I am a postdoc in the Visual Computing group at IST Austria. My research is at the intersection of applied geometry, optimization, and physics, and I am especially interested in problems of a topological character. I will be on the faculty job market in Fall 2026.

Previously, I was a postdoc in the Mahadevan Lab at Harvard. I completed my PhD in the Geometric Data Processing Group at MIT, working with Justin Solomon. My thesis work applied convex relaxation to simplify challenging geometric optimization problems featuring topological barriers. I have been lucky 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 for the support of the NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Hertz Fellowship and MathWorks Fellowship.