I am a Posdoctoral Research Associate at

Department of Mathematics,

University of Notre Dame, IN, USA

Office: Hayes-Healy 248

Email: dperale2_at_nd_dot_edu


I finished my PhD in July 2022, at Univesity of Waterloo under the supervision of Alexandru Nica. From 2022 to 2025 I held a posdoctoral position at Texas A&M University, my mentor was Michael Anshelevich.


My research is in Finite Free Probability: a new topic that lies in the intersection between free probability, roots of polynomials, random matrices and combinatorics. I also enjoy working with non-commutative probability, infinitesimal freeness, random matrices and all sorts of set partitions and cumulants.


Useful links:

arXiv 

google scholar profile

ORCID