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Marissa Gee joined the Kenyon faculty in 2024, after completing a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at Cornell University. Her research focuses on applications of optimal control — the study of how to effectively influence a modeled system in order to achieve a desirable outcome. Her projects combine techniques from mathematical modeling, partial differential equations and numerical methods, and they are motivated by applications in robotics and ecology.
Gee is passionate about and fascinated by teaching and learning. She values active participation and experimentation in class and encourages students to view math as an exploratory process with more than one possible correct answer.
In her free time, Gee enjoys reading, choral music, knitting and taking her cat for walks.
Areas of Expertise
Optimal control; mathematical modeling; numerical methods
Education
2021 — Master of Science from Cornell University
2018 — Bachelor of Science from Harvey Mudd College