About me
I am a Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor (postdoc) in the mathematics department at UCLA, working with Guido Montúfar. I am also a Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Mathematics at Harvard, working with Anna Seigal. My research interests are in algebraic statistics, applied algebraic geometry, and mathematical machine learning. Here is my CV.
I completed my PhD in mathematics in December 2023 at UC Berkeley, where I was advised by Bernd Sturmfels and Serkan Hoşten. My PhD thesis "From Voronoi Cells to Algebraic Statistics" can be found here. I received my bachelor's degree with high honors in mathematics from Wesleyan University in 2019, where I was advised by Karen Collins. My undergraduate thesis "Combinatorial Nullstellensatz: Various Proofs, Extensions and Applications" can be found here.
Outside of math, I like to rock climb, dance, read books, travel, and make vegan food. I write creative non-fiction and poetry (in Russian).
You can reach me by email at yulia@math.ucla.edu. Here is my Google scholar page.
News
Check out my interview with Bernd Sturmfels on the occasion of the International Congress of Mathematicians 2022: