CV
Position:
Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University, 2023 -
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Windsor, 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waterloo, 2021 - 2023
PIMS Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Victoria, 2018 - 2021
Education:
PhD, Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Jan. 2014 – Aug. 2018
Thesis: Regular Dilation on Semigroups
Advisor: Kenneth R. Davidson
M. Math, Thesis Option, University of Waterloo, Department of Pure Mathematics. Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2013
Thesis: Asymptotic Distribution for Block Statistics on Noncrossing Partitions.
Advisor: Alexandru Nica
B. Math Majors in Pure Mathematics, Combinatorics and Optimization, and Mathematical Finance, Graduated with Distinction – Dean’s Honor List, University of Waterloo, Sept 2008 – Dec. 2012
Awards:
Susan and Janos Aczel Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2016-2018
Ontario Graduate Fellowship, University of Waterloo, 2015
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2013
Governor General’s Silver Medal, University of Waterloo, 2012
Mike Vangoch Memorial Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2012
Putnam Team Member, University of Waterloo, 2010 & 2012
Putnam Competition: Top 100, Dec.2010; Honorable Mention, Dec. 2009; Top 500, Dec.2008
Dr. Nathan Mendelsohn Prize, 2009
J.D. Kalbfleisch Scholarship for International Students, University of Waterloo, 2008
Publications:
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Presentations:
Invited Talks
Zappa-Szep product of groupoids and beyond, Brazo’s Analysis Seminar, 2024
Zappa-Szep Product, Self-Similar Action, and Imprimitivity Theorems, NMSU Department of Mathematical Sciences Colloquium, 2023
Examples of self-similar actions and imprimitivity theorems, Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting – C*-algebras and applications session, 2023
Imprimitivity theorems arising from self-similar actions, University of Victoria Operator Theory Seminar, 2022
Wold decomposition and C*-envelope from self-similar graphs, Dilation and classification in operator algebra theory, University of Copenhagen, 2022
Dilation theory for right LCM semigroup dynamical systems, Joint Mathematics Meeting – Advances in Operator Algebras session, 2022
Dilation theory of right LCM semigroup dynamical systems, CMS Summer meeting, 2021
The Zappa-Szép product of a Fell bundle by a groupoid, University of Wollongong Operator Algebra & Noncommutative Geometry seminar, 2021
The Zappa-Szép product of a Fell bundle by a groupoid, CMS Winter meeting – Operator Algebras Session, 2020
The Zappa-Szép product of a Fell bundle by a groupoid, Arizona State University C* Seminar, 2020
C*-envelopes and semigroup dynamical systems, University of Glasgow Analysis Seminar, 2020
C*-envelopes and semigroup dynamical systems, University of Copenhagen Operator Algebra Seminar, 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)
Amenable and Non-amenable Semigroups, University of Waterloo Analysis Seminar, 2019
Free Semigroupoid Algebras, CMS Winter Meeting – Operator Algebra Session, Waterloo, 2017
Contributed Talks
Universality of simple cycle reservoirs using dilation theory, Canadian Operator Theory Symposium, 2024
Universality of simple cycle reservoirs using dilation theory, Joint UTEP/NMSU workshop, 2023
Wold-decomposition on self-similar graphs, Canadian Operator Symposium, 2022
Wold decomposition on odometer semigroups, Canadian Operator Symposium, 2021
Dilation theory for right LCM semigroup dynamical systems, University of Victoria Operator Theory Seminar, 2021
The Zappa-Szép product of a Fell bundle by a groupoid, University of Victoria Operator Theory Seminar, 2020
Dilation on Semigroups, University of Victoria Operator Theory Seminar, 2018
Regular Dilation and Nica-covariant Representation on Right LCM Semigroups, Canadian Operator Symposium, 2018
Regular Dilation and Nica-covariant Representation on Right LCM Semigroups, Canadian Abstract Harmonic Analysis Symposium, 2018
Examples of Free Semigroupoid Algebras, University of Waterloo Analysis Seminar, 2018
Regular Dilation on Graph Products of N, Canadian Operator Symposium, 2017
Regular Dilation on Graph Products of N, University of Waterloo Analysis Seminar, 2017
Regular Representations of Lattice Ordered Semigroups. Canadian Operator Symposium, 2015
Regular Representations of Lattice Ordered Semigroups. University of Waterloo Analysis Seminar, 2015.
Asymptotic Distributions of Noncrossing Partitions, Pure Math Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Waterloo, 2014.
Teaching:
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