Dr. Olivia Pomerenk is a physical applied mathematician interested in the dynamics and interactions of fluids and solids. Her research focuses on the development of reduced-order mathematical models and/or computational simulations of problems inspired by physical and biological phenomena. Such problems broadly involve themes of propulsion, flow-structure interactions, actuated mechanics and materials, and (more recently) collective behavior and vortex dynamics. Dr. Pomerenk holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU and a B.S. in applied and computational mathematics from Caltech.  She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, among which are the Hope Street Postdoctoral Fellowship at Brown, the Thomas Tyler Bringley Fellowship at Courant, the Paul Garabedian Fellowship at Courant, and the Henning Biermann Prize at Courant, as well as various travel awards.

Outside of research, she is passionate about the advancement of diversity and inclusive pedagogy in STEM spaces, and is the founder of the DEI Reading Group at the Courant Institute.

Dr. Pomerenk is also an advocate of clear scientific communication to the public, and has spoken about her research in freely-accessible news and media outlets such as Science Friday, The Guardian, PNAS Science Sessions, The Academic Minute, and Cambridge Core Blog.