Veronica Ciocanel

As a graduate student at Brown University, I was involved with the following student groups:

• Brown SIAM Student Chapter (VP and Founder of the Brown Mathematical Contest for Modeling)
• Rose Whelan Society for Women in Math (Treasurer and Events coordinator 2014-2016)
• Brown Chapter of AWM.

In these roles, I co-organized professional development panels for grad/undergrad students, undergrad outreach events, social events, etc.

Brown MCM (Fall 2015, Fall 2016)
The Brown Mathematical Contest for Modeling (BMCM) is a local undergraduate contest in mathematical modeling for undergraduate students that I co-founded and co-organized in Fall 2015 and Fall 2016. The contest continues to be offered annually by the Brown University SIAM Chapter. Students work on open-ended research questions for part of a weekend in teams of three students. The top teams participated in the COMAP International MCM contest.
Check out the great performances of the Brown teams at the 2016 MCM (Honorable Mention, Honorable Mention) and 2016 ICM contests (Outstanding Winners) and 2017 ICM (Outstanding Winners)!

Member of the Math CoOP (Spring 2014 - Spring 2017)
The Math CoOP is a group of students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty (led by Professor Kavita Ramanan) who share an interest in mathematical outreach. As part of this group, I desgined and gave interactive presentations at programs in the Providence-Boston area to engage students with mathematical topics:

• Workshop talk on Fractals and Applications at the Young Leaders in STEM summer program (Applied Math Week), for the Science Club for Girls at MIT.
• Talk on Let's Make a Deal: To Switch or Not to Switch (aka the Monty Hall problem) at the Science and Technology Series in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown for the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.

Co-organizer of Alumni Panel on Jobs in Academia & Industry (Fall 2015)
This panel brought back to Brown's campus some of the Division of Applied Math's doctoral graduates, working in either academia or the industry. This event was attended by many graduate students in the Division and beyond.

Peer Mentor at the International Graduate Student Orientation (August 2016)
Advised international graduate students on strategies to adapt to life in Providence and at Brown.

Volunteer for the Brown Market Shares Program (Fall 2016)
Volunteered to help facilitate grocery pickup through the Brown Market Shares programs.

Co-organizer of the Minisymposium on Combining Topological, Data-Driven, and Modeling Perspectives for Complex Biological Systems at the SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences (hybrid, July 2022).

Co-organizer of the Special Session on Topological Data Analysis and its Applications in Biological Systems at the Fall AMS Southeastern Sectional Meeting (virtual, November 2021).

Co-organizer of the BIRS Workshop on Mathematics of the Cell: Integrating Signaling, Transport and Mechanics (hybrid, October 2021).

Co-organizer of ICERM Hot Topics Workshop on Mathematical and Computational Approaches to Social Justice (virtual, March 2021).

Co-organizer of AMS Special Session on Modeling and Data Analytic Techniques for Biological Systems at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (virtual, January 2021).

Co-organizer of two-part session on Topological and network analyses for data at the SMB Virtual Annual Meeting (August 2020).

Co-organizer of two-part Minisymposium on Probabilistic and Topological Methods for Biological Data at the SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science, Cincinnati, OH (virtual sessions, June 8th 2020).

Co-organizer of three-part Minisymposium on Modeling and Inference for Microparticle Transport and Intracellular Dynamics at the SIAM Conference on the Life Science, Garden Grove, CA (postponed).

Co-organizer of two-part Minisymposium on Multiscale modeling of cytoskeleton-mediated cellular transport and aggregation at the SMB Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada (July 2019).

Co-organizer of two-part Minisymposium on Topological Data Analysis and Applications in Dynamical Systems at SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT (May 2019).

Organizer of Minisymposium on Modeling Cell Motility and Cytoskeleton Interactions at SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Mineapolis, MN (August 2018).

Co-organizer of AMS Special Session on Analytical and Computational Advances in Mathematical Biology Across Scales at the AMS Spring Central Sectional Meeting, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (March 2018).

Organizer of Invited session on Models of Biological Patterning in Developing and Adult Organisms at International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (October 2017).

Co-Organizer of two-part Minisymposium on Mechanisms of Intracellular Transport and Cell Organization at SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT (May 2017).

Organizer of Minisymposium on Modeling of Mechanisms of Intracellular Transport at SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Boston, MA (July 2016).

Co-organizer of Workshop on Agent-Based Modeling, Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University, Providence, RI (March 2015).

English for Action (Fall 2014 - Fall 2016)
EFA is a learning community aimed at helping immigrant families in Rhode Island obtain their high-school diploma through NEDP, the National External Diploma Program. I volunteered as an instructor and facilitator of the beginning math pre-NEDP classes.

NECAmP Volunteer at Hope High School (Summer 2013)
The Hope High School in Providence, RI set up a program for tutoring high school students who scored low on the NECAP mathematics exam. I helped students go through practice tests and build mathematics skills to perform better when retaking the exam.

Duke Admissions Volunteer in the Providence area (2013-2017)
As part of the Duke Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee, I offered more than 10 high school students in the Providence area the chance to find out more about the school during their admission process.