Staff

Dave

• MIT B.S. in Mathematics

• Putnam Honorable Mention (2004, 2005), MOP (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): 2008, 2009 (Canada)

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

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)

Art

• BA in Mathematics, and BEd in Mathematics Education, and MS in Mathematics. 

• 50+ years teaching secondary students in Mathematics in both public and private schools around Washington State.  

• 12+ years as a math coach of secondary teachers of mathematics in Seattle and 30+ years delivering ProD with teachers in the northwest, nationally and internationally.  

• Currently teaching secondary mathematics with students online.  

Ben

• Yale BA in Mathematics and Computer Science

• Ran Middle School Math Circles for the last 7 years

• Host of the monthly Seattle MathsJam

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

Chris 

• Cornell University, B.S. in Computer Science

• MOP Instructor (2004–2012)

• IDEA MATH Instructor since 2008

• Longtime mathematics competition problem writer and copyeditor

• Member of the Editorial Boards for the AIME and AMC 10/12

• Member of the ARML authoring team and lead editor

• Works as a software engineer at Microsoft

Luz 

• MIT B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science

• UW Math PhD student (4th year)

Luz is from Colombia. She loves trying new and exotic foods as well as learning new languages.

Cordelia 

• College of William & Mary B.S. in Mathematics and Physics

• UW Math PhD student (5th year) 

Cordelia loves all kinds of math games. Aside from math, she enjoys classical music and baking.

Nick

Catherine

• Grinnell B.A. in Mathematics, UW Ph.D. in Mathematics

• Research & teaching postdocs at Stanford and Columbia

• former Chief Data Scientist, VP of Data & AI; currently Chief Data Officer

Leo

• University of Chicago B.S. in Applied Mathematics

• UW Math PhD student (4th year)

Leo loves collecting math books and pokemon cards. He also used to be a competitive swimmer!

Shangjie

• UCSD Ph.D. in Mathematics

• UW Math Postdoc

John 

• Duke B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science

• International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO): 1997 (Contestant, USA), 2001 (Grader, Washington D.C.)

• Alumnus of PROMYS (1994), Research Science Institute (1996)

Since 2023, John coaches Kellogg Middle School, local all-star teams, and the Washington ARML team. His passion project is building a structured form of the AoPS wiki to warehouse all contest results, practice problems, and logistics for contest registration and travel.

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

Maxine

• HMA Administrator

• MIT B.S. and M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering

Mihir

• Instructional Assistant

• UW math grad student

Bryan

• Instructional Assistant

• UW undergrad - math and computer science major

Olivia

• Instructional Assistant

• UW undergrad - math and physics major

David

• Instructional Assistant

• UW undergrad - computer science major