Greetings! This is the homepage of Melanie Pivarski.

I just graduated with a PhD from the Cornell mathematics department. I study analysis in metric measure spaces. My dissertation is on heat kernel assymptotics on Euclidean polytopal complexes. My advisor at Cornell was Laurent Saloff-Coste.
Here is a three page version of my cv in ps format.
Here is a three page version of my cv in pdf format.

Previously, I was an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University, where I earned a bachelors degree in mathematics with a minor in computer science. I also met my husband, Jim (McCann) Pivarski there. He studied experimental particle physics at Cornell and graduated with PhD this past spring. Starting in the fall of 2006 we will both be postdocs at Texas A&M.


Outreach
Throughout my time at Cornell, I've been involved in Expanding Your Horizons, a day long series of workshops designed to help middle school girls learn more about math and science though hands-on activities. I've helped to design and lead workshops on many different topics in math.
Click here to find descriptions of these workshops.
Interested in being a math workshop leader? Click here to find a timeline for this process.

Contact Information
My e-mail address is pivarski AT math DOT cornell DOT edu