Padmini Veerapen

I am an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN (~1 hour from Nashville). I have been in the greater Nashville area since 2013 where I teach a variety of classes in calculus, algebra, linear algebra, & geometry. Additionally, I've supervised four Masters' theses (Leah Frauendienst, Jessica P. Cain, Jacob Copeland, & Meredith P. Hall) and continue to actively pursue my research interests in Noncommutative Algebra. Here is an essay about me written by a Columbus (Ohio) middle-schooler. It won an honorable mention for the 2021 AWM essay competition (2021 May-June AWM Newsletter).

I hail from a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean, Mauritius which is more than 10 000 miles away in air travel distance. I went to graduate school in Arlington, TX where I learnt a lot of math from Michaela Vancliff. I still have a lot more math to learn and I get a lot of enjoyment doing so with a variety of people in the noncommutative algebra world, e.g., Xingting Wang, Hongdi Huang, & Yasmeen Baki, etc.

When not doing math, I spend time with my hubby, daughter, & friends. I also find joy in working out, swimming, & baking! I'm on Bluesky @padveebarn.bsky.social.