Alumni

“I graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in western New York with a doctoral degree in Mathematical Modeling in May, 2025. I defended my dissertation titled “Insights into COVID-19 Dynamics via the Integration of Subpopulations, Vaccinations, and Bayesian Calibration in a Semi-Enclosed Community Model Framework” in April 2025. I started graduate school at the peak of the pandemic and specialized in using math to model the spread of COVID-19 in special types of communities, such as university campuses and remote communities. I now work as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Cardiovascular Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Lumen Christi helped prepare me for my extended stint in academia. Current and past teachers continue to act as mentors and offer guidance even nine years after I graduated! The school helped foster my love and learning and gave me a safe place to grow while still challenging me and encouraging me to push myself in my academics. I discovered my love of math during my time at Lumen and continued to discover it during my undergraduate career.

I credit Lumen Christi with helping create the foundation so I could become the person and mathematician I am today. I now live in North Carolina with my two cats (Grace and Franky) and my fiancé, Adam.”