Education & experience

A computational perspective.

A background in applied mathematics, scientific computing, and statistical modeling.

Academic appointments

August 2025–present
Tenured Associate Professor
Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
University of Colorado Denver
August 2017–August 2025
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
University of Colorado Denver
January 2014–August 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California

Fall 2013
Ph.D., Applied and Computational Mathematics
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Advisor: M. Yousuff Hussaini · Co-advisor: Giray Ökten
Dissertation: Non-intrusive Methods for Probabilistic Uncertainty Quantification and Global Sensitivity Analysis in Nonlinear Stochastic Phenomena
August 2011
M.S., Applied and Computational Mathematics
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Advisor: M. Yousuff Hussaini
July 2006
B.S., Information and Computational Science
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China · Minor in English
Advisor: Xiaoliang Cheng
Thesis: A Six-Order Finite-Difference Method for Nonlinear Second-Order Two-Point Boundary-Value Problems

Summer 2024–present
Director of Statistical Programs
Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
University of Colorado Denver
Chair since Fall 2021
Part-time Instructional Support Committee
Committee member since Fall 2020 · University of Colorado Denver