Carola Wenk is a Professor of Computer Science at Tulane University, where she serves as Chair of the Department of Computer Science. She also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Mathematics. Her research is in computational geometry, with a particular focus on geometric and topological algorithms for shape matching, trajectory analysis, and graph comparison. Her work spans both theoretical foundations and interdisciplinary applications, ranging from geospatial to biomedical data analysis. Dr. Wenk is an expert on the Fréchet distance and related distance measures for curves, trajectories, and geometric graphs. Her work on map matching, road map construction, and road map comparison has helped establish algorithmic foundations for the analysis of movement and transportation network data. Her research also connects computational geometry with topological data analysis, mobility data science, simulated human movement data, and biomedical image analysis. She has received research, teaching, and service awards, including an NSF CAREER Award, multiple best paper awards, a 10-year impact award from ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS, and university-level teaching and service honors. Her research has been supported by NSF, NIH, DARPA, IARPA, ARPA-H, and other funding agencies.