I have recently accepted a position at Colorado School of Mines as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department beginning in Fall 2026.
I received my Ph.D. in Mathematics (2026) from the University of Colorado Boulder, advised by Markus Pflaum. My dissertation focused on jet theory and formal integrability, particularly as they relate to the Einstein Field Equation. My broader research interests lie in mathematical physics and differential geometry.
I am originally from southwestern Virginia. I love reading, knitting/crocheting, sewing, bookbinding, book collecting, and animals (especially my two cats, Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell, and my cocktails of sled dogs, Toby and Ella). I live in Longmont, CO with my husband and aforementioned animals.
Education:
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2020-2026.
M.S. in Mathematics, Virginia Tech, 2019-2020.
B.S. in Mathematics, Virginia Tech, 2015-2019.
B.A. in Music, Virginia Tech, 2015-2019.
Publications:
Recent Talks (with links if available):
"Improving and Assessing Student Communication in Coordinated Courses", Seminar in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (Boulder, CO), April 10, 2026.
"Formal Theory of PDEs and the Einstein Field Equation", Nonlinear Wave Seminar (CU Boulder Applied Mathematics), March 2025.
"Einstein's Equation in the Language of Jet Bundles", Rocky Mountain Math-Physics Seminar, April 2024.
"An Introduction to Profinite Manifolds", Rocky Mountain Mountain Math-Physics Seminar, April 2023.
"An Introduction to Jet Bundles", Rocky Mountain Mountain Math-Physics Seminar, February 2023.
"The Mathematics of General Relativity", Rocky Mountain Math-Physics Seminar, December 2022.
For more info, see my CV (updated 4/2026).