Welcome to Sarah Percival’s home page

About me

I am a TEAM-UP postdoc at Michigan State University in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. My research involves using topological data analysis to study plant tomography as part of a collaboration with PIs Dan Chitwood, Arjun Krishnan, Beronda Montgomery, and Liz Munch.

Research Interests

• Computational topology
• Topological data analysis
• Reeb spaces
• Mathematics and biology

You can find a list of my papers and talks here

Graduates Achieving Inclusion Now

Interested in hearing from current and recent graduate students on what your department can do to be more inclusive? Check out the videos from the Graduates Achieving Inclusion Now conference.

Background

• B. A. in Mathematics and Statistics, Rice University, 2014
• PhD in Mathematics, Purdue University, 2021, advisded by Saugata Basu. Dissertation “Efficient Computation on Reeb Spaces and First Homology Groups”.
• Summer intern at IBM in 2020 and 2021.

Professional Memberships

• The National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)
• The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
• The American Mathematical Society (AMS)
• The North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN)

Non-academic

• I currently serve as principal violist in the MSU Concert Orchestra
• I am a member of MSU’s Club Gymnastics team
• I love alpacas

Accessibility

I strive to make my research available to all. I am currently in the process of creating screen-reader accessible versions of my papers, and welcome any input and feedback on making my website and research more accessible.