Melinda Lanius

Contact Information
Email: lanius2@illinois.edu
Office: 108 Altgeld Hall
Mailing Address:
1409 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801

CV
A pdf copy of my CV can be found here.

Overview

During the 2017-2018 academic year, I am completing my PhD in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with adviser Pierre Albin. I invite you to learn more about my research, teaching, and outreach endeavours by exploring the tabs in the sidebar to the left.

I've listed my upcoming talks at various conferences below. If you'll also be in attendance, or will be in the area, let me know. I'd love to chat about math!

Recent and Upcoming Speaking Engagements:

On November 14, 2017 I will be delivering a colloquium talk in the math department at my alma mater, Wellesley College!
On August 17, 2017 I gave a talk in the session "Poisson Geometry and Its Applications" at the Pacific Rim Mathematical Association's (PRIMA) third congress in Oaxaca, Mexico .
On August 1, 2017 I gave a talk at the Field Institute's Conference on Poisson Geometry and Stacks in Toronto, Canada .
On May 5th, 2017 I a gave a short talk at the Gone Fishing Poisson Geometry Conference, at the University of Notre Dame.

Notices Interviews

I'd like to mention here - for lack of a better place to mention it elsewhere on my site - that in Fall 2016 I was invited to conduct a series of interviews for the Graduate Student Section of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

In the May 2017 issue, you can find my interview with mathematician Reinhard Laubenbacher, director of the Center for Quantitative Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center.
In the June/July 2017 issue, you can find my interview with mathematician Lucas Sabalka of Ocuvera. In the interview, Lucas tells us about his work on a technology-based fall-prevention product for hospitals.
My interview with Sharon Arroyo of Boeing is slated to appear in the January 2018 issue and my interview with Kathryn Hess of EPFL will appear in the March 2018 .

Conference Organization

I co-organized the 13th annual Graduate Student Topology and Geometry Conference held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on March 28-29, 2015.