Yelena Shvets, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Lecturer III, Part Time Faculty, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Education

  • PhD, Applied Mathematics, University of California Berkeley
  • BA, Pure Math and Economics, University of California Berkeley

Dr. Shvets came to the US in 1990 from Ukraine.  She studied at UC Berkeley and received a BA in pure math and economics followed by PhD in applied mathematics.  Her research interests include similarity methods for dimensionality reduction; mathematical modeling; algorithmic number theory.  In the last few years she’s been keenly interested in using growth mindset and collaborative methods in her teaching.

Education

  • PhD, Applied Mathematics, University of California Berkeley
  • BA, Pure Math and Economics, University of California Berkeley