Marielle Ong

6th Year Ph.D. Student (defended) 

Prospective Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto (2024-2026) and the Perimeter Institute (2026-2028)

Pronouns: they/them

Identity: non-binary, queer

Currently: 

• Math Circles coordinator at West Philadelphia High School (2023)

• Presidential Ph.D. Fellow (2021-2024)

• Master TA (2021-2023)

• Prison Teaching Initiative Course Coordinator (2023-2024)

• Summer Mentor Instructor at CTL (2023)

• Organizor of GeMs in Math (Gender Minorities in Math) at UPenn (2021-2024)

• Calabi Scholar (2018-2024)

Distinguished awards: 

• 2023: Carlitz-Zippen Prize (for a meritorious thesis)

• 2022: Herbert S. Wilf Memorial Award (for research and teaching excellence)

• 2021: Good Teaching Award (for Math104)

Address: University of Pennsylvania
University City, Philadelphia, USA, 19104

Email: ongmari at sas dot upenn dot edu

Research Interests: Complex algebraic geometry (multiplicative Hitchin fibration), geometric representation theory (Affine springer fibers and global Springer theory), Mathematical physics (3D mirror symmetry)