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Education

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI

  MS, PhD Mathematics, Aug 2023-


University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI

  BS, Mathematics, Sept 2018-May 2022.

  BS, Computer Science, Sept 2018-May 2022.


Papers

Kohnert Posets and Polynomials of Northeast Diagrams. Aram Bingham, Beth Anne Castellano, Kimberly P. Hadaway, Reuven Hodges, Yichen Ma, Alex Moon, Kyle Salois. 2025. Pre-print.


The Defective Parking Space and Defective Kreweras Numbers. Rebecca E. Garcia, Pamela E. Harris, Alex Moon, Aaron Ortiz, Lauren J. Quesada, Cynthia Marie Rivera Sánchez, Dwight Anderson Williams II. 2024. Pre-print.


What shapes can appear in a curve shortening flow singularity? Sigurd Angenent, Evan Patrick Davis, Ellie DeCleene, Paige Ellingson, Ziheng Feng, Edgar Gevorgyan, Aris Lemmenes, Alex Moon, Tyler Joseph Tommasi, Yamin Zhou. 2024. Nonlinearity.


On some discrete statistics of parking functions. Ari Cruz, Kimberly J. Harry, Pamela E. Harris, Jan Kretschmann, Matt McClinton, Alex Moon, John O. Museus, Eric Redmon. 2024. J. Int. Sequences.


Awards

UWM Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship (2025)


Talks

Kohnert Properties of Northeast Diagrams.

    Joint Mathematics Meetings Special Session for the Graduate Research Workshop in Combinatorics. Jan 2025. Seattle, Washington.    

    Loyola University of Chicago Topology, Algebra, and Combinatorics Seminar. Oct 2024. Chicago, Illinois.

    UWM Graduate Student Colloquium. Sept 2024. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


Orbits of Defective Parking Functions. 

MAA Wisconsin Section Spring 2024 Meeting. April 2024. Whitewater, Wisconsin.

UWM Algebra Seminar. April 2024. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


Linear Algebraic Techniques in Combinatorics. UWM Graduate Student Colloquium. Sept 2023. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


Posters

Orbits of Defective Parking Functions. VII Encuentro Colombiano de Combinatoria (ECCO). June 2024. Popayán, Colombia.


Peakless Tieless Parking Functions. Mid-Atlantic Algebra, Geometry, and Combinatorics Workshop (MAAGC). Dec 2023. Richmond, Virginia. 


A Parallel Implementation of a Nonlinear Diffusion Filter. LANL Student Symposium. Aug 2023. Los Alamos, New Mexico.


Topology in Curve Shortening Flow. MxM End of Semester Symposium. May 2022. Madison, Wisconsin.


Outreach and Featured Articles

Grad Students Leading the Way: How to Organize your own Local Workshop. MAA Master Blog. August 2024. Article.


Presentation Judge. UWM SURF Symposium. April 2024. Milwaukee, WI.


Other Research Experience

Los Alamos National Lab Parallel Computing Summer Research Internship (LANL PCSRI) June-Aug 2023

  LANL

  Los Alamos, NM

  PI: Dr. Nik Cordes, Dr. Shane Fogerty

  Topic: Fast Parallelized Image Filters


Wisconsin Science and Computer Emerging Research Stars (WISCERS) Jan-Aug 2022

  UW Madison Computer Science Department

  Madison, WI

  PI: Dr. Ilias Diakonikolas

  Topic: Sample Complexity Bounds of Randomized Distribution Testing Algorithms


Other Learning

Student Experience Project Sept - Dec 2024

  UW - Milwaukee

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin


*Students United for Faster Enumerative Reasoning fest (SUFFERfest) August 2024

  UW - Milwaukee

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin


VIII Encuentro Colombiano de Combinatoria June 2024

  Universidad del Cauca

  Popayán, Colombia


*UW - Milwaukee Algebraic Geometry Reading Group Jan - May 2024

  UW - Milwaukee

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin


UW - Milwaukee Fall Teaching Seminar Sept - Dec 2023

  UW - Milwaukee

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin


Connecticut Summer School in Number Theory June 2022

  University of Connecticut

  Storrs, Connecticut


New Horizons in Theoretical Computer Science Summer School June 2021

  Online


*Primary organizer


Employment

Graduate Teaching Assistant Aug 2023-Present

  UW Milwaukee Math Department

  Milwaukee, WI


Math Tutor Sept 2022-May 2023

  Jovie

  Edina, MN


Drop-in Tutor Sept 2021-May 2022

  UW Madison Math Department

  Madison, WI


WISCERS Researcher Jan-Aug 2021

  UW Madison Computer Science Department

  Madison, WI


Volunteer Drop-in Tutor Jan-Dec 2019

  UW Madison Greater University Tutoring Service

  Madison, WI