Ronkonkoma, NY  11779

 

EDUCATION:                      Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, To Be Conferred May, 2005              Specialization:  Statistics   GPA:  3.63

 

Master of Science in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Conferred May, 2003           Specialization:  Statistics   GPA:  3.63

 

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, The University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, Conferred May, 2001, Honors Graduate

Major:  Mathematics           Minor:  Physics     GPA:  3.3

EXPERIENCE:

May 2003 – Present             Research Assistant, SUNY at Stony Brook’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stony Brook, NY

                                                Conducting a population-based study of mental health and substance use disorders in the post-Soviet country of Ukraine

 

Aug 2001 – May 2003         Teaching Assistant, SUNY at Stony Brook’s Department of Applied Math and Statistics, Stony Brook, NY

                                                Named “Outstanding Student Teacher” every semester teaching

 

Summer, 2002                        Instructor/Graduate Assistant, SUNY Stony Brook’s AGEP Summer Research Institute

                                                 

Sept. 2000-May 2001           Research Assistant, The University of Texas Pan American’s Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program, Edinburg, TX

Analyzed data to learn the effects peer mentorship has on college math students.

 

Summer 2000                         Research Assistant, Rice University’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program, Houston, TX

                                                Compared two linear programming techniques used in solving constrained optimization problems.

 

Summer 1999                         Intern, Office of Science Education, U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters, Washington, DC

                                                Helped develop programs that encourage students to go into the research aspect of their major.

 

PRESENTATIONS:            A Comparison of Simplex Methodology and Interior-Point Methodology in Constrained Optimization

                                                                April, 2001             The University of Texas Pan American Math Seminars

                                                The Effects of Peer Mentorship

                                                                March, 2001          Texas Section – Mathematics Association of America

                                                                February, 2001      South Texas Math Consortium

                                                Consecutive Numbers Drawn in Texas Lotto Games

                                                                April, 2000             Texas Section – Mathematics Association of America

                                                                February, 2000      South Texas Math Consortium

ACTIVITIES:                      

May 1999-Aug 2000            President, Gamma Beta Phi Honors Society at The University of Texas Pan American

Participated in several academic and community service activities, including Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, and volunteering at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club

 

May 1999-May 2001            President, Laplacian Society of Mathematicians at The University of Texas Pan American

                                                Provided a fun environment for those with interest in math to learn the different options in pursuing a career in mathematics; also did community service activities.

 

SPECIAL SKILLS:             Bilingual (English and Spanish)

                                                Computer Skills:

                                                                Operating Systems:  Windows 9x/2k/NT, Macintosh, Sun Solaris/UNIX

                                                                Languages/Programs:  C, C++, SAS, SPSS, Matlab, R

                                                                Applications:  Adobe Photo, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Front Page

 

                                                                References Available Upon Request