Elizabeth Newman
Assistant Professor
Contact
Elizabeth Newman
Assistant Professor
Joyce Cummings Center
177 College Ave
Room 561
Medford, MA 02155
Welcome to my webpage! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Tufts University. Prior to joining Tufts as a faculty member in Fall 2025, I was an Assistant Professor at Emory University from Summer 2022 to Summer 2025. I previously worked with Dr. Lars Ruthotto as a Postdoctoral Fellow from Summer 2019 to Summer 2022. I earned my PhD from Tufts University in Spring 2019, advised by Dr. Misha Kilmer.
I am currently supported by the NSF (DMS 2309751) and an 2025 AFOSR YIP award.
Education
- Ph.D in Mathematics, Tufts University, May 2019, Advisor: Misha Kilmer
- MS in Mathematics, Tufts University, May 2016
- BS in Mathematics and Statistics, Haverford College, May 2014, Advisor: Elizabeth Milićević (nee Beazley)
Research Interests
- multidimensional algebra
- numerical linear algebra
- machine learning
- deep neural networks
- optimization