About me

 
I was born in Ottawa but moved with my family to Vancouver at the age of 5. I went to elementary and high school in West Vancouver before deciding to pursue a bachelor's degree in Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. While at Waterloo I participated in the co-op program, which allowed me to dabble in various areas such as actuarial work and software QA. My final workterm doing research with the Symbolic Computation (Maple) Group at Waterloo was what convinced me to pursue postgraduate studies.

I returned to BC in 2005 to pursue a M.Sc. at Simon Fraser University, and eventually decided to continue on to do a Ph.D. as well. At SFU I was co-supervised by Dr. Manfred Trummer (SFU Math) and Dr. Anna Celler (UBC Department of Radiology). My research was focused on quantitative corrections and dynamic imaging in SPECT, a nuclear medicine imaging modality.

Following the completion of my Ph.D. in August of 2011, I started a postdoctoral fellowship at Memorial University under the supervision of Dr. Ronald Haynes, investigating the use of mathematical optimization techniques in offshore oil exploration. In September 2013 I started a second postdoctoral position at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR. At OSU I worked with Dr. Adel Faridani on techniques for reconstruction of CT images from polyenergetic and undersampled data.

In Fall 2015 I began work as an Assistant Professor in Mathematics at UW Bothell. My research continues to be focused on applied problems in medical imaging and optimization. I was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in 2022.

One of my favourite things about working at UWB is the opportunity to work with undergraduate students on research experiences. Here are a couple of news articles about programs with which I've been involved: I have also been involved with the Pacific Northwest Section of SIAM, including serving as secretary from 2020-2022 and co-organizing several meetings. Here is an article I wrote for SIAM News about the 2022 Biennial Section Meeting: After Two Years, a Reunion in the Pacific Northwest

Education and Experience

 
Associate Professor, Division of Engineering and Mathematics, University of Washington Bothell (2022-present)
Assistant Professor, Division of Engineering and Mathematics, University of Washington Bothell (2015-2022)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University (2013-2015)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2011-2013)
Ph.D., Applied and Computational Mathematics, Simon Fraser University (2011)
M.Sc., Applied and Computational Mathematics, Simon Fraser University (2007)
B.Math, Joint Honours Applied Math and Computer Science, University of Waterloo (2005)