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Pictures
Here, you'll find various pictures of me, people I've worked with, and places I've been, enjoy!
[INMAA chair |2014 Alder award | Ph.D. Graduation | Family | Undergrad Research Groups | International Travels]
Misc.
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officially tenured! (with my parents at Valparaiso University opening convocation, August 2015)
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winning the Mark R. Schwehn Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award at Valpo's 2015 Greek Life Awards
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giving a talk in Notre Dame's "Math for Everyone" lecture series, November 2016
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receiving the 2021-22 Valparaiso University Excellence in Teaching Award, December 2021
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giving a keynote talk at the 18th annual Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, October 2023
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Indiana MAA Section chair term, 2018-2019
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with Fall 2018 Indiana Section keynote speakers Emilie Purvine and Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin at Hanover College
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with Spring 2019 Indiana Section keynote speakers Alissa Crans, Manda Riehl, and Deanna Haunsperger at University of Indianapolis
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Family
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brother, me, dad, and mom, Christmas 2011
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family reunion (dad's side)/grandma's birthday, summer 2010
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family reunion (mom's side), summer 2016
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Undergraduate Research Groups
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Academic year group, 2009-2010
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VERUM REU group, summer 2010
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Academic year group, 2010-2011
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VERUM REU group, summer 2011
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Academic year group, 2011-2012
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VERUM REU group, summer 2012
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Academic year group, 2012-2013
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MSEED research student, summer 2013
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VERUM REU group, summer 2014
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VERUM REU group, summer 2015
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Academic year group, 2015-2016
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Academic year group, 2017-2018
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VERUM REU group, summer 2018
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International Travels
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Hungary -- Fall 2002
Anonymous statue (City Park, Budapest)
Elsewhere in Budapest
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Austria -- August 2002
at Schonbrunn with friends (Vienna)
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Romania -- September 2002
with other BSMers at the royal castle in Sinia
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Czech Republic -- October 2002
me and Prague
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Poland -- November 2002
me & friends @ Wawel castle in Krakow
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Canada -- May 2003
me and my college roommate at Niagara Falls
me and a mountie =)
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Mexico -- June 2003
quality hammock time @ Isla Mujeres
me and Mayan ruins at Tulum
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Czech Republic -- July 2005
exploring the streets of Prague with REU students
in the Czech countryside
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Hungary -- August 2005
with friends on the Chain Bridge
me and Elizabeth Bridge
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Iceland -- June 2006
at gullfoss (golden falls) in southwest Iceland
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Czech Republic -- July 2006
me and a chateau in hluboká nad vltavou, czech republic
out and about with my 2006 REU students
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Scotland-- June 2007
at the north sea (east cost of Scotland)
cathedral ruins in St. Andrews
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Czech Republic -- July 2007
climbing praded (in northeast, czech republic, near poland)
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Hungary -- August 2007
somewhere in Budapest's castle district (there are enough pictures of bridges from other years ;-) )
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Croatia -- August 2007
somewhere in zagreb
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Slovenia -- August 2007
at the top of the castle in ljubljana
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New Zealand -- June 2008
at the top of the world's steepest street! (in dunedin)
climbing a massive sand dune on the pacific ocean... in the winter
at the top of larnach castle
scenery doesn't come any more amazing than this...
sheep
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Canada -- June 2009
3 provinces visited, 7 to go...
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Italy -- July 2009
enjoying the view of Florence from Piazza Michelangelo
at a certain famous leaning tower...
on the ramparts of Lucca
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England -- May 2011
with a very large clock...
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Scotland -- June 2012
Stirling Castle
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Canada -- March 2012
Montreal
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France -- July 2013
Eiffel Tower
one of the commuter trains in Paris is named "LARA"!
Notre Dame Cathedral
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Canada -- October 2014
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
at the New Brunswick/Nova Scotia province border
view of the Atlantic Ocean from Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
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England -- June 2015
Tower Bridge, London
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Canada -- July 2016
Lake Louise, Banff, Alberta
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Iceland -- June 2017
Reykjavik harbor
at the rift between the North American and Eurasian continental plates
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Switzerland -- June 2019
Zurich
at Rhine Falls, in northeast Switzerland
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Germany -- March 2023
at the 13th century Dagstuhl castle
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