francesca bernardi, phD
Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences
PI of the FMNST Lab
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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joined WPI in fall 2020
I am beyond excited to have joined the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Fall of 2020 as an Assistant Professor.
Research
I am the PI of the FMNST Lab — Fluid Mechanics and Small-scale Transport Lab at WPI. My research interests are small scale fluid dynamics and particle transport. I am also interested in intersectional feminism, STEM education, and science, technology & society.
Teaching
At WPI, I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Applied Mathematics.
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OUTREACH AND SERVICE
I believe in education as a path to equity. I am invested in creating educational and professional development opportunities for students from underrepresented groups in STEM. It is crucial to systematically improve the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts of institutions and departments geared towards recruitment and retention of these populations, especially in Mathematics. To these ends, I proudly volunteer for several causes, have launched new programs, and organized events of my own.
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MEDIA
This page is my media repository. We are constantly bombarded by information, news, pop culture, and media. I am striving to take as much as I can in and also put content out there to continue the conversations I find more interesting. I am collecting the non-technical pieces I authored (or co-authored), press about me, my projects, and my research, a list of the interesting books I am reading, and direct links to some of my Twitter threads.
