Professional Interests

• Research: Differential geometry. Symplectic manifolds with Hamiltonian group actions. Combinatorial aspects of equivariant cohomology and K-theory.
• Teaching: Guided-discovery learning. Use of technology in improving the effectiveness of teaching. Efficient collaborative and interactive learning.

Education

• 2000 Ph.D., Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
• 1995 M.S., Mathematics, University of Bucharest, Romania.
• 1994 B.S., Mathematics, University of Bucharest, Romania.

Employment History

• 2005-present  Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, UMass Boston, Boston, MA.
• 2003-2006  Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA.
• 2000-2003 J.W. Gibbs Instructor, Department of Mathematics, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
• 1996-2000 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
• 1995-1996 Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Bucharest, Romania.