Employment
- Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, The College of New Jersey, Aug 2022 - present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, The College of New Jersey, Aug 2017 - Aug 2022
Research Interests
- Modeling, analysis, and numerical simulation of dynamical systems; applications to mathematical biology
Education
Teaching Experience
- The College of New Jersey
- Capstone (Spring '22, Spring '24)
- Functional Analysis (Fall '23)
- Partial Differential Equations (Fall '20, Fall '22)
- Differential Equations (Spring '20, Fall '23)
- Real Analysis (Spring '18, Spring '19, Spring '21, Fall '22)
- Introduction to Computing (Fall '23)
- Linear Algebra (Fall '17, Fall '21, Spring '23)
- Calculus B (Spring '24)
- Calculus A (Fall '17, Fall '18, Fall '19, Fall '20, Spring '22)
- Pennsylvania State University
- Millennium Scholars Program Summer Bridge Teaching Assistant (Summer 2016)
- TRIO Upward Bound Instructor (Summer 2015)
- Ritner Experience Tutor (Fall 2014)
- Trigonometry and analytic geometry (Fall 2013)
- College algebra (Spring, Summer 2013)
Publications/preprints
* indicates undergraduate co-author
- Harmonic maps from post-critically finite fractals to the circle submitted . (with Georgi Medvedev)
- Bounded confidence modelling predicts the effect of group work on student math anxiety submitted . (with Katherine Toms*, Maya Williams*)
- Bifurcations and patterns in the Kuramoto model with inertia, Journal of Nonlinear Science, 33 (2023). (with Hayato Chiba, Georgi Medvedev)
- A global bifurcation organizing rhythmic activity in a coupled network, Chaos, 32 (2022). (with Georgi Medvedev, Andrew Phillips*)
- Chimeras unfolded, Journal of Statistical Physics, 186 46 (2022). (with Georgi Medvedev)
- Instability of mixing in the Kuramoto model: from bifurcations to patterns, Pure and Applied Functional Analysis, (2022). (with Hayato Chiba, Georgi Medvedev)
- Stability of twisted states on lattices of Kuramoto oscillators, Chaos, 31 (2021) 103106. (with Monica Goebel*, Sofia Stepanoff*)
- Stability of clusters in the second–order Kuramoto model on random graphs, Journal of Statistical Physics, 182 2 (2021). (with Georgi Medvedev)
- Dynamics of a cell motility model near the sharp interface limit, Journal of Theoretical Biology, (2020). (with Nicolas Bolle*)
- Fluid-Structure Interaction for the Classroom: Speed, Accuracy, Convergence, and Jellyfish!, (submitted). (with Nicholas A. Battista)
- Bifurcations in the Kuramoto model on graphs, Chaos, 28 (2018) 073109. (with Hayato Chiba, Georgi Medvedev)
- Uniqueness and traveling waves in a cell motility model, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems – B, 22 (2018). (with Peng Zhang)
- Minimal model of crawling cell motility on patterned substrates, Phys. Rev. E 96 (2017) 052408. (with Leonid Berlyand, Igor S. Aranson)
- On an evolution equation in a cell motility model, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 318-319 (2016) 12- 25 (with Leonid Berlyand, Volodymyr Rybalko, Lei Zhang)
- Extension of a proof of the Ramanujan congruences for multipartitions, Ramanujan Journal, (2016). doi:10.1007/s11139-016-9817-x (with Oleg Lazarev, Ben Reid, Holly Swisher)
- A periodic approach to plane partition congruences, Integers, 16 (2016) (with James A. Sellers, Holly Swisher)
- On groups with a class-preserving outer automorphism, Involve, 7(2) (2013) 171-179. (with Peter A. Brooksbank)
Conference Presentations
- MAA MathFest August 2024
- Indianapolis, IN
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Invited talk: ''Trends in Mathematical and Computational Biology''
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Project NExT Green '23 session: ''Creating a Classroom Environment that Empowers Students to Learn Independently''
- MAA MathFest August 2023
- Tampa, FL
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Invited talk: ''Recent Advances in Mathematical and Computational Biology, Highlighting Contributions from Undergraduate Researchers''
- SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems May 2023
- Portland, OR
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Invited talk: ''Graphon Systems - Games, Patterns and Signals
''
- AMS Fall Eastern Section Meeting October 2022
- Amherst, MA
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Invited talk: ''Special Session on Game-Theoretic and Agent-Based
Approaches to Modeling Biological and Social Systems
''
- SIAM Annual Meeting July 2022
- Pittsburgh, PA
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Invited talk: ''Mathematics of Interacting Systems with Applications to Biology and Medicine''
- SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems May 2021
- AIMS Conference Series on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations June 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
- Atlanta, GA
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Minisymposium organizer/invited talk: ``Collective dynamics in systems of coupled oscillators''
- Conference on Multiscale Problems in Materials and Biology June 2019
- The Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada
- Invited talk
- SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systemss May 2019
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Snowbird, UT
- Minisymposium organizer/invited talk: ``Interacting dynamical systems on graph''
- MAA Mathfest August 2018
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Denver, CO
- MAA Invited Paper Session: ``Modeling Biological Rhythms''
- Joint Mathematics Meetings January 2018
- San Diego, CA
- MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Applied Mathematics
- SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations December 2017
- Baltimore, MD
- Contributed talk
- Center for Interdisciplinary Math (Penn State University): ``Frontiers of Interdisciplinary Mathematics'' May 9, 2017
- State College, PA
- Contributed talk
- Topics in Applied Nonlinear Analysis: Recent Advances and New Trends July 2016
- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
- Winner : Outstanding Poster Award
- Workshop on Models in Materials Science and Biology March 2016
- Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
- Invited talk
- Micro and Macro Systems in Life Sciences June 2015
- Stefan Banach International Mathematical Center, Bedlewo, Poland
- Winner: Outstanding Poster Award
- Center for Interdisciplinary Math (Penn State University): Workshop on Interdisciplinary Mathematics May 2015
- Williamsport, PA
- Contributed talk and poster
- School "Around vortices: From continuum to quantum mechanics" March 2014
- IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Contributed talk and poster
Colloquia
- Mathematics in Computation Seminar June 27, 2024
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
- PDE/Applied Math Seminar May 31, 2024
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Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- Department of Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium Nov 9, 2021
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The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
- PDE and Applied Math Seminar Feb 17, 2021
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University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA (virtual)
- Department of Mathematical Sciences Colloquium Sep 18, 2020
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Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (virtual)
- Mathematical Biology Seminar Nov 19, 2019
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New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
- Analysis, Logic and Physics Seminar Oct 11, 2019
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Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- Student Colloquium Series Feb 28, 2019
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Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
- School of Science Colloquium April 24, 2018
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The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
- Department of Mathematics Colloquium Nov 14, 2017
- Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
- MRSEC: IRG2 Motors Meeting Seminar Apr 4, 2017
- Penn State University, State College, PA
- Student SIAM Chapter Seminar Feb 24, 2017
- Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- Mathematics Department Faculty Seminar Series March 24, 2016
- Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
- Student Colloquium Series March 24, 2016
- Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
- Combinatorics/Partitions Seminar Series Apr 16, 2013
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Grants, awards, and honors
- Sabbatical Leave, TCNJ (Aug 2024 - June 2025)
- Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, MAA NJ Section (March 2024)
- SIAM Early Career Travel Award, SIAM (May 2021)
- Distinguished Teacher Award, TCNJ Math & Stat Club (May 2018)
- NJ-NExT Fellow, AMS, NJ Section (Oct 2017)
- Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Fellow, AMS (July 2017)
- ZZRQ Award for Graduate Students, Pennsylvania State University (April 2017)
- for "outstanding achievement by a doctoral candidate who has contributed to the sense of community within the department"
- "Topics in Applied Mathematics: Recent Advances and New Trends" outstanding poster award, Carnegie Mellon University (July 2016)
- "Micro and Macro Systems in Life Sciences" outstanding poster award, Stefan Banach International Mathematical Center (June 2015)
- "Math Matters, Apply It!" Contest. "The math behind noise removal of images" (2nd place), SIAM (Feb 2015)
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (Aug 2014-May 2017)
- Teaching with Technology Certification, Pennsylvania State University (Aug 2014)
Selected service and activities
- Conference Symposium Organization
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems: Graphon Systems - Games, Patterns and Signals, May 2023
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SIAM Conference on Applied Mathematics Education : Innovative Approaches to Undergraduate Research Mentorship, July 2022
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AIMS Conference Series on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations : Collective dynamics in systems of coupled oscillators, June 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
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SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems: Interacting dynamical systems on graphs, May 2019
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SIAM Annual Meeting: Mathematical advances in motility and collective behavior in living systems, July 2018
NJ-NExT Co-Director, Fall 2023 - present
- Together with Chung Wong (County College of Morris), I organize faculty workshops and professional development for new mathematics/statistics faculty across colleges in NJ. Workshops are held in conjunction with the NJ Section Meetings of the Mathematical Association of America.
Children's Book Consultant, March 2023 - Nov 2023
- Consulted for the children's book publisher Union Square Kids.
TCNJ Service
- Middle States Working Group Member, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
- School of Science Colloquium Committee, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
- Initiative and Special Projects Committee Co-Chair, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
- Program Review Committee Member, Fall 2021 - Fall 2022
- HHMI Foundational Course Redesign Team (MAT 127: Calculus A), Fall 2019 - Spring 2021
- Career Adviser, Sep 2018 - present
- Research ''Lightning'' Talks coordinator, May 2019 - present
- Internship Co-Coordinator, Sep 2018 - Aug 2021
- Calculus & Developmental Math Committee, Sep 2019 - May 2019
- Faculty Adviser, Mathematics and Statistics Club, Sep 2017 - Sep 2019
Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics, Aug 2019
- Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) is a summer program to help underserved 6th to 12th grade students
explore and engage with mathematics.
- I was invited to give two talks to the 6th grade group at the City College of New York
- Presentation: “SUMmer fun: adding numbers in strange ways.”
Skype a Scientist, Feb 2019
- The program connects scientists to K-12 classrooms across the US to engage students with scientists from any field.
Member, Department of Mathematics Climate and Diversity Workshop Committee June 2013-Sep 2016
- Chair: June 2014 - June 2015
- Organized workshop on departmental issues on climate and diversity at Pennsylvania State University
- Themes included sensitivity to identity, educational expectations, and professionalism
Member, Eberly College of Science Diversity and Climate Committee Dec 2014-June 2015
- Sole graduate student representative from the mathematics department
of Pennsylvania State University
- Charged by the Dean to promote diversity awareness among graduate students, faculty, and staff
Referee
- Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
- Journal of Theoretical Biology
- Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences
- Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
- Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems
- SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems
- Journal of Nonlinear Science
- Journal of Mathematical Biology
- Biophysical Reports
- Frontiers of Physics
Professional membership
- American Mathematical Society (AMS)
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
- National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
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