EDUCATION
2006 - 2014 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Ph.D. in Mathematics (2014)
Adviser: Xiaochun Rong
2002 - 2006 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County
B.S. in Mathematics (Honors)
B.A. in English
Magna cum laude, ΦBK
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 - now | University of Southern Maine, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
2019 - 2020 | University of Iowa, Lecturer
2016 - 2019 | University of Iowa, Visiting Assistant Professor
2015 - 2016 | Western Illinois University, Visiting Assistant Professor
2006 - 2014 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick, Research/Teaching Assistant
2010 - 2011 | Capital Normal University, Visiting Scholar
CONFERENCE & INVITED SEMINAR TALKS
2026 Apr | Mathematics Colloquium, University of Maine at Orono (scheduled)
| Math Club, University of Maine at Orono (scheduled)
Mar | AMS Special Session on Metric, Analytic, and Classical Methods in Differential Geometry, AMS Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, Boston College (scheduled)
2025 Nov | Mathematics Colloquium, Colby College
May | Contributed Paper Session, MAA Spring Northeastern Sectional Meeting, University of Southern Maine
Apr | Contributed Paper Session, AMS Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, Hartford (two talks)
2020 Apr | Special Session on Rigidity Theory, Distance Geometry and Applications, AMS Spring Central Sectional
| Meeting, Purdue University (scheduled; conference was canceled)
Feb | Mathematics Research Presentation, University of Southern Maine
Jan | Geometry Seminar, University of Georgia
2019 Oct | Department of Mathematics Colloquium, Iowa State University
Jan | MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Geometry, AMS/MAA Joint Meetings, Baltimore
2018 Sep | Geometry and Topology Seminar, University of Toronto
2017 Aug | Young Mathematicians Workshop on Geometry, Capital Normal University, Beijing
| Geometry Seminar (five talks), Capital Normal University, Beijing
2015-2016 | Differential Geometry Seminar (four talks), University of Iowa
2016 Jan | AMS Special Session on Analytic Methods in Geometry, AMS/MAA Joint Meetings, Seattle
| AMS Session on Geometry and Differential Geometry II, AMS/MAA Joint Meetings, Seattle
2015 Mar | Differential Geometry Seminar, City University of New York-Graduate Center
Feb | Geometry and Topology Seminar, Binghamton University
2010 Oct | Geometry Seminar, Fudan University, Shanghai
| Geometry Seminar, Capital Normal University, Beijing
DEPARTMENTAL TALKS
2020-2026 | Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, University of Southern Maine (two talks)
2016-2020 | Introduction to Research Seminar, University of Iowa
| First-Year Graduate Seminar, University of Iowa
| Differential Geometry Seminar (twelve talks), University of Iowa
2015-2016 | Math Club, Western Illinois University
| Student Mathematics Colloquium, Western Illinois University
| Mathematics Colloquium, Western Illinois University
2007-2013 | Topology/Geometry Seminar, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
| Graduate Seminar (three talks), Rutgers University-New Brunswick
CONFERENCES/SEMINARS ORGANIZED
Special Session on Metric, Analytic, and Classical Methods in Differential Geometry (co-organizer), AMS Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, Boston College (March 2026)
Program Committee (member), MAA Spring Northeastern Sectional Meeting, University of Southern Maine (May 2025)
Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, University of Southern Maine (Fall 2025-present)