Last Updated on 15th April 2017 Rebecca Menssen sites.northwestern.edu/rebeccamenssen [email protected] | 612.998.4125 EDUCATION RESEARCH NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MANI GROUP | GRADUATE RESEARCHER PHD IN ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND March 2015 – Present | Evanston, IL APPLIED MATHEMATICS Worked with Madhav Mani and in collaboration with the experimental group of Expected June 2019 | Evanston, IL Thomas Gregor to research the dynamics of chromatin in the early Drosophila GPA: 4.0/4.0 embryo. Projects include developing a mathematical model to explain the motion of Advisor: Madhav Mani single gene loci (paper in-progress), applying the model to experimental data, and later working on inferring transcription rates. Presenting work at the Chicago Area MS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS SIAM Student Conference on April 15, 2017. June 2015 | Evanston, IL CENTER FOR GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF ICE AND CLIMATE ST. OLAF COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER BA IN MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, June 2011 – August 2012 | Northfield, MN ECONOMICS Worked on WISSARD, an NSF funded project researching subglacial lakes in West June 2014 | Northfield, Minnesota Antarctica, in the lab of Dr. Robert Jacobel. Examined properties of ice and its layers GPA: 3.98/4.0 from radar data through data analysis and modeling. Work resulted in a poster at the summa cum laude Geological Society of America 2011 Conference and a publication in Annals of Distinction in Physics and Economics Glaciology. Phi Beta Kappa • Pi Mu Epsilon Sigma Pi Sigma • Omicron Delta Epsilon EXPERIENCE COURSEWORK KEMPS LLC | ST. OLAF MATHEMATICS PRACTICUM INTERN January 2014 | St. Paul/Northfield, MN Machine Learning • High Performance Created a model for milk sales volume, and presented findings and the model to the Computing • Numerical Methods for company, including the CFO. Random Processes• Numerical Simulation of PDEs • Iterative Methods for Elliptic Equations • Differential Equations of AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Mathematical Physics • Asymptotics and 2016-2019 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Perturbation Methods • Computational 2015-2016 NU Center for Computation and Theory of Soft Materials Fellowship Neuroscience • Quantitative Biology 2015 National Science Foundation GRFP Honorable Mention 2014-2015 NU McCormick School of Engineering, Royal E. Cabell Fellowship TECHNICAL SKILLS 2014-2015 NU James Farley Scholarship 2013-2014 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Rossing Physics Scholar Languages: 2010-2014 St. Olaf College Dean’s List C • CUDA • MPI • Matlab 2010-2014 St. Olaf Buntrock Scholar Python • R • VPython Programs: Mathematica • Mathcad • LATEX ACADEMIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH Gretl • Minitab • Eviews 2016- ESAM Student Leadership Board Recruitment Director 2016- Applied Math in Action ESAM Outreach Presenter 2015- ESAM Student Leadership Board Co-Chair MEMBERSHIPS 2015- GROW Conference (Northwestern) Graduate Volunteer and Mentor Women of Engineering Sciences and 2015 ESAM Student Leadership Board First Year Foundations Co-Director Applied Mathematics • Northwestern 2014-2015 ESAM Student Leadership Board First Year Representative University Women in Math • Society for 2014-2015 SWE Mentor/Coffee Program Mentor Industrial and Applied Mathematics • 2013-2014 Northfield High School In-class math tutor Society of Women Engineers 2012-2014 St. Olaf Omicron Delta Epsilon Journal Editor 2011-2012 TRiO Mentor Program Mentor TEACHING TA MATH 230 - Winter 2016 WORKSHOPS ATTENDED TA MATH 224 - Spring 2016 April-May 2017 Graduate Research in Data National Science Foundation Grader ES_APPM 252-2 - Winter 2017 July-Aug 2016 From Genes to Growth to Form KITP-UC Santa Barbara 1.