Samantha Pezzimenti
I am an Associate Teaching Professor of Mathematics at Penn State Brandywine who is passionate about math accessibility and outreach. I earned by Ph.D. in mathematics from Bryn Mawr College under the advisement of Lisa Traynor. My research interests range from Legendrian Knot Theory to Mathematical Art.
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Here is my CV, updated November 2024.​
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Publications
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Constructions of and bounds on the toric mosaic number, joint with Kendall Heiney*, Margaret Kipe*, Kaelyn Pontes*, and Luc Ta*. (In Preparation, expected 2025)​
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Bounds on mosaic number of Legendrian knot mosaics, joint with Margaret Kipe*, Leif Schaumann*, Luc Ta*, and Wing Hong Tony Wong, (2024). (Submitted)
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Mathemalchemy: an invitation to play, joint with Rochy Flint, Faye Goldman, Li-Mei Lim, and Daina Taimina, MAA Focus Magazine, Vol. 44. No. 5. October 2024.
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Integer sequences ``AA374939", ``AA374942", ``AA374943", ``AA374944", ``AA374945", ``AA374946", and ``AA374947" related to Legendrian knot mosaics in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, joint with Margaret Kipe, Leif Schaumann, Luc Ta, and Wing Hong Tony Wong.
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OEIS Foundation Inc. (2024), https://oeis.org/A374939.
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Cubic knot mosaics, joint with Trevor Meintel*, and Aaron Shabon*, Involve (2024). (Accepted)​
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Geography of Legendrian Knot Mosaics, , joint with Abhinav Pandey*, Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (2022), Vol. 31. No. 01.​
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Exploring and Extending the Impossible Card Location Trick, joint with Giovanni DiCicco*, Aditya Kommoju*, and Dhanush Rajesh*, The College Mathematics Journal (2021), 52:5, 356-363, DOI: 10.1080/07468342.2021.1967696
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Constructions of Lagrangian cobordisms, joint with Sarah Blackwell, Noemie Legout, Cailtin Leverson, Maylis Limouzineau, Ziva Myer, Yu Pan, Lara Simone Suárez, and Lisa Traynor. In: Research Directions in Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Topology (2020), Association for Women in Mathematics Series, vol 27. Springer, Cham.​
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Immersed Lagrangian Fillings of Legendrian Submanifolds via Generating Families. PhD Diss., Bryn Mawr College, 2018.
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*Indicates student co-author
Awards
Early Career Teaching Award by the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware (EPaDel) Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). (2024)
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D'lorio Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award by Penn State Brandywine. (2024)
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Excellence in Teaching Award by Penn State Brandywine. (2022)
Priscilla Clement Faculty Development Award by Penn State Brandywine. (2020)
McPherson Award for Excellence by Bryn Mawr College. (2017)
Links
​I was a mentor for the Moravian University REU in Summer 2024.
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I manage the social media pages for the EPaDel section of the Mathematical Association of America. Follow us!
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I am the co-founder and co-organizer for Delaware County 4-H STEM Club.
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I served as the co-chair of Penn State Brandywine's youth program