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Professional appointments

2021— Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2019-2021 Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
2016-2019 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
2017-2018 Postdoctoral Researcher, Mathematical Institute, Leiden University

Education

2011-2016 PhD, Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI.
2010-2011 MASt, Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.
2007-2010 BA, Mathematics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Grants/Awards

2023-2028 PI: NSF CAREER DMS-2238127 "Pattern formation in singularly perturbed partial differential equations"
2021-2025 PI: NSF DMS-2105816 "Self-organization, stability, and defects in pattern-forming systems"
2018-2023 PI: NSF DMS-2204758 (formerly DMS-2016216/DMS-1815315) "Patterns and bifurcations in multiple timescale dynamical systems"
2020-2022 Faculty Sponsor/PI: MAA Tensor Women in Math Grant for MPM (Mathematics Project at Minnesota)
Student PIs/Organizers: Esther Banaian, Sarah Brauner, Harini Chandramouli, McCleary Philbin
2016-2018 AMS-Simons Travel Grant
2014 Brown University Doctoral Research Travel Grant
2014 SIAM NWCS14 "Best Poster" Prize
2008-2009 Scholarship and Exhibition Prizes, University of Oxford.

Invited talks

July 8 - 12, 2024. Multiple Scales: Theory and Applications, Lorentz Center, Leiden, NL.
"Pattern–forming instabilities of interfaces in reaction–diffusion–advection equations"
June 24 - 27, 2024. SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Baltimore, MD.
"Front Instabilities in a Reaction-Diffusion Model of Tumor Invasion"
June 10 - 14, 2024 Equadiff, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.
"Existence and spectral stability of pattern–forming fronts in the FitzHugh—Nagumo system"
April 2, 2024. Dynamics Seminar, Ohio University, Athens, OH.
"Pattern–forming instabilities of interfaces in reaction diffusion advection equations"
March 22 - 24, 2024. UCI Systems Biology Retreat, Pasadena, CA.
"Pattern–forming instabilities of interfaces in reaction diffusion equations"
August 26 - 29, 2023. "Patterns and Waves in Niseko", Niseko, Japan.
"Pattern–forming invasion fronts in the FitzHugh—Nagumo equation"
August 20 - 25, 2023. ICIAM 2023, Tokyo, Japan.
"Instability of planar interfaces in reaction diffusion advection equations"
June 26 - 27, 2023. NDNS+ Workshop, University of Twente, Netherlands.
"Instability of planar interfaces in reaction diffusion advection equations"
May 14 - 18, 2023. SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Portland, OR.
"Instability of planar interfaces in reaction diffusion advection equations"
April 28, 2023. PDE Seminar, University of Houston, TX.
"Instability of planar interfaces in reaction diffusion advection equations"
April 11, 2023. Symposium on Fronts, Patterns, and Self-Organization, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN.
"Instability of planar interfaces in reaction diffusion advection equations"
November 27 - December 2, 2022. Topics in Multiple Time Scale Dynamics, Banff International Research Station, Canada.
"Wave train selection by invasion fronts in the FitzHugh—Nagumo equation"
August 30 - September 2, 2022. SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Bremen, Germany.
"Instability of interfaces in singularly perturbed reaction diffusion equations"
August 25, 2022. Wave Phenomena Seminar, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
"Vegetation spots, gaps, and fronts in a dryland ecosystem model"
June 8, 2022 Dynamical Systems Seminar, Leiden University, Leiden, NL.
"Vegetation spots, gaps, and fronts in a dryland ecosystem model"
November 16, 2021 Dynamical Systems Seminar, UC Irvine, CA.
"Pulse replication and slow absolute spectrum in the FitzHugh—Nagumo system"
August 8-14, 2021 Dynamics of Waves and Patterns, Oberwolfach, Germany.
"Pulse replication and slow absolute spectrum in the FitzHugh—Nagumo system"
May 23-27, 2021 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (virtual).
"Spike-adding canard explosion of bursting oscillations."
November 10, 2020 Analysis, Dynamics, and Applications Virtual Seminar, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
"Pulse replication and slow absolute spectrum in the FitzHugh—Nagumo system"
October 9, 2020 Colloquium, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA.
"Traveling waves and patterns in multiple-timescale dynamical systems."
February 24, 2020 Dynamical Systems Seminar, Boston University, Boston, MA.
"Pulse replication and slow absolute spectrum in the FitzHugh—Nagumo system"
July 8-12, 2019 Equadiff, Leiden University, Leiden, NL.
"Spike-adding canard explosion of bursting oscillations"
May 19-23, 2019 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT.
"Stable planar vegetation stripe patterns on sloped terrain in dryland ecosystems."
January 22, 2019 Colloquium, NC State University, Raleigh, NC.
"Traveling waves and patterns in multiple-timescale dynamical systems."
January 7, 2019 Applied Math Seminar, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA.
"Stable planar vegetation stripe patterns on sloped terrain in dryland ecosystems."
December 6, 2018 Climate Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
"Stability of traveling pulses in the FitzHugh—Nagumo equations."
November 15, 2018 Oliver Club, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
"Traveling waves and patterns in multiple-timescale dynamical systems."
October 12, 2018 Analysis and applied math seminar, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
"Stable planar vegetation stripe patterns on sloped terrain in dryland ecosystems."
July 9-13, 2018 SIAM Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
"Traveling multi-pulses in the FitzHugh—Nagumo Equation."
June 25-26, 2018. NDNS+ Annual Workshop, Universiteit Twente, Enschede, NL.
"Stable vegetation stripe patterns on sloped terrain in drylands."
June 11-14, 2018. SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Orange, CA.
"Vegetation patterns on slopes in the Klausmeier limit."
July 24-28, 2017. Equadiff, Bratislava, Slovakia.
"Single and double pulses in the FitzHugh-Nagumo system."
July 10-14, 2017. The Future of Singular Perturbations, Lorentz Center, Leiden, NL.
"A homoclinic banana in the FitzHugh—Nagumo system."
March 29 - April 1, 2017. IMACS, Athens, GA.
"Single and double pulses in the FitzHugh-Nagumo system."
August 8-11, 2016. SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Philadelphia, PA.
"A homoclinic banana in the FitzHugh—Nagumo system."
July 1-5, 2016. AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Orlando, FL.
"Pulses with oscillatory tails and a homoclinic banana in the FitzHugh—Nagumo system";
"Multi-jam solutions and Lagrangian data assimilation in traffic-flow models."
April 23-24, 2016. The Future of Singular Perturbations, Lorentz Center, Leiden, NL.
"A homoclinic banana in the FitzHugh—Nagumo system."
December 7-10, 2015. SIAM Conference on Analysis of PDEs, Scottsdale, AZ.
"Pulses with oscillatory tails in the FitzHugh—Nagumo system"
May 17-21, 2015. SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT.
"Pulses with oscillatory tails in FitzHugh—Nagumo."
March 20, 2015. Applied and computational math seminar, GMU, Fairfax, VA.
"Pulses with oscillatory tails in FitzHugh—Nagumo."
March 14-15, 2015. AMS Central Spring Sectional Meeting, MSU, East Lansing, MI.
"Pulses with oscillatory tails in FitzHugh—Nagumo."
September 24, 2014. Brown/BU PDE seminar, Brown University, Providence, RI.
"Pulses with oscillatory tails in FitzHugh—Nagumo."

Contributed Talks

April 14, 2020 Applied Math COVID-19 Working Group, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
"Data assimilation and parameter estimation with an eye towards COVID modelling."
March 3, 2020 Climate Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
"Stable planar vegetation stripe patterns on sloped terrain in dryland ecosystems."
May 21-25, 2017. SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT.
"Snaking and localized patterns with twisted invariant manifolds."
June 1-3, 2016. Analysis of PDEs using Dynamical Systems Techniques, BU, Boston, MA.
Poster presentation "Transonic canards and stellar wind."
July 6-10, 2015. Equadiff, Lyon, France.
"Pulses with oscillatory tails in FitzHugh—Nagumo."
August 11-14, 2014. SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Cambridge UK.
Poster presentation "Oscillatory pulses in FitzHugh—Nagumo". (Winner of "best poster" prize)
April 22-25, 2014. SDG workshop on "Multiscale problems arising in the biosciences", Blackheath, Australia.
E-poster presentation "Oscillatory pulses in FitzHugh—Nagumo".

Workshop/Conference Participation

April 23-24, 2016. KUMU Conference on PDE, Dynamical Systems, and Applications, MU, Columbia, MO.
February 10-14, 2014. IMA workshop on "Algebraic topology in dynamics, differential equations, and experimental data", Minneapolis, MN.
December 9-13, 2013. DTU winter school on "Multi-scale analysis in dynamical systems", Copenhagen, Denmark.

Service/Organization

2024 Co-organizer of minisymposium
"Pattern formation in biological applications"
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Baltimore, MD.
2024 Co-organizer of minisymposium
"Singularly perturbed systems"
Equadiff, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.
2022 Co-organizer of minisymposium
"Planar and higher dimensional patterns: analysis and numerics"
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Bremen, Germany.
2021 Co-organizer of minisymposium
“Wave and front dynamics: propagation and stability”
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (virtual).
2021 Faculty sponsor for “Mathematics Project at Minnesota” workshop
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
2019 Co-organizer of minisymposium
“Traveling Waves: Selection Principles and Stability”
SIAM Conference on Analysis of PDEs, La Quinta, CA.
2018 Co-organizer of minisymposium
“Defects and Inhomogeneities in Pattern Forming Systems”
SIAM Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
2017 Co-organizer of minisymposium
“Nonlocal Behavior in Biological Applications”
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT.
2016 Co-organizer of minisymposium
“Geometric approaches to traveling waves in PDE models”
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Philadelphia, PA.
2016 Panel Member, Brown University SIAM Student Chapter Math Postdoc Panel.
2016 Judge, Brown Math Modeling Competition, Providence, RI.
2015 Co-organizer of minisymposium
“The behavior of autonomous agents in diverse applications”
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT.
2015 Co-organizer, Brown University Math Postdoc panel.
2009-2010 Mansfield College Rep. for the Maths Undergraduate Representative Committee.

Editorial activities

2022-present Physica D. Early Career Editorial Board Member
2022 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - S. Guest Editor for Special Issue on "Advances in the mathematical study of pattern formation"

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Professional Affiliations