Nina De La Torre

Gmail: Haninadlt@gmail.com

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UT Bio

Nina is in her second year at the Oden Institute in UT Austin's Computational Science, Engineering, and Math (CSEM) PhD program. She has a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) where she worked as an undergraduate researcher under the mentorship of Dr. Alperen Ergür studying applications of algebraic geometry. Her research interests are physical simulation, modeling astrochemistry networks, and machine learning approaches to solving systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). ODEs are a mathematical language to describe systems of change, and Nina’s mission is to effectively and efficiently solve problems that deal with change.

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France

Nina studied abroad in Strasbourg, France for four months in the fall of 2022. Unfortunately no, Nina does not in fact speak french at all. But she does have the strange abilities to 1: Read french sentences very terribly but with great confidence, and 2: Speak loud gibberish that sound somewhat french-like.

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Skills

Nina is proficient in Python, Matlab, Julia, and Surface Evolver and has experience using Github, SAS, and C++. Her first job ever was as an instructor at Mathnasium, a math tutoring center for grades k-12th. Nina values being able to communicate and present difficult technical topics in ways that are easy to understand and fun to learn.

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Experience

Nina is currently working with Stella Offner doing research in modeling astrochemistry networks in Julia. She was an undergradute research assistant at UTSA where she graduated in 2023, and she also did research at a summer research experience for undergraduates at NC State in 2022 where she used Surface Evolver to model the cross section of a zebrafish notochord.