About Me

Welcome to my little corner of the web. I'm a graduate student at Clemson University, working on my Ph.D. in mathematics. I received my M.S. in Applied Mathematics at Western Carolina University in 2007, and my B.S. in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at WCU in 2005, and am currently engaged to be married this coming December. Academically I'm mostly interested in analysis, especially functional analysis, but I also like algebra, combinatorics, and theoretical computer science (e.g., computability and complexity). Cryptography and topology are subjects I find interesting, too, though I don't know very much about either.

Outside of academics I have various little hobbies including juggling and listening to music. My tastes in music tend to bounce around, from progressive rock (e.g., Pink Floyd and OSI) to old jazz (Miles Davis, John Coltrane) to metal (Opeth, Tool). I'm almost always listening to music, as my last.fm profile indicates.

I'm also a big fan of board games, particularly "abstract strategy" games. Some of my favorites are Hive, Pentago, Abalone, Rumis (or Blokus 3D), and Army of Frogs.