LSA Collegiate Fellow, incoming Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Complex Systems
About
I am an applied mathematician and a theoretical biologist at the University of Michigan, where I am an LSA Collegiate Fellow (2026–) and an incoming Assistant Professor (2027–) in the Department of Mathematics and the Center for the Study of Complex Systems. I use mathematics and computation to study social processes, in both biological collectives and human societies. My work brings together methods from applied mathematics — including game theory, dynamical systems, and stochastic processes — with theory and concepts from evolutionary biology and social science. Recent research interests include (1) cooperation and reciprocity mediated by reputation, communication, and social norms, (2) prosocial decision making in dynamic environments, and (3) the emergence of social structures and their effects on collective behavior. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, I was a James S. McDonnell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania.
