about me
I am an Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). I am affiliated with Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and the Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies program.
I am the PI of the FMNST Lab — Fluid Mechanics and Small-scale Transport Lab at WPI. My research interests lie in the field of small-scale fluid dynamics, specifically as it pertains solute and particle transport at the microscale as well as microfiltration applications. I am also interested in topics in intersectional feminism, inclusive STEM education, and science, technology & society.
Between August 2018 and August 2020, I was a Dean's Post-Doctoral Scholar in the Department of Mathematics at Florida State University. My advisors were M. Nicholas J. Moore and Nicholas G. Cogan.
I graduated with a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018. My advisors were Roberto Camassa and Richard M. McLaughlin. My dissertation focused on the dispersion of passive tracers in laminar flow in capillary tubes of various geometries. While at UNC, I also received a Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies with advisor Anne Johnston.
I am the co-founder of Girls Talk Math — a free day camp for high school girls interested in Mathematics and media hosted at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, at the University of Maryland, College Park, at Wake Forest University, and in 2025 at Temple University.
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education
University of north carolina at chapel hill, august 2018
Ph.D. in Mathematics
Advisors: Dr. Roberto Camassa and Dr. Richard M. McLaughlin.
Thesis: Space/Time Evolution in the Passive Tracer Problem.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, may 2018
Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies
Certificate Advisor: Dr. Anne Johnston
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, MAY 2015
M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics
Advisors: Dr. Roberto Camassa and Dr. Richard M. McLaughlin.
Politecnico di milano (italy), july 2013
Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria Nucleare (M.Eng. in Nuclear Engineering)
Advisors: Dr. Francesca Giacobbo, Dr. Roberto Camassa and Dr. Richard M. McLaughlin.
Thesis: Taylor Dispersion of a Passive Scalar in Channel Flow: Exact Solutions for Distributional Moments at All Times.
POLITECNICO DI MILANO (ITALY), JULY 2009
Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Fisica (B.Eng. in Physics Engineering)
Advisor: Dr. Alessandro Torricelli.
Thesis: The NIRS Technique as a Brain-Computer Interface.