Current Workload

Current Workload - Fall 2025

Teaching/Mentorship

Teach Introduction to Proofs - Undergraduate 80 students
Teach MATH 100 introduction to proofs.
Teach Pedagogy of Matheamtics - Graduate 10 students
Teach graduate level Teaching Assistant course.
Master Mentorship 1 student
Weyl asymptotic law and Lean code project.
Undergraduate Research 5 student
Neural network parameter space and symbolic regression.
PUTNAM exam coordinator 15 students
Coordinate and administer the PUTNAM exam for UCSC.

Write book proposal 1 proposal
Write a book on applications of improv to teaching in higher education.
Write research papers 2 papers
Write about undergraduate research experience in mathematics and about the development of online lower division mathematics courses.
Course design 2 courses
Design of an upper division mathematics course in mathematical problems in machine learning. Design of a lower division Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education course.

Manage Data Science Faculty Development (PI) 4 activities
Lead in professional development grant for data science education. Partnership between UCSC and CSUMB. Running biweekly faculty discussion group in data science topics. Plan for Spring lecture series. Plan for instructor summer workshop.
Plan Data Science Lecture Series 1-2 invited guests
Orginizing the Lecture Series for AY 25-26 that will bring guest speakers focusing on interdisciplinary aspects of Data Science.

UCSC Artificial Intelligence Council meetings every 2 weeks
The UC Santa Cruz Artifical Intelligence Council is the central body for guiding the university's approach to AI integration.
UC Artificial Intelligence Community of Practice meetings every 1 month
Participation in the UC wide Community of Practice about Artificial Intelligence in implementations in the University of California system.
Mathematics Visiting Assistant Professor search committee 2 positions
Committee member in the search for two postdoctoral positions in mathematics.
Department Instructional Knowledge Share 1 website, 1 google drive
Facilitate departmental Knowledge share of instructional material.
Organize for Math Teachers' Circle of Santa Cruz meetings every month, 10-15 participants
Organize monthly meetings for local middle, high school teachers, students, and math enthusiasts.
Editorial Board American Mathematical Competitions 2 levels nationwide
Review and propose problems and solutions for the American Mathematical Competitions for AMIE and AMC 10/12.
Editorial Board El Centro