Education

• Ph.D. Mathematics University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998
  Dissertation: Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Which Fiber Over the Circle
  Advisor: Daryl Cooper
• M.A. Mathematics University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993
  
• B.S. Mathematics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989

Publications

• Suspension Flows are Quasigeodesic -- to be submitted Dec 2000
• Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Which Fiber Over the Circle -- Ph.D. Thesis, UMI, Ann Arbor, 1998
• Boundary Slopes -- This computer program calculates boundary slopes of surfaces in cusped manifolds (for example, knot complements) using degenarations of a triangulation of a manifold. 1992
• LAURE Integrity Tester -- A computer program written in the language LAURE which checks whether the LAURE language itself was still valid after we had made subtle changes in our implementation of the language. 1990
• LAURE Tutorial -- A tutorial to introduce new users to the computer language LAURE. 1990
• Length Spectra -- A computer program which calculates length spectra of a manifold given matrix generators for its fundamental group. 1989

Invited Talks

1 Hour Talks

• Keynote Speaker-To-Be, The Shape of Space
  Rice University School Mathematics Project ``Geometry for the New Millenium" Spring Workshop, February 2001


• Suspension Flows are Quasigeodesic
  Foliations and Dynamics Conference: Georgia Topology Conference, July 2000


• Suspension Flows are Quasigeodesic
  Cascade Topology Conference, May 2000


• Using Foliations to Understand 3-Manifolds
  Research Colloquium, Virginia Tech, November 1999


• Some Invariants of 3-Manifolds
  Research Colloquium, The Colorado College, November 1998


• Surgery, Mutants, and the Jones Polynomial
  Research Colloquium, The Colorado College, October 1998


• Teaching Undergraduates to Write Mathematical Proofs
  Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Special Session of Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, January 1998


• Using Foliations to Understand 3-Manifolds
  Research Colloquium Series, Texas Christian University Department of Mathematics, November 1997


• Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Which Fiber Over the Circle
  Conference on Laminations and Foliations of 3-Manifolds, University of Georgia Department of Mathematics Annual Topology Conference, August, 1997

20-30 Minute Talks

• Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Fibering Over the Circle
  Joint Australian Mathematical Society / American Mathematical Society Meetings, University of Melbourne, June 1999


• Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Fibering Over the Circle
  Recent Results in 3-Manifold Topology Special Session, AMS Sectional Meeting, Wake Forest, 1998


• Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Fibering Over the Circle
  Laminations, Foliations, and Dynamics in Geometry and Topology Conference, SUNY Stony Brook, May 1998


• Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Fibering Over the Circle
  Kleinian Groups and Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Special Session of the Joint American Mathematical Society / Mathematical Association of America Meetings, January 1998


• Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Which Fiber Over the Circle
  Analysis and Geometry of Foliations Special Session of the Albuquerque American Mathematical Society Meeting, November 1997


• Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Which Fiber Over the Circle
  Wahsatch Topology Conference, June 1997

Honors and Awards

• Computer Technology Honorarium, for applying computer technology to a course in non-Euclidean Geometry, Colorado College, 1999
• Benezet Summer Faculty Research Grant, Colorado College, 1998
• Faculty Research Release Time Award, Colorado College, 1998
• Chosen Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Fellow, 1997
• Dissertation Fellowship, UCSB, 1997
• Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, UCSB Math Department, 1997
• Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSB Graduate Student Association, 1997
• UCSB Residence Halls Association Outstanding Faculty Member Award, 1997
• UCSB Graduate Division's Graduate Student Fee Fellowship Recipient, 1995-96
• UCSB Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, 1994-95
• National Science Defense Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 1990-93
• Named Most Outstanding Senior by Mathematics Faculty, Virginia Tech, 1989
• Phi Beta Kappa, Virginia Tech, 1989
• Hatcher Memorial Scholarship, Virginia Tech, awarded twice, 1987-89

Computer Science Qualifications

• Wrote 2 Geometry / Topology computer programs to calculate different invariants of manifolds.
• Aided in design and support of LAURE, a deductive computer language.
• Proficient in 10 computer languages: C++, C, Lisp, Prolog, LAURE, Pascal, FORTRAN, BASIC, Mathematica, LaTex
• Knowledgeable of UNIX, Macintosh, and Windows operating system.
• Taught 7 computer science courses, including C++, UNIX, Pascal, and Basic, and an independent study in Java.
• Completed 10 computer science courses, including comparative languages, formal languages, file structures, data structures, and a course where I wrote my own assembler.

7 1/2 Years Teaching Experience

Employment

• G.C. Evans Instructor, Rice University, 1999-pres
• Visiting Assistant Professor, The Colorado College, 1998-1999
• Instructor, The Colorado College, 1997-1998
• Teaching Associate/Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993-97
• Independent Tutor, 1992-97
• Campus Learning Assistance Services Tutor, UCSB, 1992-93
• Member of Technical Staff, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Communications Research Division, Bellcore (Formerly Bell Labs), 1989-90
• Visiting Researcher, Geometry Project, Minneapolis, MN, 1989
• Instructor, Special Summer Problem Solving Course, Virginia Tech, 1988

Service To Profession

• Math Careers Lecture Series Creator and Chairperson, Rice University, 2000-
• Reviewer, Linear Algebra Text, Addison Wesley, 2000
• Teaching Seminar Co-Chair, Rice University, 1999-2000
• Advisor, Math Modelling Team, The Colorado College, 1998-1999
• Colloquium Chairperson, The Colorado College, 1998-1999
• Undergraduate Advisor, The Colorado College, 1997-1999

Research References

• Professor David Gabai, Department of Mathematics
  CalTech, Pasadena, California 91125
  gabai@cco.caltech.edu
  (626) 395-4342
• Professor Sergio Fenley, Department of Mathematics
  Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri 63130
  fenley@math.wustl.edu
  (314) 935-6760
• Professor Lee Mosher, Department of Mathematics
  Rutgers University Newark, New Jersey 07102
  mosher@andromeda.rutgers.edu
  (973) 353-5156 x19
• Professor Benson Farb, Department of Mathematics
  University of Chicago, Illinois 60637-1514
  farb@math.uchicago.edu
  (773) 702-3444
• Professor Daryl Cooper, Department of Mathematics
  University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
  cooper@math.ucsb.edu
  (805) 893-8424
• Professor Arkady Kholodenko, Department of Chemistry
  Clemson University, South Carolina 29634
  string@clemson.edu
  (864) 656-5016
• Professor Martin Scharlemann, Department of Mathematics
  University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
  mgscharl@math.ucsb.edu
  (805) 893-4101

Teaching References

• Professor Tim Cochran, Department of Mathematics
  Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005
  cochran@math.rice.edu
  (713) 348-5265
• Professor Michael Siddoway, Chair, Department of Mathematics
  The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
  msiddoway@coloradocollege.edu
  (719) 389-6717
• Professor John Doner, Vice Chair, Department of Mathematics
  University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
  doner@math.ucsb.edu
  (805) 893-3941
• Professor Kenneth Millett, Department of Mathematics
  University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
  millett@math.ucsb.edu
  (805) 893-3894