My name is Nkechi, as in “mm-kay-chee.” Most people can pronounce this well, but if you have difficulty saying it, call me by my short name, “NK,” as in, “en-kay.”
I am a 5th-year Mathematics Ph.D. candidate studying topological data analysis and applied topology, in general, at Wayne State University. I am currently working on an instability problem for a time series of persistent homology information and a distance function applicable to different uses in topological data analysis. My work aims to provide insight into visualizing the evolving geometry of data sets indexed by time. My advisor is Professor Daniel Isaksen. I also work as a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Mathematics, and I am always looking for ways to help my students appreciate the subject of Mathematics.
Before coming to Wayne State University, I completed a B.Tech. in Mathematics and an M.Sc. in Pure and Applied Mathematics from Nigeria. I have worked on problems in functional analysis (non-linear operator theory) and fixed point theory.
I will defend my dissertation this summer 2024 and then join the CMSE Department at Michigan State University as a fixed-term assistant professor in the Fall. My department webpage is here.