Rachel Wilkerson
Goldwater Scholarship
Education
Ph.D., Statistics, University of Warwick (in progress)
M.Sc., Complexity Science, University of Warwick
B.A., University Scholars, Baylor University
The Award
Rachel was awarded a Goldwater Scholarship during her time at Baylor. The Goldwater Scholarship is awarded to college students who intend to pursue research careers in natural science, mathematics, and engineering.
At Baylor
During her time at Baylor, Rachel volunteered at the Gospel Cafe and with the physics department at Mission Waco to cook breakfast for the homeless. She also had an internship at the McDonald Overservator near Fort Davis, Texas. Rachel has worked with Dr. Jeffrey Olafsen to conduct research on nonlinear dynamical systems. learn about new programming languages, and explore the basics of chaos theory.