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2010 Bay Area AMC 123 Staff

Instructors:         Teaching Assistants

Dr. Zuming Feng, Academic Director

  • Mathematics Instructor, Phillips Exeter Academy (1995-present)
  • US IMO Team Leader (2003- present)
  • US IMO Team Deputy Leader (2000 - 2003)
  • Academic Director of Math Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) (2003 - present)
  • Coach of the US IMO Team (1997- present)
  • Member of the USAMO Committee (1999 - present)
  • MAA Sliffe Award winner for Distinguished Teaching in 1996 and 2002
  • Academic Director of the Awesome Math Summer Program (2006 - 2009)

Mr. Chengde Feng

  • Mathematics Instructor, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM)(1991-2007)
  • Member, MATHCOUNTS Question Writing Committee (2005-2008)
  • AP Calculus Reader, Educational Testing Service (ETS) (2000-present)
  • Instructor, Awesome Math Summer Program (2008, 2009)
  • Ann Simmons Alspaugh Faculty Award, OSSM (2005)
  • Faculty, Mathematics Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) (2002)
  • Mathematics Mentor, Study of Exceptional Talent (SET) at Center for Talented Youth (CTY), Johns Hopkins University (JHU) (1994-1998)
  • Curriculum Writer, CTY Young Student Summer Math Program (1995)
  • Instructor, CTY Summer Program (1993)
  • MAA Sliffe Award winner for Distinguished Teaching in 1992 
  • Senior Coach, China Mathematics Association Olympiad Committee (1988-1990)

Mr. Ali Gurel

  • Mathematics Instructor, Accord Institute A* Program (2008 - present)
  • MOSP instructor (2007, 2008, 2010)
  • Ph.D. Caltech (2008)
  • Scott Russell Johnson Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Caltech (2007)
  • Freshman Summer Institute Workshop LEader, Caltech (2006)
  • MA, UCSB (2002)
  • IMO Silver medalist (1996)

Mr. Chris Jeuell, Instructor

  • ARML problem authoring committee member (1998 - present)
  • AMC advisory panelist and problem author (1999 - present)
  • AIME committee member (2004 - present)
  • Instructor at Math Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) (2004 - present)
  • USAMO qualifier (1995)

Tiankai Liu, Instructor

  • MIT (Ph.D. program, department of mathematics)
  • Cambridge University (CASM, 2009)
  • Harvard University (class of 2008)
  • IMO gold medalist (2001, 2002, 2004)
  • International Olympiad in Informatics gold medalist (2002, 2003)

Evan O'Dorney, Guest Lecturer

  • IMO golden medalist (2010)
  • IMO silver medalist (2008, 2009)
  • Acknowledged for most creative USAMO solution (2008, 2009)
  • Tied for USAMO winner (2008)
  • MOSP member (2007, 2008, 2009)
  • Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad grand prize (2007, 2009)
  • Contributed olympiad-type problems for Monthly Contest at Berkeley Math Circle (2007-2009) and gave lectures on their solutions (2008-2009)
  • Solved two open research problems, one in linear algebra and one in number theory (2008, 2009)
  • Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion (2007)

Yi Sun, Instructor

  • Harvard University (class of 2010)
  • IMO silver medalist (2006)
  • 2nd Place Intel Science Talent Search (2006)
  • International Physics Olympiad gold medalist (2005)
  • USAMO winner (2005)

Mrs. Yunhua Xu, Instructor

  • Mathematics Instructor, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM) (1994-2007)
  • Coach of MATHCOUNTS, American Math Contests 8, 10, and 12 tests (AMC 8, AMC 10, and AMC 12), Math League Contests, American Invitational Math Exam (AIME), and American Regional Math League (ARML) (1990-present)
  • Instructor, Awesome Math Summer Program (2008, 2009)
  • Outstanding High School Teacher Award given by University of Chicago (1999)
  • Teacher, Especially Influential in Student Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1998)
  • Teacher, Most Influential in Development of Student Scientific Career, Westinghouse Science Talent Search (1998)

Ms. Inna Zakharevich, Instructor

  • Harvard class of 2006, MIT Ph.D. candidate
  • Gates Cambridge Scholar 2007
  • MOSP member(2001, 2001)
  • MOSP grader (2004)
  • Putnam Exam 6th place (2004)

 

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Joseph Chu

  • Ross Mathematics Program Counselor (2009)
  • US Physics Team (2007-2008)
  • USAMO Honarable Mention, IMO Team Selection Candidate (2006)
  • MOSP Member (2005-2006)
  • USAMO Qualifier (2004-2008)
  • Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad grand prize (2008)
  • National MATHCOUNTS 8th Place Written (2004)

 

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