Staff

The HMA instructors are UW faculty, industry professionals, math coaches, and graduate students from the UW Math Department.

Instructors

Dave

MIT B.S. in Mathematics
Putnam Honorable Mention (2004, 2005)
USA Math Olympiad (USAMO) qualifier (2002, 2003), Math Olympiad Summer Program (MOP) attendee (2002)
Founder of the Academy of Math and Programming (AMP), a free 5-week residential summer camp in NYC for talented high school students from around the country (2022-present)

Dave has been working in quantitative finance as a trader and educator for over 15 years. He has taught and mentored hundreds of top math students, helping them prepare for college and for quantitative careers.

Danny

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington
MIT B.S. in Mathematics, Harvard Ph.D. in Mathematics
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO): Gold (2009), Bronze (2008)
Canadian Mathematical Olympiad: Second Place (2009)
Putnam Honorable Mention (2009, 2011)

Winston

Harvard A.B. in Mathematics, S.M. in Applied Mathematics
USAMO qualifier (2005, 2006, 2007)
Alumnus of Mathpath (2003), MOP (2005), Research Science Institute (2007)
Counselor at Mathpath (2009)
Problem writer for ARML (2010–present) and North Suburban Math League (2017–2024)
Works in quantitative finance

Thomas

MIT B.S. in Mathematics, Ph.D. in Astrodynamics
Worked in mathematical optimization at NASA, Google, Microsoft Research, and Amazon
Top scorer in 2001 Pomona-Wisconsin Math Talent Search
Instructor/coach in K-12 STEM enrichment programs for over two decades

Gaku

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington
Princeton B.A. in mathematics, MIT Ph.D. in Mathematics
Putnam Top 15 (2011), Honorable Mention (2008, 2009)
USAMO Honorable Mention (2007, 2008)

Tim

Boeing Professor, Applied Mathematics (AMATH), University of Washington
Director, Computational Finance & Risk Management (CFRM) Program, University of Washington
Cornell B.S. in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering, Princeton Ph.D. in Operations Research & Financial Engineering

Art

Ben

Alex

Soham