Heather Guarnera

Heather Guarnera is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the College of Wooster, specializing in graph theory and algorithms. Her research focuses on hyperbolic graphs, Helly graphs, and facility location problems with applications to network analysis.

Education:

• PhD, Kent State University
• MS, University of Akron
• BS, University of Akron

Research investigates injective hulls, eccentricity functions, and obstructions to hyperbolicity in graph classes. Applied interests include software repository mining and social network visualization. She has advised 15+ undergraduate research projects spanning algorithm implementation, network analysis, and computational modeling.

Courses taught include Scientific Computing, Programming Languages, and Algorithm Analysis. Recent publications appear in Theoretical Computer Science and Graphs and Combinatorics.