I am a postdoc in the Mahadevan Lab at Harvard. I am interested in the geometry and dynamics of topological defects in optimization problems. More broadly, I work at the intersection of applied geometry, optimization, and physics. I will be on the academic job market in fall 2024.

I completed my PhD in the Geometric Data Processing Group at MIT, working with Professor Justin Solomon. My work applied convex relaxation techniques to simplify challenging geometric optimization problems featuring topological barriers. I was lucky enough to work with many excellent collaborators, including outstanding undergraduates.

Prior to my PhD, I studied math at Cambridge and computer science at Harvard. I have interned at Pixar Research, where I helped build geometry and physics simulation tools for artists, and at Flagship Labs, where I was in the inaugural class of AI Fellows.

In my spare time, I enjoy singing, improv comedy, baking breads and pastries, and (in a prior life) keeping bees.

I am grateful to be supported by the NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. While at MIT I was generously supported by the Hertz Fellowship and the MathWorks Fellowship.