Lizda Nazdira Moncada Morales, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Statistics & Data Science and Lecturer in Mathematics
- Email: lizda@nospam.wustl.edu
Office: Jolley Hall, Room 536
Department of Statistics and Data Science
Washington University in St. Louis
Campus Box 1281
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Education:
- Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Notre Dame (2024)
- MS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame (2023)
- MS in Mathematics, University of Notre Dame (2021)
- BS in Mathematics, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico (2016)
Research Interests:
- Statistical Machine Learning for Spatiotemporal data
- Deep Learning
- Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN)
- Reservoir Computing (Echo-State Networks)
- Combinatorial Commutative Algebra (edge ideals of graphs and hypergraphs)
Lizda Nazdira Moncada Morales is passionate about making mathematics and statistics accessible to all students and fostering an inclusive learning environment at WashU.
Moncada Morales emphasizes active learning and personalized teaching strategies to engage students in both mathematics and statistics courses. Drawing on her experience as a first-generation Latina in STEM, she is dedicated to supporting underrepresented students and ensuring that every learner, regardless of background, can thrive and develop a love for the quantitative sciences.