I am the Mathematics, Statistics, and Computational Sciences Librarian at Stanford's Robin Li and Melissa Ma Science Library, located in the Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning, aka ``Old Chem''. In this job, I order print and electronic materials and manage the university's subcriptions in my subject areas, I am the liason between Stanford University Libraries and the Mathematics and Statistics Departments, and I teach Carpentries (and Carpentries-style) workshops on Python, R, and LaTeX.
I have recently gotten married and changed my surname. My old surname was ``Manchester''.
I don't claim to be a coder, but I do occasionally write scripts for myself, and upload them to my GitHub in case they are helpful to other librarians hoping to make more use of computer tools.
I graduated with a PhD in Mathematics from Rice University in May 2024. My advisor was Prof. Shelly Harvey, and my mathematical interests are in satellite constructions, knot concordance, and 4-dimensional manifolds, especially in the topological setting. I received a B.S. in Mathematics with Departmental Honors from the University of Chicago in 2019.
Math research papers:
- ``New examples of topologically slice links'' on the arXiv and published in the Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications
- ``Action of the Mazur patter up to topological concordance'' on the arXiv and published in Algebraic & Geometric Topology
I have also worked as the Mathematics Collection Development assistant at Rice's Fondren Library. I assisted with the selection and acquisition of new books, as well as the weeding of of damaged and outdated books in the collection. Additionally, I contributed to our online research guides, particularly the guides on math and AI, and focusing on the history of math and the relationship between AI and accessibility. I also helped to run events introducing students to the university's Overleaf subscription.
I co-moderated the Mathematics Roundtable at the 2025 Special Libraries Association Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And, I have also attend to the following conferences as a librarian:
- Joint Mathematics Meeting; Seattle, Washington (2025)
- Special Libraries Association Conference; Kingston, Rhode Island (2024)
As a graduate student, I co-organized the following conferences:
- Nearly Carbon Neutral Geometry and Topology Conference (2023, co-organizer of the concordance section, virtual)
- Log cabin conference on concordance and knotted surfaces; Sedona, Arizona (2023)
I also gave invited talks in the following venues:
- Low-Dimensional Topology conference at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research; Pune, India (2023)
- Low-Dimensional Topology Seminar at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics; Bonn, Germany (2023)
- Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherches en Géométrie et Topologie Junior, Université du Québec à Montréal; Canada (2023, virtual)
- Joint Mathematics Meeting; Boston, Massachusettes (2023)
- Geometric Topology Grad and Postdoc Seminar (2022, virtual)
- AMS Fall Western Sectional; Salt Lake City, Utah (2022)