Sara Pollock

Biography

Sara Pollock is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wright State University. Previous to that, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics with a specialization in Computational Science from the University of California, San Diego, in 2012. She also holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Research Interest

Dr. Pollock develops and analyzes numerical methods that can be applied to challenging physical problems. Her main interest is developing efficient numerical techniques for nonlinear partial differential equations, using the finite element method. Other work ranges from the development of stable inverse kinematics algorithms applied to protein and macrocycle structure prediction to adaptive multiscale methods for high contrast problems. She enjoys teaching and mentoring students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.