Karoline Pershell Explained

Karoline Pershell
Nationality:American
Fields:Mathematics, Robotics
Alma Mater:University of Tennessee at Martin, Rice University
Thesis Title:Some conditions for recognizing a 3-manifold group
Doctoral Advisor:John Hempel

Karoline Pershell is an American mathematician who works as the Chief Operating Officer for Service Robotics and Technologies (SRT Labs).[1] She is a past Executive Director of the Association for Women in Mathematics.[2]

Education and career

Pershell received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Tennessee Martin[3] where she also competed as a bull rider on the UTM Rodeo Team from 2000 to 2002.[4] [5] She received her Ph. D in mathematics from Rice University in 2010.[6] Her dissertation, Some conditions for recognizing a 3-manifold group, was advised by John Hempel.[7] [8]

Pershell has fulfilled a variety of roles after earning her Ph.D. She was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Tennessee at Martin from 2009 to 2013. As a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar, she taught mathematics at the University of Hyderabad in 2013.[9] Pershell served at the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute as Evaluation Coordinator from 2013 to 2015 under Amb. Nancy McEldowney and Amb. Marc L. Ostfield, earning two Benjamin Franklin Awards for Service to the Department. From 2018 to 2020, she served as the Executive Director for the Association for Women in Mathematics. She currently works as the COO for Service Robotics and Technologies. Pershell shares a robotics related software patent with SRT Labs Co-Founder, Dr. Gregory Scott.[10] [11]

Awards and honors

Pershell has received several awards and honors for her achievements.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Team . 2023-03-29 . Service Robotics & Technologies SRT Labs . en-US.
  2. Web site: History . 2023-04-10 . Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) . en-US.
  3. Web site: Alumni Awards . 2023-04-12 . alumni.utm.edu . en.
  4. News: June 2012 . Perfect Practice Makes Perfect . 3–4 . UT Martin Rodeo News . April 10, 2022.
  5. Web site: Lewis . Rebekah . 2017-06-13 . A Non-Linear Road . 2023-04-12 . Campus Scene . en-US.
  6. Web site: Graduate Student Alumni . 2023-04-10 . Department of Mathematics Rice University . en.
  7. Pershell, Karoline. "Some conditions for recognizing a 3-manifold group." (2010) Diss., Rice University. .
  8. Web site: Karoline Pershell - The Mathematics Genealogy Project . 2023-04-10 . www.mathgenealogy.org.
  9. Web site: University of Tennessee, Martin Fulbright Scholar Program . 2023-04-10 . fulbrightscholars.org.
  10. Web site: Our Team . 2023-04-10 . Service Robotics & Technologies SRT Labs . en-US.
  11. 10960548. Map-based framework for the integration of robots and smart devices. US. 2021-03-30. Service Robotics & Technologies Inc.. Scott. Gregory P.. Pershell. Karoline P..
  12. Web site: Tim . Karoline Pershell PhD . 2023-04-10 . Women Tech Council . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2017 STPF Fellows’ Choice Reading List American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) . 2023-04-10 . www.aaas.org . en.
  14. Web site: Alumni Awards . 2023-04-10 . alumni.utm.edu . en.
  15. Web site: Thomas . Mike . 2020 Awards . 2023-05-04 . Women Tech Council . en-US.
  16. Web site: 2020-08-06 . 2020 Women Tech Awards Finalists Named . 2023-05-04 . www.businesswire.com . en.
  17. Bayer . Margaret . Dewar . Jacqueline . Greenwald . Sarah . Lewis . Dandrielle . Silverberg . Alice . September–October 2023 . Leggett . Anne . Newsletter . Association for Women in Mathematics . 53 . 5 . 2.

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