University of California - Davis (2022 – Present) Davis, California
Advisor: Professor Fernanda Valdovinos
GPA: 3.74
Whitworth University (2018 - 2021) Spokane, WA
B.S. Mathematics Summa Cum Laude 2018 - 2021
Minors: Computer Science
GPA: Mathematics 3.92, Cumulative GPA 3.97
University of California Davis, Department of Environmental Science and Policy (July 2023 – Present) Davis, CA
Graduate Student Research
Advisors: Professor Fernanda Valdovinos
Tohoku University & IPAM at UCLA (June 2024 - August 2024) Sendai, Japan
g-RIPS Participant - Resilient water management modeling against global warming and for sustainable food supply.
Advisors: Professor Hiroshi Suito
University of Wisconsin La Crosse – Department of Mathematics (June 2021– June 2022) La Crosse, WI
REU Participant - Topological Data Analysis on Water Quality of the Upper Mississippi
Advisors: Professor Wako Bungula, Dr. Danelle Larson
Whitworth University – Department of Chemistry and Department of Mathematics (June – July 2019) Spokane, WA
Part-Time Research Assistant - Quantifying Molecular Shape
Advisors: Professor Kraig Wheeler, Professor Diana Schepens
Larson, D. M., Bungula, W., McKean, C., Stockdill, A., Lee, A., Miller, F. F., & Davis, K. (2023). Quantifying ecosystem states and state transitions of the Upper Mississippi River System using topological data analysis. PLOS Computational Biology, 19(6), e1011147.
Larson, D. M., Bungula, W., Lee, A., Stockdill, A., McKean, C., Miller, F. F., ... & Hlavacek, E. (2023). Reconstructing missing data by comparing interpolation techniques: Applications for long‐term water quality data. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.
Brandt, A. K., Boyle, D. J., Butler, J. P., Gillingham, A. R., Penner, S. E., Spaniol, J. M., ... & Wheeler, K. A. (2021). Molecular Recognition and Shape Studies of 3-and 4-Substituted Diarylamide Quasiracemates. Crystals, 11(12), 1596.
Interpolating missing data and comparing performance of common interpolation techniques from a 30-year water quality dataset
Biomathematics & Ecology: Education and Research; Online 2021
Eivind Lange Chilean Life Sciences Fellowship, University of California - Davis 2024
Summer Graduate Group in Applied Math Fellowship, University of California – Davis 2023
Jastro & Shields Research Award, University of California – Davis 2023 & 2024
Enhanced Talent Writing Scholarship, Whitworth University, Department of Mathematics 2021
John Carlson Math Scholars, Whitworth University, Department of Mathematics 2021
Goldwater Scholarship Foundation Nominee
University of California – Department of Mathematics Davis, CA
Teaching Assistant September 2022 - Present
Courses: Calculus for Bioscience A, B, C
Calculus Student Success TA September 2024 - March 2025
Courses: Calculus for Bioscience, Calculus for Data Science
Whitworth University – Department of Mathematics Spokane, WA
Math Grader September 2019 – December 2021
Courses: Calculus I, Calculus III, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Abstract Algebra I
Peer Advisor and Teaching Assistant for Freshman Seminar Fall 2019, 2020
Whitworth University - RISE (Reinforcing the Significance of Education) Spokane, WA
Lunch Bunch Mentor at Audubon Elementary School Spring 2019
AMS Joint Mathematics Meeting January 2024
Dynamics Days at University of California Davis January 2024
Graduate Group in Applied Math Mini-Conference March 2023
GROW – Graduate Research Opportunities for Women October 2021
GTDAML – Geometry and Topological meet Data Analysis and Machine Learning July 2021