Scholarship and Biography

I study geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology. In particular, I am interested in group actions by isometries on hyperbolic spaces, especially acylindrical actions. The kinds of groups I think about include hyperbolic and relatively hyperbolic groups, mapping class groups, Out(F_n), CAT(0) groups, three manifold groups, hierarchically hyperbolic groups, and many more.

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Honors

Letters & Sciences Teaching Fellow Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison (United States, Madison) - UW, 2015
Department of Mathematics Teaching Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison (United States, Madison) - UW, 2014
Elizabeth S. Hirschfelder Scholarship
University of Wisconsin–Madison (United States, Madison) - UW, 2014
University Housing’s Honored Instructor Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison (United States, Madison) - UW, 2012, 2014, and 2015
Edward A. Sheldon Award
State University of New York at Oswego (United States, Oswego), 2007
Robert Noyce Scholarship
American Association For The Advancement of Science (United States, Washington D.C.) - AAAS, 2006
Tufts University Class of 1942 Prize Award
Tufts University (United States, Medford), 2004
Tufts University Maxine Gordon Award
Tufts University (United States, Medford), 2004
Michael L. Walzer '56 Award for Teaching
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 04/2024
Perlmutter Faculty Fellow
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2024-2025

Organizational Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Landsman Career Development Chair in the Sciences, Department of Mathematics , Brandeis University

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D.
Cornell University
M.A.T.
Tufts University
B.A.