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Phil Yasskin:
Phil Yasskin:
Associate Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M
Prof. Yasskin is in charge of the Discovery Sessions
He also runs the Summer Educational Enrichment in Math (SEE-Math) program for gifted middle school students (with David Manuel)
Dr. Yasskin has been the Program Director for the MAA Special Interest Group on Math Circles for Students and Teachers (SIGMAA-MCST)
He has received the 2014, MathMovesU, Math Hero Award from Raytheon Corporation
Guoliang Yu:
Guoliang Yu:
Powell Chair in Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M
Prof. Yu is in charge of the Problem Solving Sessions (with Profs. Gong and Wang)
Prof. Yu’s research interests include non-commutative geometry, K-theory of operator algebras, index theory, topology and analysis of manifolds, and geometric group theory
Xin Liu:
Xin Liu:
Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M.
Xin is in charge of several national/international math competitions (including AMC series) starting 2025.
Xin is looking for students who are interested in mathematical modeling, and are interested in participating in math modeling contest.
Sherry Gong:
Sherry Gong:
Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M.
Sherry was a coach for the U.S. team of IMO ( International Mathematical Olympiad). In 2010, Sherry coached the U.S. team that competed in the China Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad; five team members won gold medals.
Sherry is in charge of the Problem Solving Sessions (with Profs. Yu and Wang).
She received an AB in mathematics from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in mathematics from MIT in 2018.
Gong participated in IMO five times, winning HM in 2002, bronze in 2003, silver in 2004 and 2005, and gold in 2007.
Kun Wang:
Kun Wang:
Instructional Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M.
Kun is in charge of the problem-solving sessions in the Math Circle (with Profs. Gong and Yu). Kun was the beginner's instructor for the 2016 and 2017 academic years.
Kun's research interests include K-theory, Classification of C*-algebras, Artificial Intelligence, and so on.
Sinjini Sengupta:
Sinjini Sengupta:
Instructional Associate Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M.
Sinjini is in charge of weekly operations at Math Circle and the point of contact for facilitators.
She is a co-organizer of the Julia Robinson room at the annual Math-Stat Fair.
Her background is in experimental particle Physics with research positions at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and at the Large Hardon Collider at CERN.
Former Organizers
Former Organizers
Wencai Liu (2019-25):
Wencai Liu (2019-25):
Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M. He is visiting Berkeley in 2024 and 2025.
Wencai was in charge of several national/international math competitions (including AMC series) from 2019 to 2024.
Wencai is a founder of the Undergraduate Research Program: STODO (Spectral Theory Of Differential Operators) and High School Research Program: PReMa (Program for Research in Mathematics)
Wencai co-organized the Problem Solving Sessions from 2019 to 2022.
Wencai was a local organizer/representative of Tournament of the Towns Competition, Formula of Unity International Mathematics Competition, and Bay Area Math Olympiad (Irvine, 2016-2019, College Station 2019-2022).
Youngho Yoo(2022-25):
Youngho Yoo(2022-25):
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M..
Youngho is in charge of discovery sessions in the Math Circle.
Youngho's research interests include combinatorics, structural graph theory, and their applications in algorithms and combinatorial optimization.
John Weeks:
John Weeks:
Instructional Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M.
John co-organizes the Discovery Learning sessions with Phil and is the correspondent for most Math Circle inquiries.
John graduated from the mathematics department at Texas A&M in 2022. His mathematical interests include quantum groups and quantum information theory.
Nick Treuer (2022-23):
Nick Treuer (2022-23):
Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas A&M.
Nick's research area includes Several Complex Variables, and complex analysis.
Peyam Tabrizian (2021-22):
Peyam Tabrizian (2021-22):
Instructional Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M
Dr. Peyam was in charge of problem-solving sessions (with Drs. Yu and Liu) in the Math Circle.
Dr. Peyam has a YouTube channel called Dr Peyam, which has over 100,000 subscribers, where he solves math problems from calculus and beyond.
Dr. Tabrizian received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2016.
Junehyuk Jung (JJ) (2019-21):
Junehyuk Jung (JJ) (2019-21):
Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M.
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) Gold Medalist.
Previously served as an instructor of Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program in Korea, and as an instructor of South Korean IMO team for several years.
Joshua Goldstein (2019-22):
Joshua Goldstein (2019-22):
PhD student in the Mathematics Department at Texas A&M
Joshua was the graduate student organizer for the Math Circle at Texas A&M.
His research is in computational algebraic geometry (advisor: Dr. Maurice Rojas).
Kristopher Watkins (2018-2019):
Kristopher Watkins (2018-2019):
Lecturer in the Mathematics Department at Texas A&M
Kris was the graduate student organizer for the Math Circle at Texas A&M.
His mathematical interests include cryptography.
Alex Sprintson (2011-??):
Alex Sprintson (2011-??):
Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Frank Sottile (2011-18):
Frank Sottile (2011-18):
Professor in the Department of Mathematics
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