EDUCATION

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004-present.
  Ph.D. in Mathematics, expected May 2010.
  Advisor: Sergey Fomin.
• Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1998-2002.
  B.A. in Mathematics, May 2002.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Algebraic combinatorics, total positivity, and planar networks.

PUBLICATIONS AND PREPRINTS

1. Combinatorial formulas for Le-coordinates on a totally nonnegative Grassmannian, to appear in J. Combin. Theory Ser. A.
2. Trek separation for Gaussian graphical models (with Seth Sullivant and Jan Draisma), to appear in Ann. Statist.
3. A formula for Plücker coordinates associated with a planar network, Int. Math. Res. Not. IMRN 2008, rnn081.
4. The capacity region of a collection of multicast sessions in an undirected ring network (as Kelli Carlson, with S. M. Sadeh Tabatabaei Yazdi, Serap A. Savari, and Gerhard Kramer), 2007 International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops, 2007, 40.
5. On the bondage number of planar and directed graphs (as Kelli Carlson, with Mike Develin), Discrete Math. 306 (2006), no.8-9, 820-826.
6. Generalized books and C_m-snakes are prime graphs (as Kelli Carlson), Ars Combin. 80 (2006), 215-221.

CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

2009	Sept.	Statcomb Introductory Symposium, Paris, France.
	July	Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, Hagenberg, Austria.
	Jan.	Discrete Mathematics Seminar, University of California, Berkeley.
2008	Dec.	International Conference on Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Mexico City, Mexico.
	Nov.	Combinatorics Seminar, University of Michigan.
	Oct.	Algebra-Geometry-Combinatorics Seminar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
	Sept.	Algebra and Combinatorics Seminar, North Carolina State University.
	June	Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, Valparaiso, Chile.
	Apr.	Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference, University of California, Davis.
	Apr.	Algebra-Geometry-Combinatorics Seminar, San Francisco State University.
	Feb.	Combinatorics Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• 2004-present: Member of the American Mathematical Society.
• 2006-2008: Organizer of the Student Combinatorics Seminar at the University of Michigan.
• 2001, 2003: Participant in the Duluth REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 2004-2007: University of Michigan. Primary instructor for pre-calculus, differential calculus, and integral calculus courses.
• 2002-2004: Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA. Primary instructor for geometry, pre-calculus, and first and second year algebra courses.
• 1998-2002: Texas A&M University. Grader and course assistant for combinatorics, multivariable calculus, and pre-calculus courses.
• 1999-2000: Honors Summer Math Camp at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX. Counselor for a group of four high school students studying number theory, combinatorics, and analysis.
• 1996-2008: Tutor for undergraduate, high school, and middle school students in mathematics, statistics, and physics.