Education

  • PhD Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 2008
  • ScM Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 2006
  • BS Applied Physics, Columbia University, 2001

Academic experience

  • Associate Professor/Reader in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, Sep 2019 - present
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, Sep 2016 - Sep 2019
  • Lecturer in Biofluid Dynamics, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, Oct 2011 - Sep 2016
  • Associate Research Scientist, Courant Institute, New York University, Sep 2008 - Oct 2011

Awards and Grants

  • Welcome Trust Discovery Award: Unity and diversity of multiciliary function across scales (with Kirsty Wan, Pleasantine Mill, Laurent Kodjabachian, Juliette Azimzadeh, Gaspar Jekely), Jan 2026 - Jan 2032
  • Imperial-TUM Doctoral School Studentships (with Janna Nawroth), Oct 2024 - Oct 2028
  • EPSRC Standard Grant: Modelling sperm-mucus interactions across scales (with Pierre Degond), Apr 2017 - Dec 2021
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, 2017
  • Imperial European Partners Fund Grant, May 2017 - May 2019
  • Fulbright Fellowship, Feb 2012 - Aug 2012

Visiting positions

  • Visiting Associate Professor, Institut de Mecanique des Fluides de Toulouse and Paul Sabatier University, France, June 2015
  • Junior Research Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Trento, Italy, Feb 2012 - Aug 2012