Ann Natalie Trenk is an

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interested in

graph theory In mathematics, graph theory is the study of ''graphs'', which are mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects. A graph in this context is made up of '' vertices'' (also called ''nodes'' or ''points'') which are conne ...

and the theory of

partially ordered set In mathematics, especially order theory, a partially ordered set (also poset) formalizes and generalizes the intuitive concept of an ordering, sequencing, or arrangement of the elements of a Set (mathematics), set. A poset consists of a set toget ...

s, and known for her research on proper distinguishing colorings of graphs and on

tolerance graph In graph theory, a tolerance graph is an undirected graph in which every vertex can be represented by a closed interval and a real number called its tolerance, in such a way that two vertices are adjacent in the graph whenever their intervals overla ...

s. She is the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Mathematics at

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

Education and career

Trenk graduated from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

in 1985 and became a high school mathematics teacher. She began graduate study at

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

in 1987, earned a master of science in education in 1989, and completed a Ph.D. in 1991. Her dissertation, ''Generalized Perfect Graphs'', was supervised by

Ed Scheinerman Edward R. Scheinerman is an American mathematician, working in graph theory and order theory. He is a professor of applied mathematics, statistics, and computer science at Johns Hopkins University.

. After postdoctoral research at

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and the

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, she joined the Wellesley faculty in 1992. At Wellesley, she won the Pinanski Teaching Prize in 1995, became a full professor in 2005, and served as department chair from 2014 to 2016.

Book

With

Martin Charles Golumbic Martin Charles Golumbic (born 1948) is a mathematician and computer scientist known for his research on perfect graphs, graph sandwich problems, compiler optimization, and spatial-temporal reasoning. He is a professor emeritus of computer science ...

, Trenk is the author of the book ''Tolerance Graphs'' (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics 89, Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Family

Trenk is the daughter of

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attorney Joseph Trenk, and is married to Babson College mathematics Professor Richard Cleary.

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