My research is in probability with an emphasis on combinatorics. I am particularly interested in card shuffling.
Papers:
On the statistics of random-to-top shuffles. (2026) [arXiv]
Long-time asymptotics for Airy wanderer line ensembles. (2026) [arXiv] With Evgeni Dimitrov, Rundong Ding, and Alex Fu.
Limit Theorems for Descents and Inversions of Shelf Shuffles. (2025) [arXiv]
Guessing Strategies for Shuffling Machines. (2025) [arXiv]
Talks:
Statistics in Card Shuffling, UC Irvine Combinatorics and Probability Seminar, May 11, 2026 (upcoming)
A potpourri of permutation statistics, USC Graduate Colloquium, April 8, 2026
Descents and Inversions after a Shelf Shuffle, Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference at UIC, March 29, 2026
Modern Approaches to Card Shuffling, USC Probability Seminar, September 29, 2025