Introduction
I am a visiting postdoctoral scholar in applied mathematics at UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, working with Jon Wilkening and Jamie Sethian. I'm interested in many areas of applied mathematics, particularly those involving high-performance and parallel simulation.
Research in dense granular flow
I completed my PhD in the mathematics department at MIT in the summer of 2007. For my thesis, I worked with Martin Bazant on microscopic particle rearrangement in dense granular flow. I used my group's spot model to create one of the first theoretical models of a flowing random packing. Since then, I've been investigating the rheology of granular materials at a local level, in the hope of eventually creating a general multiscale simulation technique.
Current work
Since coming to Berkeley, I've been extending my previous work on multiscale modeling and analysis of granular flow, and I've also been learning more about continuum numerical methods. I am collaborating on a number of research projects at different institutions, and in particular I make regular visits to work at the UC Santa Barbara physics department. For more information about my current work, see my research pages and my publications list.