education

University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2000 - 2003

• Ph.D., Mathematics, 2003

• NSF VIGRE Fellowship, Graduate Student Research Award

University of Texas at Austin, 1995 - 2000

• University Preemptive Fellowship, Edward Louis & Alice Laidman Dodd Fellowship,

• Regents Endowed Graduate Fellowship, David Bruton Jr. Fellowship

University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1990 - 1995

• B.S. with Honors, Mathematics, 1995

• Phi Beta Kappa, Mark H. Ingraham Award (Math), L. R. Ingersoll Prize (Physics)