to science and medical students.
Mathematics in the service of life and medical science
Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Biomathematics and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. Her work joins mathematical modelling with the biological and medical sciences, published in international peer-reviewed journals, and she brings long experience in modern teaching methods, e-learning and curriculum design.
PhD in Biomathematics, University of Khartoum, in collaboration with King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh
Modelling biological systems
Equations that describe what happens inside the body, from blood flow in arteries to fluid waves in the cochlea.
Disease dynamics
Compartmental models that forecast epidemics such as COVID-19 and leishmaniasis, and measure the effect of quarantine and control.
Mathematics in medicine
Analysis and computer simulation that serve clinicians and health-science researchers.
Analysis and simulation
Numerical, probabilistic and fractional methods to solve models and test how they behave.
My mission
Teaching and research that join mathematics with biology and medicine, and build critical thinking and scientific inquiry in students.
Teaching
A Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, an e-course designer, and founder of the MSc in Biomathematics and Epidemiological Forecasting.
Research and invention
Work on epidemics, cochlear mechanics and blood flow, two books published in 2026, and intellectual property in three countries.
University teaching across Saudi Arabia and Sudan
From Ahfad and Future University in Sudan to Princess Nourah University in Riyadh, where she now leads a new master's programme.
- Current
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University
- Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics
- Founder and Director of the MSc in Biomathematics and Epidemiological Forecasting
- Electronic course designer, Math100
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Arab Development Institute
- Lecturer
- Omdurman, Sudan
Ahfad University for Women
- Assistant Professor of Mathematics
- Coordinator of Mathematics
- Initiator of Mathematics for Biology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Latest published research
- 2025
Optimizing quarantine in pandemic control: a multi-stage SEIQR modeling approach to COVID-19 transmission dynamics
BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 25, issue 1, BioMed Central
- 2025
Mathematical modeling of cochlear mechanics and disorder
Alexandria Engineering Journal, vol. 123, pp. 448-459, Elsevier
- 2025
Simulation of the Oxytactic Microorganisms and Thermo Bioconvection in Darcy-Forchheimer Flow of Ternary Hybrid Nanofluid Through an Inclined Rotating Disk
Journal of Nanofluids, vol. 14, issue 1, pp. 69-84, American Scientific Publishers
Two books published in 2026
Advancing Chaos
World Scientific Publishing Company, 2026
Mathematics for Bioscience Students
Xoffencer International Publication, 2026
Intellectual property in three countries
- 26 March 2026
Lever Powered Manual Wheelchair
Intellectual Property Office, United Kingdom (design no. 6513507)
- 27 January 2026
Compartmental Modeling Approach to Vertical Leishmaniasis
Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Canada
- July 2025
Mathematical Methods for 2 and 6-DOF Robot Arms
Intellectual Property India
International recognition for her research and teaching
Best Paper Award
Biomathematics and Bioscience, IEEE ISBI
2025
Best Researcher Award
5th International Research Awards on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, India
19 April 2023
Outstanding Scientist Award
11th International Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine, Kolkata, India
17-18 October 2020
Distinguished Arab Researcher Prize
Association of Arab Universities, Egypt
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
United Kingdom, reference PR275669
Latest news
- 26 March 2026
Lever-powered manual wheelchair design registered in the UK
The UK Intellectual Property Office registered the design under number 6513507.
- 27 January 2026
Canadian intellectual property for a leishmaniasis model
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office recorded a compartmental modelling approach to vertical leishmaniasis transmission and its control.
- 2026
Advancing Chaos published by World Scientific
A co-authored book on the Bouali chaotic system and Atangana-Baleanu-Caputo fractional derivatives.
For research collaboration, supervision or a conference invitation, write to me directly.
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