Experience
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Visiting lecturer (2026)
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), South Africa
Taught the computational neuroscience part of a graduate course in Neuro AI -
Post-doctoral fellow (2022 - 2025)
Institute of Science and Technology, Austria (ISTA)
Researched connectome-dynamics relationships as member of the Vogels Lab -
Research engineer (2016 - 2017)
French Space Agency (CNES), University of Toulouse, France
Inverse modelling of satellite observations of the Greenland Ice Sheet to infer subglacial drainage properties -
Research assistant and sessional instructor (2011 - 2015)
University of British Columbia, Canada
Researched subglacial drainage models and taught undergraduate geoscience and applied math courses -
Tutor (2010 - 2011)
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), South Africa
Tutored graduate students in mathematical and computational methods in the AIMS structured master’s program -
Project scientist (2009 - 2010)
JASCO Applied Sciences, Canada
Developed computational models for ocean acoustic wave propagation
Education
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Ph.D. in Earth System Science (2022)
University of Zürich, Switzerland
Supervisor: Andreas Vieli -
M.Sc. in Mathematics (2008)
University of Victoria, Canada
Supervisor: Boualem Khouider -
B.Sc. (Hon.) in Mathematics (2004)
University of Victoria, Canada
Methods and skills
- Numerical PDEs, dynamical systems and network analysis, scientific computing in Python and Matlab, inverse problems, computational neuroscience pipelines.