A .pdf version of this CV can be found here.

Education

Ph.D. Mathematics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Advisor: Paul Atzberger (anticipated June 2013)
Santa Barbara, CA
M.A. Mathematics
University of California, Santa Barbara
2009
Santa Barbara, CA
B.S. Summa Cum Laude Mathematics and Computer Science
Duquesne University
2007
Pittsburgh, PA

Research Experience

Spatially Adaptive Stochastic Multigrid Methods for Fluctuating Hydrodynamics
Advisor: Dr. Paul Atzberger
UCSB Department of Mathematics
August 2011 - Present
Santa Barbara, CA

Consulting Researcher - Manuscript Preparation
Advisors: Dr. Michael Freedman & Sean Fraer
Microsoft Station Q (UCSB)
June 2011 - Present
Santa Barbara, CA

Numerical Approximation of Supported Lipid Bilayer Formation
Advisors: Dr. Paul Atzberger \& Dr. Deborah Fygenson
UCSB Department of Mathematics
August 2010 - Present
Santa Barbara, CA

Point Vortex System Analysis (REU)
Advisor: Dr. Gustavo Ponce
UCSB Department of Mathematics
August 2007 - September 2007
Santa Barbara, CA

Genetic Sequence Analysis and Phylogenetics
Advisor: Dr. Don Simon
Duquesne University Department of Computer Science
August 2006 - May 2007
Pittsburgh, PA

Supercomputing Productivity Study
May 2005
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Pittsburgh, PA

Physical Knot Theory
Advisor: Dr. Eric Rawdon
Duquesne University Department of Mathematics
August 2004 - August 2006
Pittsburgh, PA

Technical Experience

Programming languages with which I am proficient:
C++ --- C --- Python --- MatLab --- Octave
Programming languages with which I am familiar:
Java --- Javascript --- Perl --- MPI
Other proficiencies:
Eclipse IDE --- SVN version control --- Emacs --- \LaTeX --- HTML/CSS --- Inkscape --- gnuplot --- POV-Ray --- ParaView --- awk --- bash --- Regular Expressions --- WeBWork

Teaching Experience

Classes which I have taught:
Introduction to Numerical Analysis
Vector Calculus
Classes for which I have been a teaching assistant:
Calculus for Social Science Majors
Calculus with Applications
Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Introduction to Numerical Analysis
Transition to Higher Mathematics

Awards

Department of Mathematics Graduate Student Teaching Award
UCSB
In recognition of outstanding achievement as a Teaching Assistant in Mathematics
June 2012
Department of Mathematics Graduate Student Research Fellowship
UCSB
May 2011
Department of Mathematics Graduate Student Research Fellowship
UCSB
February 2010

Talks

A Model for Supported Lipid Bilayer Formation
Graduate Student Applied Math Seminar
UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
October 2011
Hyrdrodynamic Interaction in a Dumbell
Complex Fluids Seminar
UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
March 2011
An Introduction to Finite Element Methods
PDE Class Presentation
UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
June 2009
Digital Image Processing and the Fourier Transform
Graduate Student Applied Math Seminar
UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
May 2009
Curvature and Torsion in Random Knots
MAA Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting
Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA
April 2007
Small Enclosing Ellipsoids of Random Knots
MAA MathFest
Knoxville, TN
August 2006
Probabilities of Random Links
MAA Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting
Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
April 2006
Detecting Symmetry in Knots
MAA Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting
Slippery Rock, PA
April 2005

Classes Taken

Graduate level classes:
Applied Stochastic Analysis, 2011 --- Complex Fluids, 2011 --- Continuum Mechanics, 2010 --- Probability Theory & Stochastic Processes, 2009-2010 --- Applied Parallel Computation, 2009 --- Ordinary Differential Equations, 2007-2008 --- Partial Differential Equations, 2008-2009 --- Numerical Analysis, 2007-2008
Undergraduate level classes:
Thermodynamics, 2009 --- Databases, 2006 --- Formal Languages, 2006 --- Image Processing, 2006 --- Software Engineering, 2006 --- Artificial Intelligence, 2005 --- Operating Systems, 2005 --- Networks, 2004 --- Data Structures, 2003