About me

I'm back in my hometown of Seattle, working at Robert McNeel & Associates on Rhinoceros 3D's CAD kernel. I like to develop ridiculously fast and accurate numerical algorithms, and I'm excited to have the opportunity to bring my expertise to bear on challenging geometry problems in order to help improve one of the world's most beloved programs.

Previously, I was a Research Scientist at Coreform, LLC, where I worked on the first commercial implementation of isogeometric analysis, where there was a particular focus on immersed methods (e.g., CutIGA). While at Coreform, I focused on high-order trimming algorithms for nonsmooth CAD/CSG domains defined by implicit functions and applying numerical optimization to the design of Gaussian quadrature rules on cut cells.

Earlier still, I was a Courant Instructor at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences working with Leslie Greengard and Mike O'Neil, where I was also affiliated with the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Mathematics.

I originally obtained my PhD from the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science, where I was advised by Masha Cameron and Ramani Duraiswami. Before that, I received an MS in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland and a BS in mathematics from the University of Washington in Seattle.