I am an Associate Professor in the Mathematics Department at the United States Naval Academy, where I teach both in the core math curriculum and in the math department's Operations Research major.   My research focus is mixed-integer and global optimization methods and applications.  I love introducing midshipmen to the tools of Operations Research and optimization and seeing what cool applications they come up with.

I earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Sewanee: the University of the South and did my graduate work (M.A. and Ph.D.) in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kentucky, specializing in Combinatorial Optimization.  I have been employed at the U.S. Naval Academy since 2016.  

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