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Mail: IDEA MATH, P.O. Box 338
Exeter, NH 03833-0338

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Email: info@ideamath.org
 

IDEA MATH STAFF

Instructors

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)

Mrs. Yunhua Xu

  • 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)

Mr. Gabriel Carroll

  • Graduate student, Department of Economy, MIT MOSP instructor
  • Harvard University (class of 2008)
  • Putnam Fellow (2001, 2002, 2003)
  • IMO Gold medalist (1998, 2001)
  • IMO silver medalist (1999)
  • MOSP member (1998, 1999, 2001)

Mr. Evan O'Dorney

  • IMO golden medalist (2010, 2011)
  • 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)

Mr. Joshua Frost

  • Mathematics Department Chair teacher - Jonas Clarke Middle School, Lexington, MA
  • Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching 2002
  • Coach of New Hampshire State MATHCOUNTS champions 2001-2006
  • Coach of Masschusetts State MATHCOUNTS champions 2007-2010
  • Coach of IMLEM state champions 2007 - 2010
  • MAA Sliffe Award winner for Distinguished Teaching 2008 (middle school)
  • MAA Sliffe Award winner for Distinguished Teaching 2009 (high school)
  • Raytheon MathMovesU - Math Hero Award winner 2008
  • Phillips Exeter Academy- Honoring Early Educators award winner 2006

Mr. Simon Greg Spanier

  • Mathematics Instructor, Phillips Exeter Academy (2007-present)
  • PEA Summer Session Department Chair (2008-present)
  • Table Leader, AP Calculus
  • New Teacher Award, Phillips Exeter Academy, 2010
  • MA, PGCE, Oxford University

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. Adam Hesterberg

  • Princeton University (class of 2011)
  • Putnam Math Competition 10th place (2008), honorable mention (2009)
  • International Math Competition "First Prize" (2008, 2009)
  • International Linguistics Olympiad First Prize (2007)
  • MOSP participants (2004, 2005, 2007), grader (2008)
  • USAMO winnner (2007)
  • MATHCOUNTS National Champion (2003)

Mr. Chris Jeuell

  • 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)

Mr. Ray Li

  • Phillips Exeter Academy (class of 2013)
  • MATHCOUNTS national countdown (2009)
  • USAMO winner (2011)
  • MOSP member (2011, 2012)
  • USACO finalist (2011, 2012)
  • Co-founder and co-director of the Online Math Open (2012)

Mr. Tiankai Liu

  • 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)

Prof. Po-Shen Loh

  • Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University
  • US IMO Deputy Team Leader (2004)
  • MOSP instructor (2004, 2008, 2009)
  • IMO silver medalist (1999)
  • Ph.D., Princeton University

Mr. Palmer Mebane

  • Harvey Mudd class of 2012
  • USAMO qualifier (2006-2008)
  • USAMO honorable mention / MOSP participant (2007-2008)
  • MOSP grader (2009-2010)
  • Putnam top 100 (2008-2009), group N1 (2009)
  • CHMMC codirector and problem writer (Fall 2010)
  • World Puzzle Championship participant (2010)

Mr. Yi Sun

  • 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)

Mr. David Wells

  • Associate Professor of Mathematics, Penn State – New Kensington, 1979-present
  • Chair, MAA Committee on the American Mathematics Competitions, 2008-present
  • USA Math Olympiad grader, 2002-present
  • Chair, AMC 12 Contest Subcommittee, 2001-2008
  • Co-editor, The Contest Problem Book VII and The Contest Problem Book IX, MAA
  • Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching, Penn State University, 2009
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Penn State – New Kensington campus, 1985
  • Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Mr. Joseph Wolfson

  • Mathematics Instructor, Phillips Exeter Academy (1987 - present)
  • MAA Sliffe Award winner for Distinguished Teaching in 1989
  • ARML executive board member (1975 - 1995)

Mr. Ben Yang

  • MIT class of 2012
  • 2007 MOP Participant
  • AAST Math Team Captain (2007-2008)
  • AwesomeMath Summer Program Assistant (2008)
  • Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp Qualifier (2007)
  • Physics Olympiad Semifinalist (2008)
  • (double majoring in Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering)

Ms. Inna Zakharevich

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

Mr. Alex Zhu

  • MIT (Class of 2016)
  • Bergen County Academies (Class of 2012)
  • MOSP Participant (2009, 2011)
  • USAMO perfect scorer (2012)
  • Bergen County Academies Math Team Captain (2012)
  • Co-founder and co-director of the Online Math Open
  • Founder of Collaborative Math Training

Mr. Joshua Zucker

  • Director, Julia Robinson Mathematics Festivals (2007-present)
  • Instructor, Art of Problem Solving (2007-present)
  • Co-founder, Math Teachers' Circle
  • Director, Palo Alto Math Circle (1998-2003)
  • Director, Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad (2008-2010)
  • Director, National Association of Math Circles (2009-present))

Visiting scholars

Mr. Carlos Shine

  • Math Instructor, Colégio Etapa (Brazil) (1998-present)
  • MOSP Instructor (2010, 2011)
  • IMO Team Leader (2009)
  • IMO Deputy Leader (2004, 2008)
  • Academic Director of the Brazilian Math Olympiad (2008-2011))
  • Academic Director of the Brazilian IMO Training Camp (2003-present)
  • Chair of the Problem Selection Committee, Iberoamerican Olympiad (2008, 2010)
  • Chair of the Problem Selection Committee, Cono Sur Olympiad (2010)

Mr. Yufei Zhao

  • PhD student, MIT Department of Mathematics
  • MIT (Class of 2010)
  • Canadian IMO Team Deputy Leader (2008)
  • Putnam Fellow (2006, 2008, 2009)
  • IMO Gold Medalist (2005)

Junior instructors and assistants

Ravi Bajaj

  • Phillips Exeter Academy (class of 2012)
  • MOSP member (2010)
  • USAJMO winner (2010)
  • USAPhO qualifier (2011)

David Bian

  • MIT (Class of 2015)
  • AIME Participant (2008-2011)
  • New Hampshire All State Orchestra Cellist (2008-2011)
  • MIT Varsity Squash

Ravi Charan

  • MIT Class of 2014
  • AIME qualifier 2007-2010
  • USAMO qualifier 2009
  • Founder and co director of Exeter Math Club Competition
  • Exeter Math Club Captain

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)

Xiaoyu He

  • Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (Class of 2012)
  • Mathcounts National Countdown (2008)
  • MOSP member (2009, 2010, 2011)
  • HMMT Overall Champion (2011)
  • IMO Gold (2010, 2011)

Kevin Hu

  • Harvard University (Class of 2015)
  • MOSP member (2008)
  • USAMO qualifier (2007-2011)
  • Research Science Institute member (2010)
  • AMC 10 State Winner (2006), AMC 12 State Winner (2010-11)
  • MathCounts State Champion (2007)
  • Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra member (2004-11), Concertmaster (2008-11)
  • U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts (2011)

Eugenia Kang

  • UC Berkeley (Class of 2015)
  • Phillips Exeter Academy graduate (Class of 2011)
  • Presidential Scholars Semifinalist (2011)
  • Founder, Cranes for a Wish (2010-2011)

Peter Karalekas

  • Yale Univerisity (Class of 2015)
  • Phillips Exeter Academy (Class of 2011)
  • Dormitory Proctor (Phillips Exeter Academy)

Daniel Li

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (class of 2014)
  • International Physics Olympiad 4th Place (2010)
  • USAMO qualifier (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • US Physics Team member (2008, 2009)
  • Research Science Institute member (2009)
  • MOSP member (2007)
  • MATHCOUNTS 2nd Place Written (2006)

Carl Lian

  • MIT (Class of 2015)
  • Founder and Director, Lexington Mathematical Tournament (2010-2011)
  • USAMO Qualifier (2007-2011), Honorable Mention (2010)
  • USAMTS Perfect Score (2007-08)
  • Mandelbrot Competition Perfect Score (2010-11)
  • Mathcounts State Champion (2006, 2007)
  • US Physics Team Semifinalist (2011)

Daniel Lu

  • Carnegie Mellon University (Class of 2013)
  • Phillips Exeter Academy (Class of 2010)
  • USAMO qualifier (2008)
  • PROMYS member (2007, 2009)
  • AIME qualifier (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

David B Rush

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Class of 2013)
  • Phillips Exeter Academy (Class of 2009)
  • USAMO Winner (2009)
  • USAMO Qualifier (2005-2009)
  • Putnam Honorable Mention (2009, 2010)
  • HMMT Problem Czar (2011)
  • PEA Student Council President (2008-2009)

Christian Sanchez

  • University of Chicago (Class of 2015)
  • Phillips Exeter Academy (Class of 2011)
  • Dormitory Proctor (Phillips Exeter Academy)

Allen Yuan

  • Harvard University (Class of 2015)
  • IMO Silver Medalist (2010)
  • USAMO 1st place (2010)
  • MOSP member (2008, 2009, 2010)
  • US Physics Team invitee (2009, 2010)
  • International Linguistics Olympiad Silver Medal (2010, 2011)
  • Siemens Competition national 4th place 2010

James Zhang

  • Brown University (class of 2014)
  • Lexington High School Math Team Captain Science Team Captain (Class of 2010)
  • PROMYS member(2006, 2009)
  • AIME Participant (2006, 2009)
  • USA Biology Olympiad Semi-Finalist (2009)
  • Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist (2009)
  • Siemens Westinghouse Science Competition Semi-Finalist (2009)

Shijie (Joy) Zheng

  • Harvard University (class of 2015)
  • Phillips Exeter Academy (class of 2011)
  • Founder of Seattle Infinity Math Circle
  • MOSP member (2008, 2009)
  • CGMO Gold Medalist (2009)
  • US CGMO Team Member (2008)
  • USAMO Qualifiers (2007, 2008, 2009)
  • MATHCOUNTS national Finalist (2006, 2007)

Program managers

Xueyu Annie Zhang:  info@ideamath.org

Lihua Feng:  webmaster@ideamath.org

Jenny Yao

 

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