Early Career Profiles:
Recent bachelors-level graduates in the mathematical sciences

Tracy Lovejoy

Name: Tracy Lovejoy Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Position: Graduate Student Employer: Department of Physics, University of Washington Industry Sector: Education

What he does:

• Tracy works as a graduate student in the Department of Physics. Officially, he is an RA.

Math on the job:

• He uses his math training a lot in classes. Some of his research involves modeling, but lately his work is more on the experimental side.

Tracy's background:

• Tracy graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Mathematics - Comprehensive and Physics, in Spring, 2004. In Autumn 2005, he earned a Master of Science in Physics.
• Tracy first became interested in studying mathematics when he took the Math 334-5-6 series, the second year accelerated calculus sequence, with Prof. Jim Morrow.

Advice for students:

• Tracy recommends that all math majors take a programming or numerical methods course. He feels computer skills are essentially universal in their applicability.

University of Washington   |   Department of Mathematics