I am an Assistant Professor at the College of the Holy Cross in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Previously, I was a Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor (a postdoctoral position) in Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). I earned my B.A. in Mathematics from College of the Holy Cross in 2017, followed by a Ph.D. in Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering from Michigan State University in 2022. I also worked as a graduate student intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory from 2020–2022.
My research interests include topological data analysis, network science, and complex systems. In particular, I enjoy working on applications in social and biological systems.
My pronouns are she/her.
🎉 My working paper with Gill Grindstaff, Abby Hickok, Jerry Luo, and Mason Porter is on arXiv 🎉 See our work here.
🎉 My paper with Erin O'Neil has been published in the SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 🎉 See our work here.
🎉 My paper with Enrique G. Alvarado, Robin Belton, Kang-Ju Lee, Sourabh Palande, Sarah Percival, Emilie Purvine has been published in La Matematica 🎉 See our work here.
In Spring 2027, I'm teaching MATH 243: Mathematical Structures and MATH 363: Topics in Topology.
SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science (MDS26), November 2026
Speaking in the special session "Topological Data Analysis Methods in Machine Learning"
Co-organizing special session "Complex Social Systems" with Matt Jones
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS27), May 2027
BIRS Workshop on Research in Computational Topology, August 2027
BIRS Workshop on Interactions of Topological Data Analysis and Combinatorial Topological Dynamics, August 2027
Email: stymochko[at]holycross[dot]edu
Office: Swords 340