About

Katharine Ott joined Bates College in 2014. She graduated from Middlebury College in 2003 and completed her Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Virginia in 2008. Katy spent three years as an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and an additional three years as an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky before returning to Maine (she grew up in Cumberland, ME).

Katy’s research interests lie in the area of intersection of Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations. She is also engaged in promoting mathematics to a diverse audience through writing aimed at the general public and outreach activities.

At Bates, Katy teaches courses across the math curriculum including Calculus, Linear Algebra, Real Analysis, Mathematics for Social Justice, and senior seminars on Mathematical Exposition and Series.