about me

I am an Associate 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 students interested in Mathematics and media hosted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, at the University of Maryland, College Park, at Wake Forest University, and in 2025 at Temple University.

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Work Experience

Worcester Polytechnic institute

Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, July 2026 - Present
Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, August 2020 - June 2026

Collaborative appointments: Mechanical Engineering; Physics; Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies

Florida State UNiversity

Dean’s Post-Doctoral Scholar in the Department of Mathematics, August 2018 - August 2020

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