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By email: drchloavery at gmail dot com

I’m passionate about talking about math with anyone, whether it’s fellow mathematicians, scientists in other fields, students, or even toddlers. I believe that mathematical conversations can be interesting and meaningful for all kinds of people, and I love finding ways to make abstract ideas feel approachable.

My background is in mathematics, but my work has taken me into a lot of different spaces, including teaching, research, and technology. I particularly love teaching because I enjoy helping people get past the idea that there’s such a thing as being a “math person” and instead seeing mathematics as something creative, exploratory, and accessible to everyone.

I’ve also applied my mathematical background to problems in areas like game theory, incentive structures, cryptography, and mechanism design. I enjoy working at the intersection of abstract ideas and practical problems, and I’m always interested in finding new ways that mathematical thinking can help us understand, build, and improve the world around us.

Profile

I’m a mathematician and educator who is endlessly curious about how things work. My background is in pure mathematics, but I’ve always enjoyed taking mathematical ideas into new places, whether that means teaching a classroom, solving a practical problem, working with technology, or exploring a completely new field. I like complicated problems, asking questions that don’t have obvious answers, and finding ways to make ideas that initially seem intimidating feel approachable.

Background

Recent Work: Orchid

At Orchid, I applied cutting-edge mathematics to real-world challenges in decentralized technology. I contributed to project design and research, working closely with the CEO and VP of Engineering, and supported the CTO on a range of strategic initiatives. My work involved mathematical modeling and techniques from mechanism design, cryptography, game theory, and incentive design, with applications in decentralized storage, staking and governance, and payment systems. I also authored technical papers and articles, created explanatory videos, and spoke on panels and podcasts. To guide our work, I stayed current with academic research and industry whitepapers. I moved on from the company after Orchid made a strategic shift and phased out the project I was contributing to- an organizational decision unrelated to my performance.

Ph.D from University of Chicago

Advisor: Benson Farb

During my time at the University of Chicago, I conducted research in Geometric Group Theory under the advisement of Benson Farb, and completed my Ph.D. in just over three years- well ahead of the typical five-year timeline. I taught undergraduate courses, served as a teaching assistant, and mentored students through programs such as UChicago's Directed Reading Program and Research Experience for Undergraduates. I also co-designed and co-taught How Chance Changes the World, a course for the Collegiate Scholars Program- an initiative supporting students from Chicago Public Schools. The course explored the role of probability in topics like social justice, generative AI, and machine learning, blending mathematics with real-world relevance.

B.S. from University of California Santa Barbara

College of Creative Studies

As an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara, I studied mathematics through the College of Creative Studies (CCS)- a unique, accelerated academic program designed for students pursuing original work in their field. Within this rigorous environment, I completed 13 graduate-level math courses and actively sought out opportunities beyond the classroom. I co-founded UCSB’s chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics and helped launch POWERS, a math outreach event for female high school students that continues to run annually in collaboration with the AWM chapter. I participated in multiple summer research programs, including one at Brown University’s Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM).

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