Education

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

Research Experience

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

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

Supercomputing Productivity Study
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Pittsburgh, PA
May 2005

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

Talks Given

Curvature and Torsion in Random Knots
Undergraduate Colluquium
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
April 2007
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
Departmental Seminar, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
December 2005
Detecting Symmetry in Knots
MAA Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting, Slippery Rock, PA
April 2005