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Please find below a summary of my education and experience below.  A copy of my full curriculum vitae including a list of publications and presentations can be downloaded by clicking the link in the right column.

Education
 

Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Mathematics                                                                 September 2014

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL              

                                                                      

Master of Science, Applied Mathematics                                                                                   June 2010

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL  

                                                                                  

Bachelor of Science, Engineering with Electrical Emphasis                                                   May 2009

Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics                                                                                       

Hope College, Holland, MI                                                                                 

 

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Research and Teaching Experience
 

Assistant Professor                                                                                                 August 2016 – Present

Department of Mathematics, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI      

Visiting Assistant Professor                                                                              August 2014 – June 2016

Mathematics Department, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN      

         

Graduate Research Assistant                                                                   September 2010 – June 2014

Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL                                                                                                                          

Advisor: Dr. Daniel M. Abrams

Dissertation: Spot and Spiral Chimera States: Dynamical Patterns in Networks of Coupled Oscillators

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant                                                                    September 2010 – June 2014

Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics and Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Courses: Calculus III and IV, Honors Calculus for Engineers, Methods of Applied Mathematics, Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics

 

Calculus Instructor                                                                                                    June 2013 – July 2013

Summer EXCEL Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL                                           

Courses: Calculus III

 

Undergraduate Research Assistant                                                                January 2007 - July 2009

Department of Engineering, Hope College, Holland, MI                                                            

Advisor: Dr. Roger Veldman

 

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant/Tutor                                        January 2007 - December 2008

Department of Engineering and Academic Support Center, Hope College, Holland, MI  

Courses: Electronics I, Scientific Computer Programming, Calculus I and II, Multivariate Calculus I and II

2010 - present

2010 - present



Selected Honors and Awards

Project NExT Fellow (2014)

Royal E. Cabell Terminal Year Fellowship (2013-2014)

Royal E. Cabell First Year Fellowship (2009-2010)

Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society (2009)

Hope College Senior Engineering Prize (2009)

Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society (2008)

Hope College John Kleinheksel Mathematics Award (2007)

Hope College Freshman Engineering Award (2006) 

 

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