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Oud-Heverlee, Be

Flemish Region, Belgium

BeCode bridges the gap between motivated job seekers who reside in Belgium and the employment market, by using the shortage of digital skills as a lever for a more inclusive workforce. Main responsibilities include:• Technical coaching of the learners in Python, data visualization, machine learning, deep learning, among other topics, through active learning pedagogy. • Job coaching support in collaboration with career coaches.• Offering custom-made upskilling/reskilling bootcamps for companies.

Equilo is a disruptive gender analysis app to transform gender equality and social inclusion. It uses real-time data across 132 low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and 18 sectors.• Gathered historical data from internationally validated and open source databases and APIs to populate data across LMIC using Python.• Led the development of statistical and machine learning models to forecast over 2000 country-specific indicator time series and visualize historical trends.• Collaborated with the Criterion Institute to develop statistical models to understand the role of gender-based violence in the finance and infrastructure investment sectors.This work was later integrated into an open-source tool which you can access here: https://www.equilo.io/gbvr.

As part of Sagrado Global's Data Science and Analytics Certificate Program, Programming Track. • Led and developed a series of six-week courses aimed at industry professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds. • Designed hands-on and practical real-world examples using Python and a final project for students to showcase their skills.• Courses taught include Introduction to Python I and II, Machine Learning, Big Data, and the Data Science Capstone course.The Professional Certificate in Data Science integrates general and specialized courses that will help the participant to develop their skills and potential in data visualization and analysis, from an academic, research, or business perspective.

• Wrote two monthly posts covering the mathematical blogosphere for the Blog on Math Blogs by the American Mathematical Society (AMS).• Topics include mathematics research, applied mathematics, mathematicians, math in the news, mathematics education, math and the arts.

• Implemented the Gillespie algorithm in MATLAB to simulate a stochastic model of recurrent epidemics. • Gathered and analyzed video data using ImageJ to visualize the movement of the zooplankton Daphnia when exposed to light. • Analyzed a predictive mathematical model for species competition, performed numerical simulations in MATLAB, and visualized and presented results at conferences.

• Lead research projects for high-school and undergraduate students using MATLAB and Python.- Visualizing Mathematics and its Applications (Summer 2019).- Evaluating models for social group competition (Spring 2019)- Modeling prevalence of JUUL and other E-Cigarette use (Spring 2019)- Exploring physiological rhythms using genetic algorithms (Spring 2018).

Department Of Mathematics

Courses taught: Theory of Arithmetic, Pre-Calculus (*), Calculus for Business I (*), Calculus I, Calculus II for Engineers, and Ordinary Differential Equations.• Led discussion sessions of about 32 students each in small groups active learning activities.• Developed course curriculum, facilitated classroom lessons, created solution. • Provided feedback to instructors on course content materials, homework, and exams.• Tutored students, graded homework and exams to ensure students understood course concepts. (*) Denotes Head Teaching Assistant position.

• Designed, organized, and hosted a day long Mathematical Biology session for about 30 high-school athletes from Illinois as part of the I-STEM Camp initiative

• Planned and developed a week-long camp for high school students designed to expose students to how math can be used as a tool to understand biological phenomena.• Prepared guided lessons using Python Notebooks.• Managed and provided content training to undergraduate teaching assistants.

• Explored the insurance liability of the guarantee benefit of the average of a pool of contracts using the Value at Risk (VaR) risk measure.• Translated code script from Maple to MATLAB.• Improved the numerical implementation of previous algorithms in MATLAB.As part of the Department of Mathematics Research Experience for Graduate Students (REGS) program in conjunction with the Summer Predoctoral Institute (SPI) program.

Puerto Rico

Compiled Portfolio Reviews and Portfolio Trailing reports for investment bankers under the advising of my supervisor.

Los Angeles, California

Worked on a team of four on a project titled, "Pricing and Risk in the Credit Market; An Investigation into Credit Default Swaps", Sponsored by Standard & Poor's. Carried out quantitative analysis of models used by S&P (with MATLAB), presented results & report at UCLA and S&P’s head offices (NY).

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Association for Women in Mathematics, Illinois Geometry Lab, SACNAS, STEM-Fem Alliance. Thesis: "Mathematical.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Applied Mathematics

Mathematics/Finance, Mathematics, Finance, Business

Activities and Societies: Student Counsel,Mathematics Students Association (AEMat), National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS), Golden.