About - Chris Zimbizi
I'm a mathematician studying Mathematics and Computer Science. This summer I'll be conducting research at CMU's SUAMI REU. My long-term goal is graduate school and eventually a professorship in mathematics.
On the side, I build software tools that fulfill a need I have or serve as alternatives to things that exist but are built with function over form in mind (sue me, I like using well-designed tools).
Courses
- MATH 214 - Differential Equations
- MATH 450 - Mathematical Statistics
- MATH 491-01 - Tensors & Tensor Geometry
- MATH 491-02 - Topology
- MATH 499 - Great Theorems of Mathematics
Teaching
I've been a teaching assistant across various courses in the Computer Science & Mathematics department. If you're a current student, you can find office hours and resources on the Teaching page.
Research
This summer I'll be at CMU's SUAMI REU, studying wild edges in edge-coloured graphs—investigating the minimum number of edges that must be wild for every colour class to contain a spanning tree.
I'll also be presenting my research on MindScribe—an iOS app exploring lifestyle medicine and cognitive health—at The Fifth Annual Formal and Experimental Philosophy Workshop (FAX5) and the 2026 Steven Galovich Memorial Student Symposium.
Projects
spoiler mark — A frictionless book club progress tracker that ensures members can discuss chapters without spoiling the experience for others.
Ruzivi — A course review platform that prioritizes constructive student feedback and actionable course recommendations over the noise of anonymous ratings.
brew-migrator — A CLI tool published on PyPI for automating macOS app migrations to Homebrew.
You can find more of my projects on GitHub.