AMSP 2006 Confirmed Staff

Founder and Director

Dr. Titu Andreescu, University of Texas at Dallas, AMSP Camp Director

• US IMO Team Leader (1995 - 2002)
• Director, MAA American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) (1998 - 2003)
• Director, Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) (1995 - 2002)
• Coach of the US IMO Team (1993 - present)
• Question writer, William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
• Member of the IMO Advisory Board, the governing body of the International Mathematical Olympiad
• Member of the USAMO Committee (1994 - 2004)
• Ph.D. in Mathematics from University of West Timisoara, Romania
• MAA Sliffe Award winner for Distinguished Teaching in 1994

Co-founder and Academic Director

Dr. Zuming Feng, Phillips Exeter Academy (PEA), AMSP Academic Director

• US IMO Team Leader (2003 - present)
• US IMO Deputy Team Leader (2000 - 2002)
• Academic Director of MOSP (2003 - present)
• Coach of the US IMO Team (1997 - present)
• Member of the USAMO Committee (1999 - present)
• Advisor of PEA Math Club
• Ph.D. in Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University
• Two-time MAA Sliffe Award winner for Distinguished Teaching

Faculty

Dr. Dorin Andrica, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• Chairman, Department of Geometry, Babes-Bolyai University (1995 - present)
• Member of the National Council for the Romanian Mathematical Olympiad
• Mathcamp problem-solving instructor (2001 - 2005)

Joshua Nichols-Barrer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• MOSP instructor (2005, 2006)
• IMO Silver Medalist (1995, 1997)
• USAMO First Place Samuel Greitzer-Murray Klamkin Award winner (1997)
• USAMO Winner (1995 - 1997)

Melanie Wood, Princeton University

• US IMO Deputy Team Leader (2005)
• Putnam Fellow (2002)
• MOSP instructor (2003, 2005)
• MOSP grader (2000, 2001)
• IMO Silver Medalist (1998, 1999)
• USAMO First Place Samuel Greitzer-Murray Klamkin Award winner (1998)
• USAMO winner (1998, 1999)
• MOSP member (1996 - 1999)

Junior Faculty

Gabriel Dospinescu, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris

• Art of Problem Solving moderator

Visiting Faculty

Dr. Jonathan Kane, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

• Current member of the AIME Committee (2004 - present)

Dr. Kiran Kedlaya, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship (2000 - 2003)
• Editor of American Mathematics Monthly problems section (1999 - 2004)
• Member-at-large of the IMO 2001 USA executive committee
• Ph.D. in Mathematics from MIT
• US IMO Deputy Team Leader (1996, 1999)
• MOSP instructor (1996 - 2000)
• MOSP grader (1993 - 1995)
• Putnam Fellow (1993 - 1995)
• IMO Gold Medalist (1990, 1992)
• IMO Silver Medalist (1991)
• US IMO Team member (1990 - 1992)
• USAMO First Place Samuel Greitzer-Murray Klamkin Award winner (1990, 1992)
• USAMO winner (1990 - 1992)
• MOSP member (1990 - 1992)

Richard Rusczyk, Art of Problem Solving

• Founder, Art of Problem Solving (www.artofproblemsolving.com)
• Director, USA Mathematical Talent Search
• Co-creator, Mandelbrot Competition
• USAMO winner (1989)
• MOSP member (1987 - 1989)

Mentors

Charles Chen, Harvard University

• US IMO Team alternate (2005)
• MOSP member (2002 - 2005)
• Captain of PEA Math Club (2004-2005)

Zac Cox, University of Texas at Dallas

• McDermott Scholar, University of Texas at Dallas
• Captain of St. Mark's School of Texas Math Team (2003-2004)
• USAMO qualifier (2001 - 2004)

Oleg Goldberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• IMO Gold Medalist (2002 - 2004)
• US IMO Team member (2004)
• Russian IMO Team member (2002, 2003)
• USAMO 3rd Place Akamai Foundation Scholarship winner (2004)
• MOSP grader (2005)
• MOSP member (2004)
• Top 25 scorer, Putnam Competition (2004)

Anders Kaseorg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• IMO Gold Medalist (2002, 2003)
• US IMO Team member (2002, 2003)
• US IMO Team alternate (2004)
• USAMO winner (2002, 2003)
• MOSP grader (2005)
• MOSP member (2000 - 2004)

Pascual Restrepo Mesa, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

• IMO Silver Medalist (2004, 2005)
• IMO Bronze Medalist (2003)
• Colombian IMO Team member (2003 - 2005)
• Iberoamerican Mathematical Olympiad Gold Medalist (2005)
• Iberoamerican Mathematical Olympiad Silver Medalist (2003)
• Asian Pacific Mathematical Olympiad Gold Medalist (2004)
• Asian Pacific Mathematical Olympiad Silver Medalist (2005)
• Clay Math Research Academy participant (2005)

Thomas Mildorf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• IMO Gold Medalist (2005)
• US IMO Team member (2005)
• MOSP member (2002 - 2005)
• Captain of Thomas Jefferson High School Math Team (2004 - 2005)

Leonardo Urbina, Universidad Central de Venezuela

• Centroamerican and Caribbean Mathematical Olympiad Silver Medalist (2003)
• Iberoamerican Mathematical Olympiad Silver Medalist (2005)
• Venezuelan IMO Team member (2004, 2005)

David Vincent, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Honorable Mention, Putnam Competition (2005)
• MOSP member (2002)
• Captain of PEA Math Club (2002-2003)

Assistants

Zachary Abel, The Greenhill School (Addison, TX)

• MOSP member (2005)

Iurie Boreico, Chisinau, Moldova

• IMO Special Prize recipient (2005)
• IMO Gold Medalist (2004, 2005)
• Moldovan IMO Team member (2002 - 2005)

Sara Campbell

• Canada/USA Mathcamp member (2005)
• Co-captain of PEA Math Club (2005-2006)

Sherry Gong, Phillips Exeter Academy

• IMO Silver Medalist (2004, 2005)
• IMO Bronze Medalist (2003)
• IMO Honorable Mention (2002)
• US IMO Team member (2005)
• Puerto Rican IMO Team member (2002 - 2004)
• USAMO Winner (2005)
• MOSP member (2003 - 2005)

Kevin Modzelewski, Phillips Exeter Academy

• MOSP member (2005)
• USACO member (2005)
• USA Physics Olympiad training camp qualifier (2005)
• Co-captain of PEA Math Club (2005-2006)

Khoa Lu Nguyen, Sam Houston High School (Houston, TX)

• First prize, Ho Chi Minh City Mathematical Contest (2003, 2004)
• Canada/USA Mathcamp member (2005)

Sara Sheehan, Phillips Exeter Academy

• USAMO qualifier (2002)
• Co-captain of PEA Math Club (2005-2006)

Yufei Zhao, Don Mills Collegiate Institute (Toronto, Canada)

• IMO Gold Medalist (2005)
• IMO Bronze Medalist (2004)
• Canadian IMO Team member (2004, 2005)
• USAMO 3rd Place Akamai Foundation Scholarship winner (2005)
• Canadian Mathematical Olympiad First Place (2004)

Last updated June 28, 2006.