Educational Background
- B.A. in Mathematics (summa cum laude), Washington University, 1994
- M.A. in Mathematics, Washington University, 1994
- Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1999
Academic Positions
- 2018-2021: Chair, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2018: Interim Chair, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2015-2017: Director, Illinois Geometry Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2013-present: Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2008-2013: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2002-2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1999-2002: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Visiting Positions
- 2021-present: Program Director, Analysis Program, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation
- 2013: Senior Fellow, Interactions between Analysis and Geometry, IPAM, UCLA
- 2009-2010: Visiting Research Fellow, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2003: Visiting Research Fellow, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2000: Visiting Research Fellow, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Honors and Recognition
- 2013: Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
- 2012: LAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- 2011: Distinguished Teaching Award in Mathematics for Tenured Faculty
- 2011: Invited Address, 2011 AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting
- 2008: Helen Corley Petit Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1998: Sloan Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, University of Michigan
- 1994: William L. Putnam Award in Mathematics, Washington University
- 1993: Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Washington University
- 1990-1994: Arthur H. Compton Scholar, Washington University