Press & Media

3D model of plastic pollution in Lake Erie
April 22, 2020

3D Modeling of Plastic Pollution in Lake Erie

RIT's press release for our paper (led by Ph.D. student Juliette Daily) producing the first estimates of plastic pollution in the water column and deposited on the bottom of Lake Erie.

Microplastics in water
July 1, 2019

pELAstic Project

Wired discussed the start of our project at the IISD Experimental Lakes Area studying the presence and effects of plastic pollution in lakes.

WXXI Connections roundtable
June 6, 2016

The Science of Drought

WXXI's monthly science roundtable discussion about the science of drought and the role of climate change.

One Universe at a Time podcast logo
October 17, 2015

Sports Statistics

I joined Brian Koberlein's podcast to discuss the use of advanced statistics in ice hockey and other sports.

One Universe at a Time podcast logo
June 20, 2015

Math as Science / Theory and Law

Is math a science? What is the difference between a theory and a law? I was on Brian Koberlein's podcast to discuss these questions.

One Universe at a Time podcast logo
March 14, 2015

Great Pacific Garbage Patch / Age of the Universe

I was a guest on the podcast One Universe at a Time to discuss plastic pollution in the global ocean and how astronomers determine the age of the universe.

Pi Day pie baking contest
March 13, 2015

PiRIT Pi Day Pie Contest

RIT news covered the Pi Day Pie Baking contest run by the RIT Math Club (PiRIT), which I advise. They highlighted my pie that year. Full disclosure: neither pie won.

June 10, 2014

Math at RIT

This video about the applied and computational math program at RIT features me in front of a class as well as discussing student research.