Welcome!
I am an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at Emory University.
My research interests include numerical methods and software for computing solutions to large-scale inverse problems, such as those that arise in imaging applications.
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Education:
- NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow
July 2009- August 2011
Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park
Advisor: Dianne O'Leary - Ph.D. in Computational Mathematics
August 2004-May 2009
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University
Advisor: James Nagy - B.A. with Highest Honors, Emory University
August 2000-May 2004
Major: Mathematics, Minor: Dance and Movement Studies
Selected Honors and Awards:
- I am honored to be elected Chair of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering
- NSF CM grant awarded!
- Randomized algorithms for dynamic and hierarchical Bayesian inverse problems
- with Arvind Saibaba (North Carolina State)
- I am honored to serve as an Associate Editor for the SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications and for SIAM Review
- In Spring 2026, we are organizing a Semester Program at ICERM on Stochastic and Randomized Algorithms in Scientific Computing: Foundations and Applications .
Other Opportunities and News:
- Mathematics - Opportunities in Research and Education: Undergraduate Conferences at Virginia Tech and Clemson University
MORE 2019, STRIVE for MORE 2020, and STRIVE for MORE 2021 - Virginia Tech's Talented Young Mathematician's E-day
VT-TYME - I was on a Girls to STEM-MD Panel: WDBJ7 Roanoke Times
- My PhD student J. Tanner Slagel (co-advised with Matthias Chung) was featured on SAMSI's Blog
- Job Searching Tips for graduate students and recent graduates
- Thinking of a career in applied mathematics? a brochure from SIAM