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Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Fairfeld University.
Lisa Naples is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Fairfield University, where she also earned her undergraduate degree! She completed her graduate studies at the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on the geometry of measures and analysis on metric spaces, and many of her projects involve finding paths through sets.
When she’s not teaching or doing math, Lisa loves spending time at the beach and hiking with her dog. Lately, she’s been on a mission to try as many new activities as possible with the Fairfield math department - recent adventures include line dancing, kickboxing, and pottery!
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of St. Thomas.
Alex Barrios is a number theorist at the University of St. Thomas who specializes in Diophantine geometry, applying algebraic and geometric techniques to number-theoretic problems. His research includes work that bridges theoretical and computational approaches to elliptic curves. He is passionate about introducing undergraduates to original research and previously co-directed the Pomona Research in Mathematics Experience (PRiME). Raised in Miami, FL, and of Colombian descent, he began his studies at Miami Dade Community College before earning an Sc.B. in mathematics from Brown University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue University. Outside of mathematics, he is a seasonal long-distance runner who takes winters off. Driven by curiosity about people and places, he reads broadly to gain context and fresh viewpoints, moving between historical works and imaginative fiction; he is currently making his way through the Hugo and Nebula Award winners.
Data Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Dr. Brett Jefferson is an interdisciplinary scientist at PNNL who routinely works in the areas of topological data analysis, human factors modeling, and machine learning. His research interests include discovering hidden patterns in difficult datasets (like that data pertaining to human cognition) and studying robustness properties related to those measures. Brett says that one of the reasons he came to work at PNNL was that he had the freedom to explore multidisciplinary areas of research in a collaborative environment.”
Fun Facts:
I’m a big fan of time travel movies.
These days I spend a lot of time learning from my 2 year old.
I love board games.
Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
Dr. Pamela E. Harris, a Mexican-American mathematician, currently serves as Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Department Mathematical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She earned her B.S. from Marquette University, followed by an M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Harris specializes in algebraic combinatorics and has authored over 90 peer-reviewed research articles in esteemed journals. Recognized for her contributions, she is a Fellow of both the American Mathematical Society and the Association for Women in Mathematics. Dr. Harris's dedication to mathematical education has earned her numerous accolades, including the prestigious 2022 MAA Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Excellence in Mathematical Education. Additionally, she has mentored over 120 undergraduate students, particularly from historically excluded groups, and facilitated undergraduate research programs at respected institutions. Beyond her academic achievements, Dr. Harris is also a leader in promoting diversity and inclusion in mathematics, serving as President and co-founder of Lathisms and cohosting the podcast Mathematically Uncensored, while coauthoring several influential books on advocacy in mathematics education.
Fun facts: Dr. Harris enjoys lifting weights, going to hot yoga, and loves a good cup of iced coffee. She has been with her partner since high school, and they have a daughter Akira and two fur babies Scottie and Bubba.
Associate Professor, Reed College.
Lyudmila (Luda) Korobenko is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Reed College. Her research lies in Real Analysis, with particular focus on degenerate elliptic PDEs. There are many interesting (and still open!) questions concerning regularity of weak solutions to such equations, and the techniques used to study them draw on many different areas of mathematics, including pseudodifferential calculus, functional and harmonic analysis, and geometric measure theory. A fun fact: metric spaces associated to some infinitely degenerate operators are not geometrically doubling, and there is still relatively little theory available to understand such spaces.
Luda received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, where she initially planned to become a molecular biologist before discovering her true passion for mathematics. She later moved to Canada to pursue a PhD at the University of Calgary. While there, she fell in love with the Canadian Rockies and got into hiking and snowboarding. After completing her PhD, Luda held an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship at McMaster University, followed by a one-year postdoctoral position at the University of Pennsylvania. She then moved to the West Coast and joined the faculty at Reed College in 2017.
Senior Director – AI Scientist at Zebra Technologies.
Zebra designs hardware, software and automation solutions and services for the frontline, from retail to healthcare to manufacturing to logistics and beyond. We’re the market leader in rugged mobile computing, barcode scanning, RFID readers, thermal printing and retail task management software.
My typical fun fact is that I went to college for 12-years, but this is less noteworthy when talking to people in academia. Post graduating with my PhD from Purdue University; I spent one year as visiting mathematics professor at Westminster College in Fulton, MO. Westminster College’s claim to fame is that in 1946; Winston Churchill gave his famous Iron Curtain speech there.
Post teaching, I got a job the old-fashioned way by going to work for the brother of one of my undergraduate math professors. Since then, I have become an expert in forecasting, pricing, data science, predictive analytics, and machine learning as they apply to retail and CPG (consume packaged goods) companies. During my career I have held many different roles: data scientist, go-to-market leader, and product management. Currently my team and I are responsible for product management and AI/ML development for a portion of the Zebra Workcloud.
My second fun fact is that I have worked for three different companies but never left any of them. My first employer, Prognos Inc., was acquired by antuit.ai in March of 2018 and then antuit.ai was acquired by Zebra Technologies in October 2021. Over 13 years this has been a dramatic change of going from a 20-person company to a 200-person company, to now a company of almost 10,000 employees worldwide.”
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