Katherine A. Maxwell

Assistant Professor of Instruction, UT Austin

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I am at the University of Texas at Austin starting Fall 2025 as Assistant Professor of Instruction. UT Math

Previously, I was a project researcher (postdoc) at the Kavli Institute for the Mathematics and Physics of the Universe, located on the Kashiwanoha campus of the University of Tokyo. Kavli IPMU My IPMU Member Page

Before that, I was a postdoc at the Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany. MPIM

I graduated from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with a PhD in mathematics in 2021. UMN Math

I majored in physics and mathematics at Truman State University, Missouri’s only public liberal arts and sciences university. Truman Physics Truman Math Photo: measuring big G as an undergrad

Originally, I am from Carbondale, Illinois, home of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. SIU Physics SIU Math

Besides math and physics, I am interested in open source computing, visual design, environmentalism, and social equity.

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