Education

• Ph.D. Applied Mathematics - Cornell University (Aug 2007)
  Dissertation: A mathematical look at DNA regulatory sequence evolution
  
  
• M.S. Applied Mathematics - Cornell University (Jan 2005)
  
  
• B.S. Mathematics, Biology and Dance - University of Akron, In Honors and Summa Cum Laude (May 2001)
  Honors Thesis: Using singular value decomposition to explain gene expression patterns
  

Professional Appointments

• Associate Professor - Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Nevada, Reno (July 2022 - Present)
  
  
• Faculty Coordinator - TechWise Program: Collaboration between Google, TalentSprint, UNR, and 4 other US academic institutions (Feb 2022 - Present)
  
  
• Affiliated Faculty Member - Integrative Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Nevada, Reno (Feb 2015 - Present)
  
  
• Assistant Professor - Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Nevada, Reno (Jan 2015 - June 2022)
  
  
• Postdoctoral Scholar in Mathematical Biology - Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics; Deptartment of Biology, Case Western Reserve University (Sept 2011 - Dec 2014)
  
  
• Postdoctoral Fellow - Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University (Sept 2008 - Aug 2011)
  
  
• Postdoctoral Associate - Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, University of Minnesota (Sept 2007 - Aug 2008)
  

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