Petra Bonfert-Taylor

Research Interests

Complex analysis; geometric function theory; discrete groups; complex dynamics; engineering education; student-centered learning; broadening participation

Education

• Vordiplom (BA equivalent), Technical University of Berlin 1990
• Diplom (MA equivalent), Technical University of Berlin 1994
• PhD, Technical University of Berlin 1996

Awards

• Fellow, Ivy+ Faculty Advancement Network Leadership, Dartmouth, 2022
  
• Fellow, Class of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), 2020
• edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning, 2019
• NH High Tech Council TechTeacher of the Year, 2018
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Dartmouth Engineering, 2016

Professional Activities

• Member, Committee for Women in Mathematics of the International Mathematical Union
• Member, American Mathematical Society
• Member, Association for Women in Mathematics
• Member, American Society for Engineering Education
• Referee for NSF proposals, Complex Variables, Conformal Geometry and Dynamics, Duke Mathematical Journal, Illinois Journal of Mathematics, Israel Journal of Mathematics, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, Journal d'Analyse Mathematique, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Michigan Mathematical Journal, Proceedings of the AMS, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, among others.
• Reviewer for Math Reviews
• "Green City" German/Engineering FSP: development of joint foreign study program, successfully piloted in 2022
• Dartmouth Emerging Engineers (DEE) Program: support and mentoring for underprepared students with interest in engineering
  
• Development and implementation of seven MOOCs with R. Sharrock, Institut Télécom Paris Tech: C-Programming with Linux on the edX platform
  
• Development and implementation of a MOOC Introduction to Complex Analysis on Coursera
  

Research Projects

• AAU STEM Project on Teaching Evaluation

  AAU STEM Project on Teaching Evaluation

  With support from the Association of American Universities (AAU), we are creating a system for teaching evaluation that integrates evidence-based evaluation data from three sources: student course assessments, peer observation, and self-reflection. Existing student course assessments are being augmented to focus on observable best practices, rather than students' intuitive impression of the instructor. Peer observations are conducted in accordance with a consistent protocol, which includes guided pre-briefing and debrief sessions between the observer and observee. Self-reflection allows each instructor to note and report on their progress toward the implementation of best teaching practices. The system is currently being piloted and assessed en route to broader implementation. Learn more

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• DIFUSE

  DIFUSE

  DIFUSE is an NSF-funded Dartmouth project aimed at creating opportunities for undergraduates to learn and use data science in introductory STEM courses and beyond. We work with teams of undergraduates, PhD students, and faculty to develop data science "modules" to integrate into existing course curriculum. We also offer opportunities for undergraduate and PhD students to apply data science and data visualization through Internships and work in the DALI Lab.

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Selected Publications

• R.F. Kizilcec, A.J. Saltarelli, P. Bonfert-Taylor, M. Goudzwaard, E. Hamonic, E., and R. Sharrock, Welcome to the Course: Early Social Cues Influence Women's Persistence in Computer Science, Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2020), Honolulu, HI, USA.
  
• N. Agarwal, C. Araujo, P. Bonfert-Taylor, M. Mahmoudi, M.F. Ouedraogo, O. Paris-Romaskevich, M-F. Roy, E. Strickland and A. Vera Gajardo, May 12: Celebrating Women in Mathematics. From One Idea to One Hundred Events, Notices of the American Mathematical Society (2019), vol 66, no. 11, 1879–1886.
  
• P. Bonfert-Taylor, R. Canary, and E.C. Taylor, Quasiconformal Homogeneity after Gehring and
  Palka, Computational Methods and Function Theory 14 (2014), no. 2, 417–430.
• P. Bonfert-Taylor, F. Leblond, Robert Holt, Kenneth Tichauer, B. Pogue, and E. Taylor, Information Loss and Reconstruction in Highly Diffuse Fluorescence Tomography, JOSA A, 29 (2012), no. 3, 321–330.
• P. Bonfert-Taylor, K. Matsuzaki, and E. Taylor, Large and Small Covers of a Hyperbolic Manifold, J. Geom. Anal. 22 (2012), no. 2, 455–470.
• P. Bonfert-Taylor, G. Martin, A. Reid and E. Taylor, Teichmuller Mappings, Quasiconformal Homogeneity, and Non-amenable Covers of Riemann Surfaces, Pure Appl. Math. Q. 7 (2011), no. 2, 455–468.

Courses

• ENGS 28: Embedded Systems
• ENGS 20: Introduction to Scientific Computing
• ENGS 1.01: Mathematical Concepts in Engineering

Videos

News

Major Grant Funds Mentor Program to Boost Degrees in Engineering
Jun 10, 2025

A Photo Tour of Green City 2024
Aug 29, 2024

Dartmouth Data Science Education Featured on ASEE TV
Jun 26, 2024

Dartmouth Roundtable: "A Brave Space"
Oct 30, 2023

Green City: New Foreign Study Program in Berlin Brings Sustainable Engineering to Life
Jun 04, 2023

Alumni Portrait: Samantha Modder '17 Th'18
May 16, 2023

Dartmouth Engineering Earns ASEE Silver Award for Diversity Efforts
Mar 07, 2023

Dartmouth Engineering Professor Selected For Ivy+ Fellowship
Dec 05, 2022

Off-Campus Programs Return to a New Normal
May 18, 2022

Dartmouth Engineering Selected to Develop Models for STEM Teaching Evaluation
Feb 08, 2022

Data Science at Dartmouth
Dec 01, 2021

Innovation Through Diversity
Apr 08, 2021

Study Abroad: Sustainable Engineering in Berlin
Mar 15, 2021

Dartmouth and NSF Work to Expand the Data Scientist Pipeline
Mar 03, 2021

Dartmouth and NSF Work to Expand the Data Scientist Pipeline
Mar 03, 2021

New Dartmouth Foreign Study Program Combines German and Engineering
Jan 28, 2021

Bonfert-Taylor Named Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 13, 2020

Campus in the Time of COVID
Aug 01, 2020

Learning Fellows See Both Sides of Remote Classes
Jun 25, 2020

Adapting to Remote Teaching, Learning
May 07, 2020

Dartmouth & IMT of France Win 2019 edX Prize
Nov 21, 2019

Dartmouth Engineering Professor Selected as Women in Mathematics Fellow
Oct 02, 2019

Dartmouth Engineering Professor One of Ten Finalists for 2019 edX Prize
Aug 26, 2019

Chris Miller '20 Wins Kemeny Computing Prize
Jul 09, 2019

Dartmouth and Partner Launch EdX Course on C Programming
Jun 21, 2018

Dartmouth Engineering Professor Receives Award for Promoting Women in STEM
Apr 02, 2018

Engineered for Learning
Aug 24, 2017

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