Nathan King is a PhD candidate in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on computational methods involving closest point manifold representations, with a particular interest in geometry processing and physics-based animation applications. He previously developed computer vision/image processing algorithms in the marine radar industry for 2 years. He completed his MSc in Applied and Computational Math at Simon Fraser University in 2015. He received his BSc in Applied Mathematics and Physics (Joint Honours) at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2013.