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I am an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at University of Massachusetts Boston. After receiving my Ph.D. in Mathematics from MIT in 2000, I was a J.W. Gibbs Instructor at Yale (2000-2003) and an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Penn State Altoona (2003-2006).

My research interests lie in differential geometry, with a special emphasis on symplectic geometry and Hamiltonian group actions. I am also interested in graph theoretical and combinatorial aspects of equivariant cohomology and K-theory.

Over the last years I taught a variety of courses, including Calculus, Linear Algebra, Ordinary Differential Equations, Mathematics for Economists, Probability, and Differential Geometry. This semester - fall 2007 - I teach Calculus III (Math 240) and I coordinate the Problem Solving Seminar (Math 478). In Spring 2008 I'll teach Differential Equations (Math 310) and Vector Calculus (Math 354).

I am interested in innovative approaches to teaching, inquiry-based learning, and using technology to improve the effectiveness of teaching. I am a Project NExT AMS Fellow (Sky Dot).

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