Biography

Rebekah Herrman is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. She is a class of 2022 DARPA FORWARD Riser, a 22-23 APS Career Mentoring Fellow, and her research and workforce development programs have been supported by the National Science Foundation, DARPA, Department of Energy, and Air Force Research Lab.

Education

• PhD Mathematics, The University of Memphis
• MS Mathematics, Christian Brothers University
• BS Mathematics and BS Physics, Christian Brothers University

Courses Taught

• Operations Research I: Deterministic Models
• Applied Data Science (undergrad level)
• Introduction to Industrial Engineering Research
• Intro to Proofs of Engineers
• Applied Data Science (grad level)
• Advanced Topics: Introduction to quantum algorithms

Professional Services

• Associate Editor, Springer Quantum Information Processing
• Associate Editor INFORMS Journal on Computing
• Member of INFORMS
• Ad-hoc committee on Quantum Computing

Awards & Recognitions

• Professional Promise in Research (TCE)
• Professional Promise and Creative Achievement (UT)
• Springer Nature Editor of Distinction
• Junior Faculty Fellow (UT)
• Dr. Kenneth E. Kirby Endowed Faculty Award (UT ISE)