People

Collaborators and advisors

I am fortunate to have the opportunity to work with

• Guido Montúfar (UCLA, Mathematics and Statistics & Data Science)
• Rishi Sonthalia (Boston College, Mathematics)

Before I started my PhD, I also worked with

• Mason Porter* (UCLA)
• Carl Yang (Emory University)
• Erica Choi* (Columbia University)
• Sally Smith* (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Mathieu Bauchy (UCLA)
• Yu Song (UCLA)
• Yuetian Sun (UCLA)

* denotes coauthor.

For students

I occasionally receive inquiries from undergraduate students. Qualities (beyond academic preparation) that are important are research fit, time commitment, and interest. In general, if you are interested in working with me, please consider the following questions:

• What kind of research do you want to work on? Broadly speaking, research falls into theory, applied, and methods. I work in theory, which generally entails a higher learning curve. I am also happy to supervise other projects. In that case, it may be better if you present some ideas to me.
• What do you want to get out of this project? If a publication, then the expected time investment will be significant (but hopefully highly rewarding). In my experience, any kind of research is valuable, and one often can’t expect that all research can lead to publication. Smaller (usually computationally heavy) projects are always great, especially to gauge what the research landscape looks like.
• How much time can you commit? As stated above, I work in theory, so that will come with frequent discussions on readings (either of textbooks or research papers if sufficiently prepared). This may also involve me teaching you (think of this like tutoring), until you reach a point where you can apply what you have learned to a research problem.

If you feel that I am a good fit as a potential mentor, send me an email and we can arrange a time to chat.