Carolyn Reinhart

Visiting Assistant Professor

Swarthmore College

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

creinha1@swarthmore.edu

Education

Degree: Ph.D. in Mathematics, May 2021

Advisor: Leslie Hogben

Dissertation title: The distance matrix and its variants for graphs and digraphs

Combinatorics, Computation and Applications RTG Advanced Trainee: August 2019- August 2020

Prior Education: BS in Mathematics from University of Minnesota, 2016

Research Interests:

Spectral graph theory, especially distance matrices
Combinatorial matrix theory, the Inverse Eigenvalue Problem
Graph search games, especially the game of Cops and Robbers on graphs and throttling

Awards

ISU Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award- Honorable Mention: Spring 2021

ISU Research Excellence Award: Spring 2021

ISU Teaching Excellence Award: Spring 2018

3 Minute Thesis Competition

Iowa State University People's Choice Award Winner 2019

The 3 Minutes Thesis (3MT) competition is an annual event held at over 200 universities worldwide where graduate students from across campus take on the crazy task of explaining the gist of their thesis in only 3 minutes with the help of only one static slide. The competition originates from the University of Queensland in 2008 but has been held at Iowa State University since 2017. Each year, around 80 graduate students compete. In 2019, I won my preliminary heat and went on the compete as one of 8 finalists. In the finals, I won the audience voted People's Choice award.

Research Communities:

American Institute of Mathematics (AIM)
- Research community (ARC) on the Inverse Eigenvalue Problem for graphs
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
- Mathematics research community (MRC) on Finding Needles in Haystacks: Approaches to Inverse Problems using Combinatorics and Linear Algebra

Professional Memberships:

Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
- - Women in Graph Theory and Applications Research Network
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS)