imaging

The last time UC Davis saw me was when graduated in the summer of 2018 with a Ph.D. in Mathematics. My dissertation was in low-dimensional topology under Abby Thompson, focusing on Heegaard splittings of knot complements in the 3-sphere (with additional mentorship of Javier Arsuaga in the application of knot theory to molecular biology, particularly the folding of chromosomes in yeast). Only a few months prior to that, I had accepted an offer to join the faculty at University of the Pacific (UOP) in Stockton, CA, as a tenure-track assistant professor of applied mathematics.

Maria received her Ph.D. in 2012 from Palacky University in the Czech Republic, but most of her study time she spent at Princeton University, where she worked under the supervision of David Gabai. Afterwards, she was an instructor at Caltech and in 2016 she joined UC Davis, first as a KAP and then continued as a lecturer. She is primarily interested in Geometry and Topology. She had collaborated with Joel Hass on imaging problems. After a break for sabbatical and maternal leaves, she is excited to be back in the department and teaching again.