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Hi! I am an Indian-American first-generation student from Fort Worth, Texas. In May 2025, I graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with my BS in Mathematics and Biology minor. This Fall, I started my PhD at the University of Maryland in the Applied Math, Stats, & Scientific Computing (AMSC) program. I will be working with Dr. Abba Gumel on problems at the intersection of mathematics, public health, and epidemiology.
I love to lead outreach projects to improve career outcomes for math students, combat math anxiety, and promote community amongst past, current, and future mathematicians as well! At UTA, I founded the Mathposium, meant to expose undergrads to math research and create a peer-to-peer mentoring network between graduate student mentors and undergraduate mentees. I was also two-term President of UTA's MAA Student Chapter, founded the Math Bio Club @ UTA, restarted the AWM chapter @ UTA, and was Vice President of the Pi Mu Epsilon Texas Iota chapter. More details are in my CV :)
Research Interests
Research Interests
I am interested in the development, analysis, and implementation of mathematical and computational tools to solve problems in biology, medicine, and public health. Through mathematical models, I believe we can better understand humans and our interactions with each other, the environment, and disease. In my research, I have created, analyzed, and solved mathematical models to aid clinicians and academics alike.
Some biological topics / problems I have worked on include:
Pulmonary hypertension
Immunology
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Cancers (esophageal, hepatocellular, and melanomas)
Oropouche virus
To work on these problems, I employ dynamical systems, numerical methods for initial value problems, optimal control, and parameter estimation and optimization tools. I am currently interested in the development of tools to analyze non-autonomous dynamical systems and on the creation of nonstandard finite difference (NSFD) methods to solve parabolic PDEs. Other topics I am interested in include (and are definitely not limited to) uncertainty quantification (UQ), physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), and model order reduction (MOR).
Upcoming and Recent Activities
Upcoming and Recent Activities
(Jan 4 - 7, 2025) I will be attending JMM 2026 in Washington, D.C.!
I will be giving 3 talks:
"Mathposium: A Student-led Conference and Mentoring Initiative," in the NSF Special Session on Outcomes and Innovations from NSF Undergraduate Education Programs in the Mathematical Sciences hosted by Dr. Mike Ferrara,
"A Novel Mathematical Model of Oropouche Virus Transmission Dynamics," in the AMS Special Session on Advances in Ecological and Epidemiological Models organized by Dr. Daozhuo Gao,
"A SIMPL Model of Phage-Bacteria Interactions Accounting for Mutation and Competition" in the AMS Special Session on Research Presentations by Math Alliance Scholar Doctorates organized by Drs. Theresa Martines and David Goldberg.
I am also joining the Mathematical Sciences on Capitol Hill event to advocate for funding basic research and education programs. Learn more and sign up here!
(Sep 26 - 28, 2025) I am organizing a special session on "Recent Student-led Advances in Applied Math" at the 8th Annual SIAM Texas-Louisiana Section Meeting hosted by UT Austin.
I will also be presenting in this session!
(Aug 2025) I joined the Applied Math, Stats, & Scientific Computing (AMSC) PhD program at the University of Maryland!
(Aug 6 - 9, 2025) I attended MAA MathFest in Sacramento, CA. (schedule conflict)
I will be presenting a poster, titled "Mathposium: A Student-led Conference and Mentoring Initiative," in the Projects Supported by NSF DUE session (organized by Dr. Jana Talley and Dr. Erin Moss).
(Jul 25, 2025) I visited the Theoretical and Application Driven Mathematics (TADM) REU at East Texas A&M University.
I spoke about my experiences as a student at UT Arlington, involvement with the Math for Human Healthy RTG, and presented my talk, titled "A SIMPL Model of Phage-Bacteria Interactions Accounting for Mutation and Competition."
Previous News and Events
Previous News and Events
(Jun 16, 2025) Our paper, titled "A SIMPL Model of Phage-Bacteria Interactions Accounting for Mutation and Competition," was published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology! 🎉🎉
(Jun 9 - 13, 2025) I attended the 41st Annual Mathematical Problems in Industry Workshop hosted by Claremont Graduate University.
Worked with Vironix Health on generating and analyzing the accuracy of synthetic patient health records for chronic kidney disease.
(Jun 4 - 7, 2025) I attended the SIAM Graduate Student Math Modeling Camp (GSMMC) hosted by Dr. Manuchehr Aminian at Cal Poly Pomona.
Worked with Dr. Hangjie Ji on modeling and simulating lava flows down a volcanic slope and reconstructing video of a volcanic eruption using POD-DEIM, SVD, and QR decomposition algorithms to determine optimal sensor placement for the early detection of future eruptions.
I received travel support from SIAM's Jim Crowley Fund!
(May 27 - 29, 2025) I will attend the 2025 NSF Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Program Meeting. (canceled)
(May 10, 2025) I attended the SURE C^2 Conference hosted at the University of Texas at Arlington.
(May 9, 2025) I graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Texas at Arlington with a BS in Mathematics and Biology minor!
(Apr 18, 2025) I presented my poster, "A Novel Mathematical Model of Oropouche Virus Transmission Dynamics," at the 2025 Discover Student Research Symposium at UTA.
(Mar 28 - 29, 2025) I gave a talk at the 104th Annual MAA Texas Section Meeting hosted at Prairie View A&M University on "A SIMPL Model of Phage-Bacteria Interactions Accounting for Mutation and Competition."
Provided travel support for myself and 2 other students using my grant!
(Mar 20 - 21, 2025) I presented a poster, "A SIMPL Model of Phage-Bacteria Interactions Accounting for Mutation and Competition," at the Mathematics of Data, Dynamics, and Life Sciences (MDDLS).
I received travel support from the NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research!
(Mar 3 - 7, 2025) I volunteered at SIAM CSE25 in my hometown of Fort Worth and made the travel guide!
(Feb 22, 2025) I presented my talk, "Investigating the Impact of Climate on Oropouche Virus Transmission Dynamics," at the 17th Annual Texas-Oklahoma Regional Undergraduate Symposium (TORUS) at Tarleton State University.
(Feb 20, 2025) I was invited to give a talk for the Mu Alpha Theta Chapter at Independence High School on "BIG Careers in Mathematics."
(Feb 14 - 16, 2025) I attended the 9th Annual Gulf States Math Alliance Conference!
I presented my poster "Generating Vascular Models and Assessing Uncertainty in Medical Images."
I was a panelist on "Choosing a Graduate Program."
(Jan 8 - 11, 2025) I attended JMM 2025!
I won the Outstanding Student Talk award from Pi Mu Epsilon for my talk on "A SIMPL Model of Phage-Bacteria Interactions Accounting for Mutation and Competition."
I presented a 2nd talk on "Mathposium: A Student-led Conference and Mentoring Initiative" in the AMS Contributed Paper Session on Professional Development and Wider Issues.
(Nov 2024) I was awarded the Undergraduate JMM Travel Grant from Pi Mu Epsilon to attend JMM 2025!
(Nov 15 - 16, 2024) I organized the Mathposium 2025 for more than 120 attendees from around Texas!
Organized more than 30 presenters, 10 panelists, and 2 plenaries.
Served as a organizer/moderator on the REUs/Internships and Graduate School panels.
(Nov 9 - 10, 2024) I gave a talk at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium at Rice University.
I won the Outstanding Session Presentation award in the Computational and Applied Math category!
(Nov 6, 2024) I was invited to give a talk for the UTA MAA Student Chapter and Mathematics Freshman Seminar class on "Results from Outside of Class: Internships, Research, and Math Clubs."
(Oct 30, 2024) I served as a panelist on "The Undergraduate Math Experience" panel for the Mathematics Freshman Seminar class.
(Oct 18 - 19, 2024) I presented a talk at the ICMA-IX conference hosted at UW Milwaukee with travel support from the conference!
(Oct 11 - 12, 2024) I organized a special session on "Recent Advances in Applied Math by Undergraduates" at the 7th Annual SIAM Texas-Louisiana Section Meeting.
I presented my talk, "Optimization of Lesion Removal in CTEPH Patients," at this session and was awarded travel support from the SIAM Texas-Louisiana section!
(Oct 2, 2024) I was invited to give a talk for the Math Club at Tarleton State University on "A SIMPL Model of Phage-Bacteria Interactions."
(Oct 2024) I was featured in the October/November 2024 issue of MAA Focus!
(Aug - Oct, 2024) Served as Interim Vice President of the Actuarial Science Club at UTA.
(Aug 12, 2024) I was awarded my first NSF grant as PI to host the Mathposium: NSF DUE-2437995.
(Aug 7, 2024) I was awarded the Edmund Landau Award by the American Mathematical Society!
(Jul 29, 2024) Our paper, titled "Computational framework for the generation of one-dimensional vascular models accounting for uncertainty in networks extracted from medical images," was published in the Journal of Physiology!
(Jun 2024) Our conference paper, titled "Importance of uncertainty in image segmentation in one-dimensional vascular network models," was accepted for publication after peer review in CMBE Proceedings.
(Jun 6 - 7, 2024) I attended the Career Path in the Mathematical Sciences workshop hosted by the Math Alliance and IMSI.
(May 20 - 31, 2024) I attended the Modeling and Simulation with PDEs Summer School at Texas A&M University.
Worked with Jordan Hoffart on modeling soliton waves and implemented finite difference schemes to solve nonlinear dispersive PDEs.
(Apr 23, 2024) Won the H. A. D. Dunsworth Scholarship and R. Kannan Memorial Fund Scholarship at the Annual UTA Math Awards Celebration!
(Apr 19, 2024) I presented my poster, "Computational Framework for Patient-Specific Cardiovascular Modeling," at the Discover Student Research Symposium 2024 and won 2nd Place!
(Apr 17, 2024) I organized and moderated the panel "On Math and STEM Degrees" for the UTA MAA Student Chapter.
(Apr 1, 2024) I organized and moderated the panel "Why a Math Major?" for the Pi Mu Epsilon Texas Iota Chapter.
(Mar 22 - 23, 2024) I gave a talk at the 103rd Annual MAA Texas Section Meeting and won Best Applied Math Presentation!
(Mar 14 - 16, 2024) I attended Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM 2024 with travel support from AAAS.
(Mar 2024) Founded the Math Bio Club at UTA!
Featured some cool speakers, including Dr. Daniel Cruz, Dr. Imelda Trejo, Shreshtha Chaturvedi (now Dr. Shreshtha Chaturvedi 🎉), Dr. Caroline Moomüeller, and Dr. Marina Mancuso!
(Feb 23 - 25, 2024) Presented my poster "Generating Vascular Models and Assessing Uncertainty in Medical Images" at the 8th Annual Gulf States Math Alliance Conference.
(Feb 20, 2024) Hosted a free, public screening of the new documentary, Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience!
(Jan 24, 2024) Volunteered for the UTA MAA at the 2nd Annual Warm Up Wednesday hosted by the UTA College of Science.
(Jan 3 - 6, 2024) Attended JMM 2024 (my first JMM!).
Volunteered for the Society for Mathematical Biology.
Presented my poster, titled "Generating Vascular Models and Assessing Uncertainty in Medical Images," at the PME Undergraduate Poster Session.
(Nov 2023) Awarded the Undergraduate JMM Travel Grant from Pi Mu Epsilon to attend JMM 2024!
(Nov 17, 2023) I hosted and organized the second iteration of the Mathposium at UT Arlington, featuring students and faculty from around Dallas-Fort Worth!
Organized more than 20 presenters and moderated/organized the BIG Math Careers Panel featuring Dr. Mayowa Awe, Dr. Michael Ray, and Dr. Talon Johnson.
(Nov 16, 2023) I was featured in the UT Arlington student newspaper, The Shorthorn!
(Nov 3 - 5, 2023) Attended the Field of Dreams Conference hosted at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA.
(Nov 1, 2023) Served as the organizer and moderator of a panel on "What Does it Mean to Succeed in Math?" for the Mathematics Freshman Seminar class.
(Oct 27 - 28, 2023) Gave a talk at the Texas Undergraduate Math Conference at Stephen F Austin State University on "Uncertainty of Image Segmentation on Pulmonary Hemodynamics."
(Oct 19 - 22, 2023) Met up with Team CTEPH at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL to continue work on our REU project!
(Sep 20, 2023) Presented "On Finding Internships, Fellowships, and More" for the UTA MAA Student Chapter.
(Sep 14 - 16, 2023) Presented at the 2023 Annual S-STEM Scholars Meeting on "Uncertainty of Image Segmentation on Pulmonary Hemodynamics."
(Aug 2023) Joined the 1st cohort of the Mathematics for Human Health RTG at UT Arlington!
(Jul 27, 2023) Presented with my REU group at the 22nd Annual Summer Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium at NC State.
(Jul 2023) Won the Chance Vought Endowed Scholarship from the UTA College of Science!
(Summer 2023) Participated in the DRUMS REU at North Carolina State University.
Worked with Dr. Mette Olufsen and Michelle Bartolo (now Dr. Michelle Bartolo 🎉) in the Cardiovascular Dynamics Group.
(Apr 18, 2023) Featured in UTA Science News: "Students Advocate for UTA During Visit to State Capitol"
(Apr 2023) Won the H. A. D. Dunsworth Scholarship, R. Kannan Memorial Fund Scholarship, Ann H. Benham Endowed Scholarship, and Outstanding Student Contributions to the Math Department awards from the UTA Department of Mathematics!
(Mar 2023) Awarded the SMART Scholarship from the US Department of Defense (declined award)!
(Mar 22, 2023) Visited the Texas State Capitol on behalf of UT Arlington for UTA Day at the Capitol and spoke with legislators about the importance of funding higher education.
(Feb 24 - 26, 2023) Attended the 7th Annual Gulf States Math Alliance Conference hosted by Texas Southern University!
(Jan 25, 2023) Volunteered for the UTA MAA at the 1st Annual Warm Up Wednesday hosted by the UTA College of Science.
(Nov 19 - 20, 2022) Attended the 3rd Annual OURFA2M2.
(Nov 18, 2022) Hosted and organized the first Mathposium for more than 70 participants!
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