Staff

Greta is a high school sophomore from Canada. She has qualified for USAJMO twice and attended MOP in 2024. She loves interacting with the math community; she hopes to share her passion for math and inspire other girls to enjoy the subject as well. Outside of math, Greta enjoys chess and listening to music.

Greta will be teaching Combo Heuristics this Spring!

Vivian (v4913) is a freshman at Caltech from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She loves math, especially geometry, and she attended MOP in 2021-2023 and was part of the U.S. team at the EGMO in 2022 and 2023. Aside from doing cool math problems, she also enjoys listening to EDM, origami, biking, teaching, and interacting with the math community.

Vivian will be teaching Cute Geometry this Spring! Vivian also taught Cute Geometry in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, and Fall 2024, and NT Olympiad Fundamentals in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024!

Vivian was the President of Athemath from 2023 to 2024 and Community Director from 2022 to 2023!

Emily is a high school senior at Mendon High School in New York. She has done math competitions since elementary school, has attended MOP in 2023 and 2024, and also placed 5th at the 2022 Math Prize for Girls competition. Outside of math, she enjoys card games, pole-vaulting, and drawing.

Emily taught Adorable Algebra in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024!

As Community Director, Emily will be managing Athemath community events and logistics.

Andrew is a senior at The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. An avid fan of math olympiads, he attended MOP in 2023. His favorite subject is combinatorics, which he hopes to understand more advanced theory in. Outside of math, Andrew enjoys playing the piano, running long distances, reading contemporary poetry, and listening to R&B.

As Contests Director, Andrew will be managing Athemath team registration and travel for contests.

Patrick from Thailand, also known as Celestia in some communities, is a senior at Triam Udom Suksa high school. He went to MOP 2023 as an international student (black group), and also got a gold in IMO 2023 scoring at 35/42. He is a combi main first and foremost, but geo appeals to him as well. He does rhythm games but is not that good at them (rn it’s just arcaea), and he also enjoys being an MO trainer for some of his friends during his free time. Outside maths, he also aspires to be a researcher in computational neuroscience someday. He is so so excited to meet with all of you!!!

As Math Director, Patrick will ensure quality of the math curriculum and class materials.

Vera is now going into her fifth year at NUS High School (equivalent to high school junior) in Singapore, and has qualified for SIMO Senior Team in 2023 and 2024, and won a silver medal at the CGMO in 2024. She hopes to foster the interests of other girls in mathematics. She also enjoys physics olympiads and tournaments, as well as ballet and music.

As International Outreach Director, Vera will help spread the word about Athemath to communities around the globe!

Catherine is a high school junior at West High School in Iowa City, IA. She began doing math competitions seriously in 2020, beginning with her junior high’s math team. She attended MOP in 2024 and placed 6th and 5th at Math Prize for Girls in 2022 and 2023. Outside of math, Catherine can be found listening to music and taking walks outside!

Catherine will be teaching Fun + Heights this Spring!

As a Board Member of Athemath, Catherine will coordinate the running of events and activities.

Rachel is a junior residing in California but originally from Canada. She's qualified for USAJMO, CMO, and APMO and the Canada IMO Training Camp. Outside of olympiad math, she enjoys studying higher math: she attended Canada/USA Mathcamp in 2023 and is a participant in the PRIMES-USA program. You can often find her studying higher math, especially algebraic combinatorics. She also enjoys chess, having participated in numerous international tournaments. Outside of math and chess, she enjoys reading (her favorite author is Ishiguro), writing, Taylor Swift, and talking on discord.

As a Board Member of Athemath, Rachel will coordinate the running of events and activities.

Ali is a junior at MIT. She was an Honorable Mention for the 2020 USAJMO, and was on the 2020 USA European Girls' Math Olympiad team, at which she got a silver medal. She started doing math contests seriously in seventh grade. While participating in math contests, she saw the way in which girls were isolated in math and how that helped lead to the under-representation of girls at contests. She founded Athemath in 2020 in order to help math girls connect to each other. Nowadays, Ali enjoys programming and reading webcomics.

Evan Chen (v_Enhance) is a math PhD student at MIT and one of the coaches of the USA IMO team. As a high school student, Evan was an IMO gold medalist and winner of the 2014 USAMO (which he took from 12:30am to 5am in Taiwan). Outside of math and teaching, Evan enjoys playing competitive Hanabi and entertaining students on Twitch.

Amy is a high school junior at Lakeside School in Washington. She has qualified for USAJMO three times and attended MOP in 2023 and 2024. Her love for math began in elementary school, and she is excited to share this passion with other young girls. Outside of math, she enjoys fencing, running, reading, and listening to music.

Amy will be teaching Outstanding Olympiad Geometry this Spring!

Ana is a senior at the International Computer High School of Bucharest (that's all the way in Romania!). She is an EGMO 2023 gold medalist and she attended MOP in 2023 as an international student. Her favourite part of Math is Geometry, but she can get along with Number Theory if need be. Outside of Math, she enjoys writing (about anything), playing table tennis and going on long walks.

Ana will be teaching Quirky Geometry this Spring!

Ashley Zhu is a senior at Hunter College High School in New York City. She attended MOP ‘23. She hopes to help girls feel more comfortable pursuing math. Outside of math, she loves to read, draw, and write.

Ashley will be teaching Art of Trigonometry (ft. Problem Solving) this Spring!

Ekam is a junior at Stanford Online High School. She has been doing math contests since elementary and attended MOP in 2023. Her favorite math subject is combinatorics. Outside of math, she likes reading, digital art, and listening to music.

Ekam will be teaching Classy Adventures in Combinatorics and Algebra this Spring!

Emily is a senior at Irvine High School in Southern California. She has been doing math competitions since elementary and middle school and she attended MOP in 2023. She especially enjoys olympiad geometry. Outside of math, Emily likes to go on hikes with her family, hanging out with friends, and listening to music.

Emily will be teaching Comical Combo this Spring!

Jiya is a high school junior at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin, TX. She started her journey of learning competition math in the middle of 7th grade, and since then has qualified for USAJMO twice, attended MOP in 2024, and is a participant of the PRIMES-USA math research program. Outside of math, Jiya enjoys playing guitar, learning electronics, and chilling to ambient guitar music or vibing to random pop music.

Jiya will be teaching NT Terrain Navigation this Spring!

Julia Xiang is a junior in the Bay Area, CA. She has been participating in math contests for several years and attended MOP in 2024. Her favorite subject is number theory, but over the years she has come to love all math for its fun and challenges. Outside of math, Julia likes writing and listening to music.

Julia will be teaching Affable Algebraic Affairs this Spring!

Matilde Iannaccone is a senior in Scientific High School Ulisse Dini (in Italy). She attended MOP in 2023 as an international student and attended TST camps in her country. Her favorite subject in Math is Geometry but she is slowly starting to appreciate Combinatorics. Apart from Math she enjoys reading comic books, listening to Harry Styles and hanging out with friends.

Matilde will be teaching AIME Combo this Spring!

Pimmy is a senior at Triamudom(high school in Thailand!🇹🇭) She attended MOP 2023 as an international student and she is in TST camp in her country. Apart of Math, Pimmy likes taking a walk, reading webtoon and she also like a ton of other stuffs too.

Pimmy will be teaching Get to Know Number Theory this Spring!

Sophia is a high school junior at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. She attended MOP in 2024. Her favorite olympiad subject is geometry, and outside of math, Sophia enjoys drawing, singing, listening to music, and hanging out with friends.

Sophia will be teaching Nifty NT and Algebra this Spring!

Wendy is a Y4 (10th grade) student from Raffles Girls' School, Singapore. She attended MOP 2024 as an international student, and is a member of the SIMO National Team 2024. She is fascinated by the creativity and depth behind math problems, and is eager to share this passion with likeminded young girls!

Besides math, she also likes Kakuro, Killer Sudoku, and painting digitally on Procreate.

Wendy will be teaching ComboneNT this Spring!

Akshitaa Arun (Akshu/Ash) is a junior in Tamil Nadu. She has attended various math camps in India such as PROMYS INDIA 2024, RAMTP 2023, AGMNC 2022 & 2023. Her team won the 8th place in India in the purple comet math contest in her 8th grade. She enjoys tutoring her friends outside school, and showing them that math can be fun! Outside of math, she loves singing, playing the ukulele, playing card games or puzzles(especially killer sudoku), waveboarding and reading!

Alexander Wang is a junior at Millburn High School who works as a Content Contributor for OMMC, is an IMO Gold Medalist, and has achieved Distinguished Honor Roll on the AMC 10/12 multiple times. He has qualified for USAJMO 3 times, and placed overall rank 1 in USAJMO out of all contestants in 2022. He has also qualified for MATHCOUNTS Nationals two times. He is also a member of the selective Lehigh ARML Fire Team. He will be attending the prestigious MOP program this summer. You can find him on AoPS with the nickname DottedCaculator.

Angeline is a high school senior at Phillips Academy Andover. She qualified for the USAJMO and received several awards for females in mathematics, including the Maryam Mirazkhani award. She loves sharing her passion for math with other students. Outside of math, Angeline loves journalism and playing poker with her friends.

Jingni, from Australia, is a freshman at the University of Sydney. He is an Australia MO 2024 Gold Medalist, and has qualified for Australia TSTs in 2023 and 2024. His favourite math genre is combinatorics, but his general math interest lies in uncovering the problem-solving process itself. Outside of math, he enjoys playing chess, squash, photography, journaling and music composition.

Jingni will be running the Cherry Seminar Series this Spring!

Laura is currently year 11 in Australia, having attended the EGMO twice and the IMO once and obtaining a gold medal each time.

When she's not chatting with other maths enthusiasts, she enjoys badminton, listening to music, losing the game, making the smallest origami cranes humanly possible and playing board/card games.

Lillian is a junior at Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy. She has participated in a number of math competitions like AMC 12 and AIME, qualifying for USAMO, as well as team competitions like BMT. She was also a student in the Ross Mathematics Program in Summer 2024. Other than math, she enjoys playing frisbee and boxing, and is also a huge fan of musicals. She is also the president of the Gender Studies club at her school.

Neal is a math contest enthusiast from the Bay Area, despite growing up in Wisconsin, and Athemath TA for F23 (and S23 too?). Although mostly retired from the olympiad math world after MOP 2023, he spends much of his time on making problem proposals by messing around on GeoGebra. Other than that, he also does random things like listening to a random classical / electronic music, making philosophical blog posts on AoPS, and making geometry diagrams with asy.

Peyton is a high school senior at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut. Ever since starting math competitions in elementary school, Peyton has participated in the Canadian Winter Training Camp and MOP in 2022 and 2023 respectively. His favorite subject is combinatorics, but he used to be much better at geometry. When not doing math, you can find Peyton playing quizbowl, piano, or reading random wikipedia articles.

Ritwin is a senior at Silver Creek High School in California (bay area!). He began doing math competitions in elementary school, and his passion was ignited in high school after being introduced to the online math community. Ritwin attended MOP in 2024 and USACO Camp in 2023. Besides math, he loves playing card games and chatting with people, as well as red pandas and the blobheart emoji (so wholesome :D).

He also runs the Problem of the Day seasons in Athemath and is excited to show cool problems to all of you!

Swastika is from Kolkata. She has been doing competition math for 3 years and has taken part in various competitions. Her favorite subjects are geometry and number theory. She is a Sophie fellow and a staff at MOTP. Apart from math, she loves listening to Taylor Swift songs and playing the guitar.

Uddipa, a senior from Kolkata, India, loves Maths (specially combi and NT :)) and Physics. She has excelled in JEE, IOQM, RMO, MO (IITB), BMT, the Sir Isaac Newton Exam (UoWaterloo), TOSC (IITK), FSJM, IRO, and other contests. She has attended MTRP (ISI K), Math.Biz (RAM), IISF (Govt. of India), Perimeter Institute, and SAIFR Brazil programs. A trained Odissi dancer who enjoys editing, Uddipa is Vice President of the Math Club at Entwinity. She also loves teaching maths and is passionate about making STEM opportunities more accessible, especially for girls.

A math enthusiast from India, Yash was a part of the training camp for the IMO team in 2024.He has participated in various math contests throughout his high school years and especially likes combinatorics even though he is an NT main. When not doing math, he likes to swim ,hangout with friends and spend numerous hours on his phone.

Hannah is a senior at Proof School in California. She attended MOP in 2023 and 2024, and G2 in 2023. She was also an Athemath student in the spring 2022 session.

Hannah taught AIME Geo in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024!

Sunaina is a second year student at CMI. She is an EGMO 2023 silver medalist and attend IMO training Camp three times. In her free time, she loves to write blogposts, work on some Olympiad math problems and talk to her friends. She also loves to watch romcom k-dramas and listen to k-pop and Indian Indies.

Serena is a junior at MIT majoring in math. In high school, she was a two-time MOP qualifier and EGMO gold medalist, and before college, she took a gap year to study abroad in South Korea. She also founded the Brookings Math Circle and ran it for five years to address the lack of math interest and resources in her town. In her free time, she enjoys playing card games, learning languages, and going on walks.

Serena taught Computational Geometry in Spring 2021!

Michelle Kang is a freshman at MIT who attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia. She attended MOP in 2021 and 2022 and has competed in math contests from a young age. She hopes to inspire and motivate other girls who have a passion in STEM. Outside of math, she loves watching movies, playing card games (especially ERS), and playing table tennis.

Michelle taught Counting Strategies in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, and Spring 2023!

Laura Zhang is a freshman at MIT who attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in northern Virginia. She attended MOP in 2022 and also competes with her school's math team. Laura hopes to encourage young girls and nonbinary people to continue pursuing their dreams. Along with math, she enjoys journalism, reading romance novels, and having meaningful conversations.

Laura taught Algebra and NT Fundamentals in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023!

Raina is a freshman at MIT who attended Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington. She attended MOP in 2022 and has participated in math contests since elementary school. Outside of math, she enjoys reading, drawing, and playing card games.

Debayu is a 12th grader from India who has been participating in math contests for 4 years now and has made it to the National MO of his country twice. He qualified in the Sharygin Correspondence Round and participated in the Sharygin finals this year (2023). His favorite math subject is number theory but he absolutely adores combinatorics as well. Other than math, he also likes physics, astronomy, quizzing and listening to Post Malone.

Elsa is from the UK. She is an EGMO bronze medalist and she loves to row and listen to music. She's super excited to TA for Athemath!

Pranav (Pranav1056) is a freshman at Oxford from India. He has been participating in math contests for 2 years and cleared INMO in 2022. He has also cleared various stages of IFOMG and now represents India at FSJM. Apart from math, he likes to play chess, cards, read physics, go out with friends and talk with new people.

Gunjan is from India. She has enjoyed Olympiad mathematics ever since she was nine, and has participated in numerous contests over the past few years. She is a 2 time European Math Girl's Olympiad participant and won a bronze medal in 2022, she has attended IMOTC thrice. She is also the director of MOTP. When she is not doing math she likes to sketch, bake and spend hours on her phone.

Jessica is a freshman at MIT from Parkland, Florida. Since starting math competitions in elementary school, she has attended MOP in 2020 and 2021 and was a gold medalist at EGMO 2021. Problems involving functional equations are her favorite. Outside of math, she enjoys drawing, watching anime, and running.

Annabel is a freshman at MIT from Seattle. She's enjoyed math since elementary school and has attended MOP twice. Outside of math, she likes drawing, listening to music, and rowing.

Anurag is from New Delhi, India. His interests are reading, working out, combinatorics, number theory and geometry (he is an algebra anti-main except poly ofc which is super good). He is also interested in Human Psychology and Neurology.

Alex is a freshman at MIT who attended Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington. Alex is a two-time USAJMO winner, USAMO silver, and three-time MOP participant, and also attended USA-Canada Mathcamp in 2021 and for the first time in-person in 2022. On the list of things Alex enjoys doing but is terrible at are soccer, his favorite subject rigid combo, and playing the piano. Alex is a hardcore science fiction fan (Dune, Foundation, recently Le Guin), and plays too many video games.

Emily is a freshman at Harvard from Toronto, Canada. She earned an honourable mention on the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad and a perfect score on the Pan-American Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad. She enjoys reading, playing games with her friends, and watching musicals.

Emily taught j'AIME the AMC: Algebra Meets Combinatorics in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024!

Kristine is a freshman at MIT. She attended MOP in 2023 and has participated in math contests from a young age. She hopes to encourage and support other girls on their journeys in math. In her free time, she enjoys reading, rock climbing, and all things music!

Kristine taught Combinections in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024!

Rey Li is a junior at MIT who was a USAJMO winner in 2020 and attended MOP in 2020 and 2021. Rey loves math and helping others with math, and hopes to share the best parts of it with others. Outside of math, Rey plays copious amounts of Slay the Spire and reads a little too much manga.

Janabel Xia is an MIT graduate who majored in mathematics. In high school, she served as her school's math team captain, and was also a two-time MOP attendee and an EGMO individual silver medalist on team USA. She has seen first-hand and second-hand the experiences that discourage young girls to continue pursuing math, and hopes to provide support for these girls through Athemath. Outside of math, she also enjoys dancing / choreographing, studying music, and reading.

Nicole is a sophomore at MIT. She has competed in various math competitions throughout middle and high school and attended MOP in 2021. Nicole hopes to encourage girls and nonbinary students to participate in whatever excites them, whether it be math, other STEM paths, or anything else! Outside of math, she enjoys learning languages, listening to music, and hanging out with friends.

Nicole taught Algebra and Combinatorics Trail Mix in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, and Spring 2023!

Serena Xu is a sophomore at MIT. She was a 2021 MOPper and once got a perfect score in AMC12. She established GmathIRL and wrote Rabbit's Geometry to encourage more participation in STEM fields, especially underrepresented genders. She was also an alum of Athemath’s first session. Moreover, she is really obsessed with EDM and sometimes even remixes different pieces (also 10% DJ) or cuts short videos for fun.

Serena taught Spicy Geo in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, and Spring 2023!

Cordelia is a sophomore at MIT. She was a winner for the USAJMO 2022 and a MOP participant, and she began doing math competitions since elementary school. As a transgender woman, she sees firsthand many of the struggles women and other gender minorities face in STEM fields, and hopes to do a small part in helping to alleviate some of their struggles. Aside from math, she enjoys playing piano, listening to EDM, and swimming.

Cordelia taught NT Olympiad Fundamentals in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023!

Holden Mui is a senior at MIT. He taught at a local gifted academy and also ran a local math circle. He attended MOP three times, was a USAMO Honorable Mention, and placed in the top 25 in the Putnam. In addition to math, he also enjoys playing chamber music with friends and writing music. He thinks he is the reincarnation of Ravel but other people think he is just a turtle.

Isabella Quan is a junior at MIT. She has competed in math contests since 4th grade and attended MOP in 2020 and RSI in 2021. When competing in team contests, she was often the only girl among several boys, and hopes to encourage and inspire girls who are starting off in math. When not working, she enjoys playing Pokemon, writing, and listening to music, especially K-pop.

Isabella taught My Favorite Things in Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, and Fall 2022!

Sanjana is a junior at MIT. She attended MOP in 2019 and 2020, and was an EGMO gold medalist in 2020 and 2021. Outside of math, she enjoys reading, crosswords, and puzzles.

Sanjana taught Counting and Probability Principles in Spring 2021 and Spring 2022!

Pravalika is a junior at MIT. She won a gold medal at the Math Prize for Girls Olympiad in 2019 and attended MOP in 2020 and 2021. Pravalika is also a central leader of the math nonprofit inteGIRLS and a regular volunteer at Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School, and she is highly passionate about mathematics, education, and activism. She hopes to encourage people of all backgrounds to pursue their STEM passions without fear! Outside of math, she enjoys reading sci-fi/fantasy (current read: The Weight of the Stars - K. Ancrum), painting, and listening to Rainbow Kitten Surprise.

Pravalika taught Spicy Counting in Spring 2021 and Spring 2022!

Kaylee Ji is a junior at MIT. Kaylee is a two-time USAJMO honorable mention and MOP participant. She was on the Canada European Girls' Math Olympiad Team and won a gold medal. Kaylee has seen girls discouraged from preparing for harder competitions and wishes to assist other girls in their math goals. In her free time, she enjoys reading, drawing, and taking walks outside.

Kaylee taught Algebra in AIME in Spring 2022!

Andrew Wu is a Yale University graduate, living in the DC metropolitan area. He worked as the head problem editor for the Yale-run competitions MMATHS and Girls in Math. In high school he qualified for USA(J)MO thrice, and published two papers in Euclidean geometry. Outside of math, Andrew loves playing piano — classical, pop, musical theatre, anything — and he’s passionate about educational equity, good writing, and graphic design.

Ilaria Seidel is a junior at Harvard. She is a second-year research student at the MIT PRIMES program, and attended USA/Canada Mathcamp in 2019. In her free time, she enjoys playing the flute, painting octopuses, and learning languages.

Janette is an MIT graduate who studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In middle and high school, she participated in various math competitions, including MathCounts, the AMC series, and other local and national competitions. She especially loves geometry and enjoys sharing her passion in math with younger students. Outside of math, Janette is interested in the linguistics field of study and spends her free time watching kpop and dramas.