CV

Education

B.A. in Applied Mathematics with a concentration in quantum mechanics, University of California, Berkeley, 2023
Ph.D in Applied and Interdisciplinary Math and Scientific Computing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2028 (expected)

Work experience

Fall 2023, Fall 2024: Graduate Student Instructor for Calculus 1 (MATH115); Witner 2025: GSI for Calculus 2 (MATH116)
- Primary instructor for classes of just under 20 students
- Implement student centered, small-group based learning in a flipped classroom setting. Created worksheets and quizzes to aid in student mastery of concepts. Proctored and graded course-wide exams.
Winter 2024: Graduate Student Instructor for Calculus 2 (MATH116)
- One of five primary instructors, each with around 20 students, all meeting in one large learning center for classes.
- Took turns planning and lecturing toward the whole 100 students. Facilitated flipped classroom group discussions each class within my own section.
- Took turns creating quizzes; graded each quiz and group problem sets of my own section.
Sept 2020 - Aug 2021: Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Supervisor: Professor Bethany Goldblum, Dr. Thibault Laplace
- Survey nuclear and electronic stopping power calculations from existing models and compare with published experimental data. Investigated ionization quenching models and compare with existing data. Took measurement for PMT calibration and scintillators benchmarking.
Jan 2020 - May 2023: Undergraduate Tutor
- Student Learning Center, University of California, Berkeley
- Supervisor: Branden Saenz
- Provide pedagogy-based and student-centered tutoring for lower division math courses, including the Calculus sequence, Linear Algebra, Discrete Math.