Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics
School of Computing and Data Science
Wentworth Institute of Technology
[she/her/hers]
Faculty Profile: https://wit.edu/lauren-melfi
Google Scholar --/-- ORCID: 0000-0003-0793-3279
LinkedIn --/-- Twitter: @LLazarusMath
Pleased to announce my recent promotion to Associate Professor!
Summer Conference Schedule:
MAA Northeastern Section Meeting
MAA MathFest!
SIAM New England Section Meeting - "Reconstructing coupled oscillator dynamics in a growing cell-cycle network"
Other Activities:
"Playing the Future: Climate Adaptation Narratives in Board, Role Play, and Digital Games" with A. Kabita Porna, Y. Poya, N. Stecher, F. Litchock-Morellato, E. Howard, and T. Guldbrandsen. Approved for publication in Oxford Intersections: Climate Adaptation (forthcoming).
"Playing the Climate Future: Evaluating Climate-Adaptation Games for Higher Education" with N. Stecher, E. Howard, A. Kabita Porna, T. Guldbrandsen, and Y. Poya. Accepted to 20th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL26), Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany (proceedings forthcoming).
Member-at-Large on the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 2026-present
Teaching, Fall 2026:
Math 2860 - Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory
Math 4900 - Partial Differential Equations
Prior Positions:
Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 2020-2026 (promoted)
Harold L. Dorwart Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Trinity College, 2017-2020
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, 2016-2017
Teaching Associate, Mathematics, Cornell University, Spring 2016
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, February 2016
Advisor: Richard H. Rand
B.S. Physics with University Honors, University of New Hampshire, May 2010
B.A. Classics, University of New Hampshire, May 2010