Paige Y.

About

PhD student in mathematical ecology at the University of Minnesota. Supported by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and the US Department of Education GAANN Fellowship. Previously graduated from MIT with a BS in Mathematics.

Experience

• University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Graduate Research Fellow
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    Aug 2025 - Jan 2026 · 6 mos

    Fall 2025: TA for MATH 1271 (Calculus I)

• Counselor at PROMYS: Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists
  Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

  Mentored and graded for advanced high school students in number theory and abstract algebra. Prepared a seminar in dynamical systems.

• Undergraduate Assistant / Grader at MIT Department of Mathematics
  Sep 2023 - May 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Spring 2025: Undergraduate Assistant for 18.100B (Real Analysis) • Fall 2024: Grader for 18.675 (Theory of Probability - Graduate) • Spring 2024: Grader for 18.100B • Fall 2023: Undergraduate Assistant for 18.510 (Logic and Set Theory)

• Undergraduate Researcher (Rothman Group) at MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
  Sep 2022 - May 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  Project: "Dynamics in a model for interacting tipping elements in the climate system." Presented at AGU Annual Meeting 2024. Selected as an MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium Scholar.

• Undergraduate Researcher (Complex Systems REU) at University of Minnesota
  May 2024 - Jul 2024 · 3 mos

  Co-authored publication: "Vacuum bubble and fissure formation in collective motion with competing attractive and repulsive forces" (Journal of Nonlinear Waves). Presented at JMM 2025, supported by a travel grant from the AMS.