Extramathematical Activities

• I greatly enjoy handbalancing as a way to shake up ideas in my head and get a fresh perspective on the world. There is a warm and wonderful community of occasionally inverted people at the Cal Gymnastics Club, from whom I have learned innumerable handy techniques.

• Chinese martial arts and my piano have been dear and steady companions of mine since my undergraduate years, and continue to be so. I particularly enjoy when I get them to talk to each other: