Hi, I'm Mason Neumann

APMA 1080: Inference in Genomics and Molecular Biology taught by Professor Matthew Harrison

• Covered topics such as Monte Carlo Estimations, Bayes Nets, Parameter Estimation, Mixture Models, Hidden Markov Models, Regression Models and Estimation, Multiple Hypothesis Testing, and Dimensionality Reduction used by computational biologists.

ENVS 1547: Finance and the Environment by Professor Ricardo Bayon

• A seminar focused on discussing the financial markets and their role in addressing climate change. My favorite topics of the course include the Federal Reserve System, water rights, and timber investment management organizations.

ECON 0110: Priciples of Economics taught by Professor Rachel Friedberg

• An introduction to macro and microeconomics. I went from having no formal understanding of market dynamics to being able to identify and understand some of the market happenings around me.

DATA 2060: Machine Learning taught by Professor Andras Zsom

• Covered topics such as PAC Learning, SGD, Boosting, Decision Trees, Naive Bayes, VC Dimension, KNN, K-means clustering, PCA used by data scientists.

RELS 0014: Jesus taught by Professor Jae Han

• Examined the foundations of Christianity through an exploration of Jesus Christ. My final paper explored the Nicene Creed's incomplete theological refusal of Arianism.

The Technological Republic by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Zero to One by Peter Thiel

• Changed how I think about value creation in the US.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

• I first read this book in high school and it opened my eyes to the duality of the American Dream.

Barbarian Days by Bill Finnegan

• A great reminder to choose adventure. The best memoir that I have ever read.

House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

• Lessons of power, privilege, and family beautifully woven together with magical realism.