Background
Wood was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Sherry Eggers and Archie Wood, both middle school teachers.
Wood was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Sherry Eggers and Archie Wood, both middle school teachers.
She completed her Doctor of Philosophy in 2009 at Princeton University (under Manjul Bhargava) and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, after spending 2 years as Szegö Assistant Professor at Stanford University.
Her father died of cancer when Wood was six weeks old. At her school, in addition to being a math whiz, Wood was a cheerleader and student newspaper editors During the 2003–2004 year she studied at Cambridge University.
She was also named the Deputy Leader of the United States. team that finished second overall at the 2005 International Mathematical Olympiad.
In 2012, she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
American Mathematical Society.