Vanessa Sun
BA in Mathematics & Studio Art, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Currently at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): Student Technical Assistant at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Research Assistant at MIT Stable Isotope Geobiology Laboratory
Upcoming Engagements
- The Online Undergraduate Resource Fair for the Advancement and Alliance of Marginalized Mathematicians (OURFA²M²) will be doing a talk at the Talk Math with Your Friends colloquium: March 31, 2022
- I will be doing a talk at the Talk Math with Your Friends colloquium: April 2022
Conferences & Seminars I Will Be Attending
- Northeast Geobiology Symposium: April 2022
Conferences & Seminars I Currently Attend
- MIT Earth, Atmospheric, Planetary Sciences (EAPS) seminars and talks:
- Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate Colloquium
- MIT EAPS Geochemistry Faculty Search Seminar
- MIT EAPS Department Lecture Series
- Geodynamics Program at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Current Projects
- I am co-leading the GeoLatinas GeoSeminars series
- I work on OURFA²M² year-round
Recent Projects/Engagements
- Led a math REU application application workshop for OURFA²M² with Luke Seaton: January 2022
- Attended the 2022 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting: January 2022
- Attended the 2021 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting: December 2021
- Organized the 2nd annual conference of The Online Undergraduate Resource Fair for the Advancement and Alliance of Marginalized Mathematicians: December 2021
- Led Peer Mentoring and Career-Building Support for Marginalized STEM Undergraduates workshop with Lee Trent at the 11th Annual oSTEM (Out in STEM) Conference: October 2021
- Attended the SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference: October 2021
- Volunteered as a judge for HackMIT 2021 hackathon: September 2021
- Was a Computing Scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: June – August 2021
- OURFA²M² contributed to Drs. Aris Winger & Pamela E. Harris’ new book, Practices & Policies: Advocating for Students of Color in Mathematics: August 2021
- Led Beamer Presentation and Poster Presentation Workshops for the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute-Undergraduate Program 2021 with Amaury Miniño (Invited): July 2021
- Student-Led Academic Community Organizing – MAA Math Values Blog: June 2021