Education
PhD in Applied Mathematics with a Concentration in Computational Mathematics
Biography
I first got excited about mathematics in a PDE class at GA Tech when I realized PDEs could help describe traffic flow at a stop light. This was the first time I remember mathematics being explained in relation to everyday life. But in graduate school, I was fortunate to be in a group where most of the applied mathematics research was in collaboration with companies. That is when I truly realized all the cool applications for mathematics in the “real world”. When I started looking for tenure-track positions, the opening at ETSU was especially appealing because we knew and liked the area. However, what finally made my decision easy was my fellow faculty at ETSU. My colleagues are still some of the best around!
My family is what keeps me going outside of ETSU. I love nothing more than to spend time with my family. We love to travel, hike, play games or just watch TV shows and movies. My motto is always “family first” and I’m lucky to be blessed with a wonderful husband, three awesome children, more than I can count fur babies, and of course my amazing parents and brother.
Typical Courseload:
- Intro to Stochastic Modeling
- Numerical Analysis
- Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematics & Statistics – special section of MATH 4010
- Internship Experience in Data Science I
- Internship Experience in Data Science II
Research Interests & Publications
Interests: Mathematical Modeling
- AIC under the framework of least squares estimation”, CRSC Technical Report, CRSC-TR-17-09, Applied Mathematics Letters, Vol. 74, pp. 33-45, May 2017 (with H.T. Banks).
- “Modeling Ertapenem: The Impact of Body Mass Index on the Distribution of the Antibiotic in the Body”, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Volume 16, Issue 2, pp. 713-726, January 2019 (with Cammey C. Manning, Whitney Forbes (graduate), Valerie Bobla (undergraduate), William Frazier (graduate)).
- "Spatio-temporal analysis of foraging behaviors of Anelosimus studiosus utilizing mathematical modeling of multiple spider interaction on a cooperative web." Journal of Theoretical Biology, p. 243-259, August 2016 (with Quijano, Alex John (undergraduate), Chelsea Ross (former undergraduate), J. Colton Watts (former graduate), Edith Seier, and Thomas C. Jones).
- “Distances to a point of reference in spatial point patterns”, Spatial Statistics, Vol. 10, pp. 63-75, November 2014 (with Edith Seier and Thomas C. Jones).