Instructors
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Nilufer Sagat
- UC Santa Cruz class of 2026
- Teaching Assistant, AlphaStar Summer camp (2021)
- Research Intern, Stanford University (2020-2022)
- USACO Silver contestant
- AIME Qualifier
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Julian Wu
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2030
- USACO Finalist (2024, 2025)
- Codeforces International Grandmaster (2025)
- Meta Hacker Cup Round 3 Qualifier (2023, 2024)
- TeamsCode Summer Contest - 1st Place Team (2023)
- Principal Cellist, San Diego Youth Symphony
Managers
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Salma Baig, M.A, M.S
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2018)
- Computer Science teacher (15+ years)
- MS in Computer Science, Georgia Tech (2021)
- MA in Education, University of London (1998)
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Richard Spence Ph.D.
- AlphaStar Alumni
- A-Star Math Instructor (since 2012)
- Ph.D., Computer Science, U. of Arizona (2021)
- B.S., in Math with Computer Science, MIT (2016)
- USAMO qualifier (2010)
- MathCounts National qualifier (2007, 2008)
- National “Who Wants to be a Mathematician” qualifier (2011-2012)
- Perfect score on AMC 10 (2009)
- National Scrabble Championship – Div. 2 (2011: Winner)
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Vefa Goksel, Ph.D
- Marshall H.Stone Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (2020-Present).
- Ph.D, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2020).
- Honored Instructor Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015).
- Math Graduate Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2017).
- Coordinator in the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2014, Turkey.
- Deputy Leader of Turkish National Math Olympiad Team, Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2012, Turkey.
- International Mathematical Olympiad - Silver Medal (2009).
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad - Silver Medal (2009)
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Stanley Wei
- UT Austin Turing Scholars Honors Program, Class of 2023
- Head Coach, Sartartia Middle School MathCounts Team (2nd place at Texas state competition)
- Putnam Top 350 Scorer
- USACO Platinum
- USAPhO Honorable Mention
- AIME Top 200 Scorer
- USNCO Semifinalist
- AMC Distinguished Honor Roll
- Texas ARML Gold Team Member
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Osman Ay, M.S.
- AlphaStar Computer Science Instructor (2021-present)
- M.S. in Computer Education and Instructional Technology (2012)
- Coach Assistant of USACO (2004-2009)
- World Finals Judge, ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (since 2002)
- Experience in Computing Olympiads as a teacher, coach, problem writer and judge (since 1997)
- Authored several Computer Science and programming books.
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Bahattin Yildiz, PhD
PhD, Mathematics ,CALTECH, 2006 Assistant/Associate professor, Northern Arizona University, 2017-Current Coordinator in 29th Balkan, 17th Junior Balkan and 3rd European Girls Mathematics Olympiads. -
Sophia Moreira
- B.S, Stanford University (2020)
- AoPS Associate Curriculum Developer and Upper Math Associate Director (2020-2021)
- Tutors nationally competitive math and Latin students (2021-2022)
- Stanford Probability for CS Contest: 2nd Place, Individual (2017)
- AIME Qualifier (2015)
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Saahil Sundaresan
- Stanford University Class of 2026
- AIME qualifier with distinction (2 times)
- 3+ years of math teaching experience
- USACO Gold
- USAPhO Qualifier
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Neil Chowdhury
Short Bio- MIT Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
- USAJMO Qualifier
- USAPhO Honorable Mention
- USNCO Study Camp
- Regeneron Science Talent Search 5th Place
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Alexander Moreira, M.S.
- M.S. in Computer Science, Stanford (2023)
- B.S. in Mathematics, Stanford (2022)
- Mathematics and Computer Science instructor (5+ years)
- George Polya Prize from Stanford University (2022)
- Honorable mention for the Computing Research Association's Undergraduate Researcher Award (2022)
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Kyle Fu
Short Bio- MIT Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Finalist (2020,2021)
- Teaching Assistant, AlphaStar Academy (2020: winter)
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Daniel Deaconu, Ph.D.
- PhD, Mathematics, York University, 2004
- Coached students for AMC 8/10/12, COMC, CMO (10+ years)
- Romanian National Olympic Team, 1988
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1998
- Dean's Academic Excellence Scholarship, 1997
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Salih Adem
- Physics Olympiad Coach since 2014
- IPhO Gold Medalist (1993,1995)
- IPhO Bronze Medalist (1992, 1994)
- AlphaStar Instructor (Since 2024)
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Gjergji Zaimi
- International Mathematical Olympiad - Silver Medal (2005, 2006)
- 10+ years of Coaching Experience for Mathematical Competitions
- Member of the Caltech Team for the Putnam Exam - Third Place (2009)
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Dennis Yang
- Promoted to USACO platinum in 2023 December
- USACO 2025 finalist
- 2x AIME qual
- USAAIO Bronze
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Julian Wu
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2030
- USACO Finalist (2024, 2025)
- Codeforces International Grandmaster (2025)
- Meta Hacker Cup Round 3 Qualifier (2023, 2024)
- TeamsCode Summer Contest - 1st Place Team (2023)
- Principal Cellist, San Diego Youth Symphony
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Sefa Ozkan
- Bachelor in Mathematics
- Math Teacher, Stratford Preparatory School (2024–Current)
- Middle School Math Teacher, RSM (2020–2024)
- 4+ years of math competition coaching experience
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Xinyue Fang
- M.A., Mathematics Education, Columbia University, 2025
- 10 years of teaching experience
- AAlphaStar Alumni, 2019
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Neal Yan
- UC Davis Class of 2028
- MOP (student 2023, TA 2025)
- USAMO Silver (2023, 2024)
- APMO Bronze (2024)
- AlphaStar Alumni, 2023
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Anthony Wang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Instructor (2021: summer camp)
- USACO Finalist (2020,2021)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2020)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2018,2019)
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Sylvia Jin
- A* Alumnus
- AlphaStar Winter Camp Instructor (2019, 2020)
- UC Berkeley Class of 2022 (Math, Statistics)
- Berkeley Math Tournament Problem Writer (2018 - Present)
- AIME qualifier (2015 - 2018)
- Math Prize for Girls qualifier (2016 - 2018)
- SMT (2018: 5th place team)
- BMT (2018: 8th place team)
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Muhyeddin Ercan, M.S.
- Software Developer (2022 - Present)
- M.S. in Computer Science, UCA (2012)
- AlphaStar Computer Science full-time Instructor (2018-2022)
- Computer Science Teacher at public schools(2012-2018)
- Won 3rd Place in USA Microsoft Imagine Cup Software Design Competition
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Daniel Wisdom
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2020)
- MIT Class of 2023
- USACO Finalist (2017)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016-2019)
- USAPhO Bronze (2018)
- TJHSST Senior Computer Team (captain 2018-2019, co-captain 2017-2018)
- University of Maryland Programming Contest – 1st place (2018, 2019)
- USAPhO Bronze (2018)
- Cyber Security Awareness Worldwide, Red Team Finalist (2018)
- HSCTF 2017 2nd Place
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Eric Zhang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- AlphaStar Instructor (2019 Summer Camp)
- Monta Vista HS class of 2021
- USACO Finalist (2018)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016-present)
- Codeforces Master
- Virginia Tech HS Programming Contest (2017: 2nd place, 2018: 4th place)
- Facebook Hacker Cup Top 500 (2018)
- AIME Qaulifier (2017, 2018)
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Guanpeng Xu
- MIT Class of 2023
- USAMO Winner (2018,2019)
- MOP (2016)
- Putnam Honorable Mention (2020)
- USAMO Qualifier (2014-2019)
- USAPhO Silver (2017,2018)
- Perfect USAMO Index (2016)
- Coach, CCES MathCounts team (2016)
- National Mathcounts Written Champion, Countdown Runner-up (2015)
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Emre Gul
- M. S. in Mathematics Teaching University of Utah 2019
- AlphaStar Instructors (2021 - present)
- 15+ years of teaching experience
- MathCounts coach since 2009
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Kendra Chen
- ScB in Applied Mathematics, Brown University (2003)
- Math Coach (since 2022)
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Linus Tang
- AlphaStar Alumnus
- International Mathematical Olympiad (2025 Gold Medal)
- Romanian Master in Mathematics (2024 Gold Medal)
- MIT Class of 2028
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Ali Gurel, Ph.D.
- AlphaStar Co-founder and Math Director (since 2017)
- Ph.D., Mathematics, Caltech (2008)
- International Mathematical Olympiad (1996: Silver Medal)
- American Mathematics Competitions Advisory Panel Member (2008-2012)
- USA Math Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) Instructor (2007-2012)
- Scott Russell Johnson Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Caltech (2007)
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Fatih Gelgi
- AlphaStar Co-founder and CS / AI Dept. Director (since 2017)
- Ph.D, Computer Science, Arizona State University (2007)
Specializations: AI, Machine Learning - International Olympiad in Informatics (1999: Bronze Medal)
- USA Computing Olympiad Coach (2006-2014)
- Olympiad in Informatics Turkish National Team Coach (1999-2003)
- Balkan Olympiad in Informatics (1998, 1999)
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Mehmet Kaysi
- AlphaStar Co-founder and Math Program Director (since 2017)
- American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) Problem Writing Committee (2011-2014)
- Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad – USA Team Leader (2013)
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad – Academic Assistant (2012)
- International Mathematical Olympiad (2004)
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad – Silver Medal (2004)
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Alec Sun
- PhD, Carnegie Mellon University (2021-)
- AB/SM, Harvard University (2017-2021)
- Putnam Competition Honorable Mention (2019)
- USA Math Olympiad Winner (2016, 2017)
- Math Olympiad Summer Program (2014, 2015, 2016)
- USA Physics Olympiad Finalist (2016)
- USA Computing Olympiad Finalist (2015)
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Caleb Ji
- AlphaStar/A-Star Instructor (since 2015)
- International Math Olympiad (2014: Bronze)
- MOP qualifier
- Asia Pacific Math Olympiad (2014 Honorable Mention)
- Canadian Math Olympiad (2014: 3rd place)
- USAJMO (2013: Honorable Mention)
- USACO gold
- MathCounts State (2012: Winner)
- PUMaC (2014: 1st Place Number Theory)
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Ata Pir, Ph.D.
- PhD, Mathematics, Texas A&M University 2018
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad – Served on Problem Selecting Committee (2012)
- Academy for Future Faculty Certificate from the Center for Teaching Excellence and the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
- International Mathematical Olympiad 2004, Bronze Medal
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2004, Bronze Medal
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Sinan Kanbir, Ph.D.
- AlphaStar Academy Instructor since 2017
- Ph.D. Mathematics Education, Illinois State University (2016)
- Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin
- Author of eight research/math contest prep books
- Item Writer for CWML, MathCON, WMC State Math Contests
- Math Contest Coach for AMC 8,10,12, AIME, USA(J)MO (20+ years)
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Junhee Lee
- MIT Class of 2022 (Mathematics, Computer Science)
- USAMO Qualifier (2014-2018)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2013)
- National MATHCOUNTS Countdown Qualifier (2014)
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Isaac Li
- UCLA class of 2023
- Five-time AIME qualifier
- 199th place in 2019-2020 Putnam Competition
- USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) Platinum division
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Joey Heerens
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2019)
- MIT Class of 2023
- USA(J)MO Qualifier (2015-17: USAJMO, 2018-19: USAMO)
- AMC 12 Perfect Scorer (2018: AMC 12 A/B, 2019: AMC 12 A)
- HMMT (2018: 7th place in Algebra & Number Theory, 24th place individual)
- ARML Tiebreaker Round (2016-18, 2018 12th place individual)
- USAPhO (2018 Bronze Medal)
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Nathan Chen
- USACO Finalist (2019, 2020)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2017-present)
- AIME Qualifer (2018, 2019, 2020)
- CodeForces Division 1 (2019-present)
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Freya Edholm
- Stanford Graduate Student (Computational & Mathematical Engineering)
- MIT graduate (Double Majors: Math with CS & Chemical-Biological Engineering)
- Write and edit problems for BMT, mathleague.org, USMCA, and Alpha Math Contest
- Coach for SFBA/NorCal ARML teams
- Putnam: Scored 28 (median score 2), 2019
- USABO Semifinalist, 2018
- ARML: 1st place team, 2017
- USNCO: High Honors, 2017; Honors, 2016; Semifinalist, 2015-2017
- AMC 12: Scored 141/150, 2017; Top 1% Distinguished Honor Roll, 2017-2018
- NACLO: 11th place on Open Round, 2017; Invitational Round participant, 2017-2018
- USAJMO Participant, 2015
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Eric Wei
- USACO Finalist (2020)
- Grandmaster on Codeforces
- USACO Platinum since Jan 2018
- Google Code Jam Round 3 participant (2020)
- 6x AIME qualifier, 2x USAJMO qualifier, 2x USAMO qualifier
- MathCounts Nationals Countdown participant, 2016
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Albert Shi Zhu
- Rice Class of 2026
- 3x AIME qualifier
- 2x USAMTS Bronze Medalist
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Anna Bessesen
- MS in Mathematics Education, University of Utah (2015)
- 10+ years teaching experience
- MathCount Coach (2011-2014)
- MathCounts State Participant
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Claire Chen
- MIT Class of 2025
- AIME Qualifier (2019-2021)
- Math Prize for Girls Qualifier (2019, 2020)
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Edwin Xie
- Stanford Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Math Curriculum Developer (2020 - Present)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2019)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2020)
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Shreyas Ramamurthy
- UC Berkeley Class of 2025
- AlphaStar TA (2018-2021)
- AlphaStar Academy Alumni
- USAJMO Honorable Mention (2019)
- USAMO Qualifier (2020, 2021)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2018, 2019)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2021)
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Theodore Lysek
- UC Berkeley Class of 2025
- BMT Problem Writer
- AIME Qualifier
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Ali Adali Ph.D.
- PhD, Mathematics, Ohio State 2017
- AlphaStar Math Instructor (2011-2016, 2022)
- EGMO 2014: Problem Grading Committee Member
- Junior Balkan Math Olympiad (JBMO) 2013: Deputy Leader of the Team USA
- International Mathematical Olympiad ( 2002: Bronze, 2003: Bronze)
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad ( 2002: Bronze, 2003: Silver)
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Snehesh Das
- UCLA Class of 2025
- AIME Qualifier (2018-2020)
- National Math Club Coach (MATHCOUNTS): 2020-2021
- UCLA Integration Bee - Top 16
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George Nicolas Diaz-Wahl
- Ph.D. Mathematics, Purdue University (2021 - Present)
- M.S. in Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University (2021)
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Amir Parvardi
- M.Sc. in Mathematics, University of British Columbia
- Mathematics Olympiad Coach (10 years)
- (Co-)Author of Olympiad Books, Articles, and Problem-Sets
- Topics in Number Theory: an Olympiad-Oriented Approach [2015-2017]
- Functional Equations in Mathematical Olympiads [2017-2018]
- Olympiad Algebra Problem Book (Vol I) [TBD June 2023]
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Zachary Henderson
Short Bio- Ph. D. Mathematical Sciences, Central Michigan University (2021 - present)
- M.S. Mathematical Science, University of Minnesota - Duluth (2021)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant (2019 - present)
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Stephen Xia
- Yale University Class of 2027
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USAJMO and USAMO Qualifier (2021 and 2023)
- AIME Qualifier (2018-2023)
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Joshua Yin
- UCLA Class of 2025
- AIME Qualifier (2019-2022)
- USAPhO Honorable Mention (2022), Semifinalist (2021)
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Rohin Garg
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Roger Fan
- MIT class of 2028
- USAMO Bronze (2024)
- USAMO Honorable Mention (2023)
- USAJMO Winner (2022)
- 1st Place in Calculus, Stanford Math Tournament (2023)
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Olivia Xu
- Stanford University class of 2028
- 3+ years of math teaching experience
- USAMO Qualifier (2024)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Math Prize for Girls 7th Place (2023), 11th Place (2022)
- Math Prize for Girls Olympiad Bronze Medal (2022, 2023)
- ARML National Champion / 1st Place (2022, 2023)
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Angela Qian
- Purdue University class of 2027
- Qualified for AIME four times (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- Hosted BIMCT Competition (2023)
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Alex Zheng
- Carnegie Mellon University class of 2025
- AIME qualifier (3 times)
- 4+ years of coaching experience
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Rohan Das
- MIT Class of 2029
- MOP Qualifier (2023)
- USAMO Bronze (2023 and 2024)
- HMMT - Overall 3rd place (2024)
- USAJMO Winner (2022)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2021)
- USACO Platinum contestant
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Diego Gomes, Ph.D.
- Ph.D., Mathematics, UFC (2019)
- Committee of Brazilian National Mathematics Olympiad (OBM)
- Jury Member: Cono Sur Mathematical Olympiad (2018), Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad (2015-2018), OMCPLP (2019)
- Deputy Leader/Leader of Brazilian Team: Cono Sur Mathematical Olympiad (2016), Romanian Masters of Mathematics (2019), International Mathematical Competition (2020, 2021 & 2024)
- 12+ years of coaching math olympiad students
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Ismail Marul
- M.A. in Teaching Mathematics
- 7+ years coaching experience for Math Competitions
- 2022 MAA AMC program Edyth May Sliffe Award Recipient
- Nevada MATHCOUNTS State Coach (2024 & 2025)
- Southern Nevada ARML Team Coach (2022–Present)
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Ephram Chun
- Purdue University class of 2027
- 5× AIME Qualifier
- Top 10 Overall Team at HMMT, CMIMC, PUMAC, SMT, CHMMC
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Peter Ferolito
- Homestead High School Class of 2025
USAJMO Honorable Mention (2023)
AIME Qualifier (4 times)
USAPhO Qualifier
USACO Gold Contestant
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Sanya Badhe
- 5x AIME Qualifier
Jane Street Certificate of Excellence
AlphaStar Math Development Team (2021-22)
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Vincent Chen
- University of California Berkeley class of 2027
- AIME Qualifier
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Avnith Vijayram
- CMU class of 2029
- USACO Platinum contestant (since 2023)
- Problem writer for USACO (since 2024)
- 1st place team at UMD, VCU, and UVA HS programming competitions
- 4x AIME qualifier (2022-2025)
- 5th place individual at Duke Math Meet 2024
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Edwin Hou
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Vanderbilt University Class of 2029
- USAMO Qualifier
- 4x AIME Qualifier
- USACO Gold
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Avichal Goel
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2016)
- MIT Class of 2022
- USACO Finalist (2016)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2015-2018)
- AlphaStar Alumni
- AIME Qualifier (2015-2018)
- Stanford ProCo (2016: 3rd place, 2018: 1st Place)
- Harker Programming Invitational (2016: 1st Place, 2017: 1st Place)
- HP CodeWars (2016: 1st Place)
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Eric Xu
- A* Math Instructor (2014: Summer Camp; 2015: Summer Camp)
- A* CS Instructor (2017: Year-round Courses)
- Stanford Class of 2019
- Facebook Hacker Cup (2017: Top 200)
- Google Code Jam (2016: Round 2 Qualifier; 2017: Round 2 Qualifier)
- ACM-ICPC Pacific Northwest Regional (2016: 3rd Place Team)
- USACO Platinum Observer (2015-present)
- USACO Gold Contestant (2014-2015)
- USAMO Qualifier (2013-2015)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2011-2012)
- ARML (2014: 5th Place Team)
- CHMMC (2014: 2nd Place Team)
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Jason Zhao
- Aragon HS - Class of 2018
- USACO Finalist (2017)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016 - present)
- AIME Qualifier (2015, 2016, 2017)
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Evan Chen
- BS MIT (2018)
- USAMO winner (2014)
- International Math Olympiad (2014: Gold)
- Coach of USA IMO team and team selection coordinator
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Swapnil Garg
- MOP Participant (2016)
- USA(J)MO Qualifier (2012-2016)
- AMC 12 Perfect Scorer (2016)
- USAPhO Gold (2016)
- IOL Team Alternate (2016)
- NACLO Invitational Participant (2015, 2016)
- National MathCounts Champion (2014)
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Sal Tiryaki, M.S.
- AlphaStar Computer Science Instructor (2018-present)
- M.Ed., Leadership in Education, American College of Education (2016)
- Computer Science / Robotics teacher (2010-present)
- Many regional, state, interstate, and international awards in Robotics such as 2014 Tri-State (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada) and Mexico Championship, 2017 First Global Zhang Heng Silver Engineering Design
- Worked as an engineer, project leader, and tecnical manager in industry (2003-2010)
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering (2002)
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Eric Zhang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- AlphaStar Instructor (2017: Winter Camp), (2019:Summer Camp)
- Harvard Class of 2023
- International Olympiad in Informatics (2018-2019: Gold)
- US Team member (2017, 2019)
- USACO Finalist (2016-2018)
- MOP Qualifier (2017), TST Group (2018, 2019)
- USAMO Honorable Mention (2017)
- US Physics Team Invitee (2017-2018)
- Coauthor of a forthcoming physics book (F=ma Contests: 2011-2018 Solutions Manual) published by the AAPT
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Andrew Lin
- MIT Class of 2022
- A-Star Instructor since 2016
- Putnam HM (2018, 2019)
- MOSP qualifier (2016), USAJMO winner (2016)
- USACO Platinum (2017)
- Perfect AIME (2017, 2018)
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Edward Jin
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2019)
- MIT Class of 2023
- AIME qualifier (2015 - 2019)
- HMMT February Integration Bee Winner (2019)
- CHMMC individual award (2017)
- BMT individual award (2018)
- PUMaC team award (2018)
- International Chemistry Olympiad Gold Medal (2019)
- USACO Platinum
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Anthony Ou
- AlphaStar Instructor (Since 2019)
- MIT class of 2023
- International Physics Olympiad Silver Medal (2018)
- Princeton Physics Competition Gold Medal (2018)
- Perfect Score F=ma 2019 A
- USAPhO Gold Medal (2017-2018)
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Chris Pan
- Princeton U Class of 2023
- USACO Finalist (2018)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2017)
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Nathan Wang
- USACO Finalist (2019, 2020)
- USACO Platinum (2016-present)
- Alphastar Alumni
- 3rd place HPI
- 7th place VTHSPC 2018
- 3rd place VTHSPC 2019
- Three-Time AIME Qualifier
- DHR AMC 8
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Abby Knepper
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2018)
- B.S. in Applied Mathematics from William and Mary (2019)
- Operations Research Analyst in industry (2019 – present)
- Private math tutor (2016 – present)
- Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education Study Abroad Program (2017)
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Andrew Cai
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2018)
- UC Berkeley Class of 2022
- Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Contest 6th place (2017)
- USAJMO qualifier (2016)
- 5 times AIME qualifier
- USAPhO Honorable Mention (2017)
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Cory Hixson
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2018)
- MIT Class of 2021
- AIME qualifier (2016, 2017)
- HMMT Problem Committee
- Individual High Score Award for Florida A1 (ARML 2017)
- Perfect Score on 2015 AP Statistics Test
- Individual Placement at 2017 CMIMC
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Mehmet Uyman
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2020)
- B.S. in Software Engineering
- Computer Science Teacher in public/private schools (since 2015)
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Sameer Pai
- MIT Class of 2024
- USACO Platinum Competitor (since 2017)
- American Computer Science League 1st place winner
- Five-Time AIME Qualifier (2016-2020)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2018), Two-Time USAMO Qualifier (2019, 2020)
- USAPhO Bronze Medalist
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Justin Li
- USACO Platinum
- ICPC North America Championship Qualifier
- CodeForces Division 1
- A* Alumni
- UCLA Class of 2023
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Sanjit Bhat
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2019)
- UT Austin Class of 2023 (Turing Scholars Program)
- MIT PRIMES program (2017-2019)
- Davidson Fellows Scholarship, Honorable Mention (2019)
- MIT Blueprint Hackathon, First Place (2019)
- Regeneron Science Talent Search, Scholar (2019)
- Siemens Competition, Semifinalist (2017)
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Gold Division Contestant (2016)
- First-author of top-tier computer security conference paper (2019)
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Mehul Raheja
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2019)
- UC Berkeley Class of 2023
- USACO Finalist (2018)
- USACO Platinum (2017-2019)
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USAChO Semifinalist (2018-2019)
- Harker Programming Invitational - 3rd place
- Virginia Tech Programming Contest - 4th place
- DECA 4 time ICDC Qualifier
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Aaron Lamoreaux
- Double Major in Math and Computer Science (Turing) at UT Austin (Class of 2023)
- Software Engineering Intern at Jane Street (2021)
- USACO Finalist (2019)
- USACO Platinum (2016-present)
- ICPC World Finalist (2020)
- MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge Honorable Mention (2019)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2017)
- AIME Qualifier (2017, 2018, 2019)
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Joshua Pan
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2017)
- Harvard Class of 2022
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2015-2018)
- Google Code-in Grand Prize Winner (2016)
- Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology Semifinalist (2016)
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Steven Hao
- B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics, MIT (2018)
- International Olympiad in Informatics (Silver '13, Gold '14)
- International Collegiate Programming Contest, MIT team member, 6th place (2016)
- A-Star Alumnus
- A-Star Instructor (2012-2014)
- Code Forces International Master
- Software engineer, Scale AI (2018-present)
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Luke Choi
- Avon HS Class of 2021
- AIME Qualifier (2018-2021)
- USAMO Qualifier (2019-2021)
- Harvard-MIT Invitational Competition Qualifier (2021)
- MathCounts Nationals (2017)
- USACO Gold (2021)
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Derwin Wu
- UC Berkeley Class of 2023
- Berkeley Math Tournament Problem Writer (2019 - Present)
- AIME Qualifier (2016, 2018)
- USACO Gold
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Guillermo Reyes
- Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern California
- PhD in Mathematics, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
- International Mathematical Olympiads 1985 & 1986
- Coordinator for the 49 th International Mathematical Olympiad, Madrid 2008
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Aryan Kumar
- MIT Class of 2025
- USACO Platinum Division (since 2019)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2019)
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Mete Bayram, M.Ed.
- Computer Science and Robotics Educator (since 2015)
- M.Ed. in Science Education (2015)
- B.S. in Electronic and Computer Education (2013)
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Jeannie Wang
- UC Berkeley Class of 2024 applied mathematics and statistics major
- AIME Qualifier
- Stanford University Mathematics Camp 2019
- United States Chemistry Olympiad 2019
- Ross Math Program 2018
- Florida ARML 2018-2019
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Jocelyn Zhu
Short Bio- MIT Class of 2025
- AlphaStar Faculty (2018 & 2020)
- US Physics Olympiad SemiFinalist and Bronze Medalist (2019)
- AIME Qualifier (2017 - 2019)
- MIT Math Prize for Girls (2018)
- Pleasanton Math Circle Lecturer
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Freddie Tang
- MIT Class of 2025
- USACO Finalist (2020)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (Jan 2019-present)
- USAMO Qualifier (2020)
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Suzy Lou
- MS Computer Science, expected Stanford 2022
- USAJMO qualifier (2013)
- Math Prize for Girls medalist (Silver 2012, Gold 2013, Bronze 2014)
- Math Prize for Girls Honorable Mention (2012-2014)
- MIT PRIMES alumni
- BS Mathematics, Stanford 2020
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Leon Zhao
- University of Delaware class of 2025
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
- 2 x AIME Qualifier
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Ayhan Duzgun, Ph.D
- AlphaStar Physics Instructor since 2017
- Ph.D., Physics, Kent State University (2018)
- M.S., Physics, University of Pittsburgh (2005)
- International Physics Olympiad (1997: Honorable Mention, 1998: Honorable Mention, 1999: Silver Medal)
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Flora Huang
- Stanford University Class of 2025
- Alphastar Alumni
- USACO Gold Contestant
- Girls Who Code - San Jose President (2019, 2020)
- AIME Qualifier
- USESO Camp Qualifier (2018-2020)
- Siemens Semifinalist (2017)
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Shiva Oswal
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Platinum Division (since 2020)
- AIME Qualifier (2018-2021)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2019)
- Codeforces International Master
- Problemsetter of Codeforces Round 736
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Abhinav Kommula
- AlphaStar Alumni
- UC Berkeley Class of 2025
- USACO Platinum Division (since 2018)
- Codeforces Master, Division 1
- Four-time AIME Qualifier
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Aryan Dua
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Irvington High School Class of 2022
- USACO Platinum Division (since 2020)
- Irvington DECA Director of Marketing (2019-2020)
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Nathan Gong
- Georgia Tech U Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum (2021)
- AlphaStar Teaching Assistant (2021: summer camp)
- FRC Robotics World Finalist
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Wesley Hung
- AlphaStar Alumni
- UC Santa Barbara Class of 2025
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2019)
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Conor Kennedy
- Stanford U Class of 2026
- USACO Finalist (2021,2022)
- 2nd place, Division 1, UCF HS Programming Tournament (2020)
- 1st place, Advanced Division of PLU HS Programming Contest (2019)
- USAMO Qualifier (2021)
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Vivian Han
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2026
- European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (2021:Bronze medal)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2019)
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Tarushii Goel
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2026
- European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (2021:Silver medal)
- USACO Platinum (2021)
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Claire Zhang
- MIT Class of 2026
- European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (2021:Gold medal)
- USACO Finalist (2022)
- USACO Platinum (2021)
- USA Mathematical Talent Search Gold Prize (2021)
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Sanjana Das
- MIT Class of 2025
- EGMO gold medal (2020 and 2021)
- USA TST group (for IMO 2020 and 2021)
- MOP qualifier (2019 and 2020)
- Putnam honorable mention (2021)
- AIME perfect score (2020)
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Adam Tang
- Harvey Mudd class of 2026
- AlphaStar Math Curriculum Developer (2019 - Current)
- USAMO Silver (2022)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2019)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2022)
- Stanford Math Tournament - 1st Place Team (2022), 2nd Place Team (2021)
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Henry Wang
- UCLA Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Math Curriculum Developer (2021 - Present)
- USAMO Qualifier (2020-2022)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2022)
- Berkeley Mini Math Tournament - First Place (2017)
- USACO Platinum (2021-2022)
- USAPHO Qualifier (2021-2022)
- SMT 1st Place Team (2022)
- CHMMC 8th Place (2021)
- SMT 9th place Geometry (2021)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2022)
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Jennifer Wilson
- EdD in Curriculum and Instruction (2018)
- 20+ Years Teaching Experience
- Former MathCounts Coach
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Jieun Lim
- Carnegie Mellon University class of 2026
- AlphaStar Alumni
- AlphaStar Math Curriculum Developer (2020)
- AlphaStar TA (2020 - 2021)
- AIME Qualifier (3 times)
- Math Prize for Girls Qualifier (2 times)
-
Sejal Rathi
- MIT Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Math Curriculum Developer (2021- Current)
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USA(J)MO Qualifier (3 times)
- AIME Qualifier (5 times)
- Math Prize for Girls invitee (2018-2021)
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Jennifer Zhang
- MIT Class of 2025
- AlphaStar Academy TA (2018-2020)
- AIME Qualifier (6 times)
- Math Prize For Girls Participant (4 times)
- Stanford Math Tournament - 3rd Place Team
- Caltech Math Tournament - 5th Place Team
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Jeffrey Hu
- University of Minnesota Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USAPhO HM (2021)
- AIME Qualifier (2018 - 2021)
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Alex Sima
- Alphastar Alumni
- Yale University Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2020)
- 2-times AIME Qualifier
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Daniel Lee
- M. Ed., e-Learning and New Media, CalState LA (2019)
- B.S in Computer Science, UC Riverside (2002)
- Computer Science teacher at a public school
- 10+ years of teaching experience in elementary and high school.
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Atharv Jain
- USACO Finalist (2022)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
- Codeforces Master
- ACSL Team, 1st Place (2021)
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William Zhao
- Alphastar Alumni
- UCLA Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2019-2022)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2019)
- USAPhO Honorable Mention (2021)
- AIME Qualifier (2018-2022)
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Iva Goel
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2020)
- Teaching Assistant at AlphaStar (2020)
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Aryadeepta De
- Alphastar Alumni
- UC San Diego class of 2026
- USACO Gold contestant (2020-present)
- ACSL Gold Medalist (2022)
- AIME Qualifier (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- MathCon Gold Medalist (2022)
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Rishi Cherukuri
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Aivar Abrashuly
- Ph.D. Program, Stanford
- IPhO Silver Medalist (2016)
- Asian Physics Olympiad Bronze Medalist (2016)
- Physics Olympiad Trainer ( 2017-21)
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Gary Peng
- AlphaStar Alumni
- U of Maryland, College Park Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
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Henry Huang
- UCLA Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2019)
- 3rd place, ICPC Southern California Regionals
- Codeforces Expert/Candidate Master (2021-2023)
- AIME Qualifier (2020-2022)
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Ethan Peng
- UCLA Class of 2026
- USACO Gold Contestant
- UCLA ICPC Team Member
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Ethan Yu
- UPenn Class of 2026
- USACO Gold Contestant
- AIME Qualifier (2019-2022)
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Harry Zhou
- UCLA Class of 2027
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
- Codeforces Candidate Master (since 2021)
- AIME Qualifier (2020-2023)
- Teaching Assistant, AlphaStar Academy (2022: summer)
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David Qiao
- UC Santa Barbara Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2019)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2022)
- UCSB ICPC Team Member
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Asuman Celik
- Adjunct Professor, U of Cincinnati (2021-present)
- Ph.D. Candidate in Information Technology (focused on AI applications in Cancer Research, expected in 2025)
- Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics (2022)
- B.S. in Computer Science (2020)
- ACM-ICPC, Co-Coach, Contestant, 2017-2018
- Teaching Computer Science (including machine learning and deep learning since 2017)
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Benjamin Fan
- MIT Class of 2027
- USA(J)MO Qualifier (2021, 2022)
- MIT PRIMES-USA Participant
- AMC 10 Perfect Score (2021)
- Harvard MIT Invitational Competition (HMIC) Qualifier
- USACO Platinum Competitor since 2021
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Andrzej Piotrowski
- Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Hawai'i (2007)
- M.S. Mathematics, University of New Hampshire (2002)
- Professor of Mathematics, University of Alaska Southeast (UAS)
- UAS Faculty Excellence Teaching Award (2022)
- Outstanding Teacher Award, CSU Fresno Math Club (AY 2007 - 2008)
- USAMO/USAJMO and Putnam Grader (2022-2023)
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Richie Pasumarty
- Software Engineer (2021 - 2023)
- M.S. in Computer Science, UT Austin (2021)
- Teaching Computer Science (since 2016)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2015)
- USAPhO Qualifier (2016)
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Yunus Esencayi Ph.D.
- PhD, Computer Science, University at Buffalo, NY, 2023
- Pan African Mathematical Olympiad - Nigeria Team Leader, 2013
- International Mathematical Olympiad (2001: Silver, 2002: Bronze)
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (2001: Silver, 2002: Bronze)
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Bobby Costin
- MIT class of 2028
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Finalist (2022)
- Codeforces Master
- VEX VRC Worlds Division Finalist (2023)
- AIME Qualifier (2020)
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Steven Jiang
- UC Santa Barbara class of 2025
- USACO Silver contestant
- UCSB ICPC Team Member
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Joshua Marcelo
- Computer Science Teacher (2018-present)
- B.S. in Computer Science (2011)
- Software Engineer (2013-2023)
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Thomas Liu
- MIT Class of 2028
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Finalist (2023)
- Codeforces Grandmaster
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Nilufer Sagat
- UC Santa Cruz class of 2026
- Teaching Assistant, AlphaStar Summer camp (2021)
- Research Intern, Stanford University (2020-2022)
- USACO Silver contestant
- AIME Qualifier
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Eren Saglam
- UC Berkeley Class of 2025
- Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley Security Research Lab
- 2nd Place, All-Russian Computer Science Olympiad, Municipal Round
- 3rd Place, Kazan Federal University Russia Coding Olympiad, Regional Level
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Eddie Wang
- UC Berkeley Class of 2024
- 4x AIME Qualifier (2016-2020)
- Stanford Math Tournament Top 10 (2019)
- USACO Gold Contestant
- 3+ years of teaching experience
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Kshitij Teotia
- UC Berkeley Class of 2028
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
- 2x AIME Qualifier (2022, 2023)
- UCF Programming Tournament 2nd Place
- Stanford ProCo 3rd Place
- Research Intern at MIT
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Aarush Khare
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2023)
- USAJMO Winner (2022, 2023)
- Homestead HS Class of 2025
- AIME Qualifier (2019 - 2024)
- HMMT 2nd Place Team
- SMT 2nd Place Team
- ARML 1st Place Team
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Rohan Garg
- USAMO Gold
- USAJMO Honorable Mention
- AMC 10 and AMC 12 perfect scorer
- 14 on AIME
- USAPHO Bronze Medalist
- USACO Finalist
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Celine Zhang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Phillips Exeter Academy Class of 2026
- MIT PRIMES Participant (CS/Bio section)
- FTC Robotics State Championship Qualifier
- USACO Silver
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David Zhang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Dougherty Valley High School Class of 2025
- MOP qualifier (2023)
- USAJMO 4th place, Top Winner (2023)
- 4x USA(J)MO qualifier
- HMMT 1st place team (2025), 2nd place team (2023, 2024)
- ARML 4th place individual onsite (2022)
- California MathCounts 1st place individual (2021)
- BmMT 1st place individual (2021)
- USACO Platinum contestant
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Ethan Lee
- Stanford University Class of 2028
- USACO Platinum Division
- Codeforces Master
- USAMO Bronze Medalist
- Two-time USAMO and USAJMO Qualifier
- Two-time USAPhO Qualifier
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Sohum Uttamchandani
- Lynbrook High School Class of 2027
- AIME Qualifier (3 times)
- USAJMO Qualifier
- AMC10B Perfect Score (2023-24)
- AMC8 Perfect Score (2022-23)
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Andrew Liang
No Biography Provided -
Gabriel Xu
- CMU class of 2029
- USACO Platinum Contestant
- Codeforces Candidate Master
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Fatima Halbutogullari
- Mathematics & Design double major from UC Davis with a strong background in education
- Former Alphastar instructor and math tutor since 2015
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Tanay Anand
- RPI class of 2027
- USACO Gold contestant
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Gjergji Zaimi
- International Mathematical Olympiad - Silver Medal (2005, 2006)
- 10+ years of Coaching Experience for Mathematical Competitions
- Member of the Caltech Team for the Putnam Exam - Third Place (2009)
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad - Gold Medal (2004, 2006)
- Morgan Ward Prize winner at Caltech for Undergraduate Research (2008)
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Ashwini Suriyaprakash
- B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, MIT (2025)
- USACO Gold Contestant
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Andrew Carratu
- RMM Silver Medal (2024)
- 2x MOP Qualifier (2023-2024)
- 5x USA(J)MO Qualifier (2021-2025)
- MATHCOUNTS Nationals (5th place Individual, 3rd place State Team)
- USACO Silver
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David Zhang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Dougherty Valley High School Class of 2025
- MOP qualifier (2023)
- USAJMO 4th place, Top Winner (2023)
- 4x USA(J)MO qualifier
- ARML 4th place individual onsite (2022)
- California MathCounts 1st place individual (2021)
- BmMT 1st place individual (2021)
- USACO Platinum contestant
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Ryka Chopra
- Alphastar alumni and Teaching Assistant
- Mission San Jose High School Class of 2026
- 2x USA(J)MO qualifier, 5x AIME, 3x Math Prize for Girls Qualifier, USAPhO Distinction
- USACO Gold (perfect score in Bronze and Silver)
- ACSL National Silver Medalist
- NCWIT National Winner 2025
- ISEF Grand Award Winner, 2025; Clark Scholar, 2025; Coolidge Senator, 2025
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Pearl Yu
No Biography Provided -
Yasin Ceran, Ph.D
- Assist. Prof., San José State University (2022-present) School of Information Systems and Technology (Specializations: AI, Machine Learning, Data Analytics)
- Assoc. Prof., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2021-2022)
- Assist. Prof., Santa Clara University (2013-2020)
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Hanson Bai
- AlphaStar Alumni
- University of Maryland Class of 2028
- USACO Gold Contestant (since 2023)
- USAMO Bronze Medal (2025)
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Murat Biyik
- AlphaStar Co-founder and CEO (since 2017)
- AMC International Coordinator, Turkey (2015-16)
- A* Program Coordinator, (2010-2017)
- School Admin at Public Schools (2008-2010)
- Math Teacher at Public & Private Schools (1994-2007)
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Tyler Zhu
- Irvington HS - Class of 2018
- USACO Platinum Division (2017 - present)
- CHMMC - 5th place (2016)
- USAMO Qualifier (2017)
- AIME Qualifier (2014-2017)
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William Luo
- Lynbrook High School - Class of 2018
- USACO Finalist (2017)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016 - present)
- USAPhO Silver Medalist (2017)
- Who Wants To Be A Mathematician National Finalist (2017)
- AMC 12 Distinguished Honor Roll (2017)
- Lynbrook AMC 12 School Team (2017)
- USAMTS Silver Medalist (2016)
- AMC 10 Distinguished Honor Roll (2016)
- AIME qualifier (2016, 2017)
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Qingyue Wu
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2020
- MOSP 2014
- USAMO Winner (2014-2016)
- USAJMO Winner (2013)
- IPhO Silver 2015 (Team Canada)
- USAPhO Gold (2014-2016)
- Cryptography hobbyist
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Wanlin Li
- AMC 10 perfect scorer (2016)
- AMC 8 perfect scorer (2013)
- MathCounts Nationals qualifier (2014)
- Math Prize for Girls tenth place (2015)
- USAJMO winner (2016)
- MOP qualifier (2016)
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Daniel Whatley
- MOP participant (2015)
- USACO Gold participant (January 2015 - present)
- USAMO qualifier (2015)
- AMC 10 perfect scorer (2014)
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Alexander Whatley
- USAMO Winner (2014)
- Canadian IMO Team, Bronze Medal (2013,2014)
- USAMO qualifier (2012,2013,2014)
- AIME qualifier (2010-2014)
- National Mathcounts Qualifier (2011)
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Brian Gu
- USAJMO Winner (2013)
- MOSP Qualifier (2013, 2014)
- ARML top 20 Individual (2013)
- HMMT and HMIC top 20 individual (2014)
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Lisa Yang
- MOP Qualifier (2014)
- Russian Sharygin Olympiad Finalist (2014)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2013, 2014)
- MathCounts States Winner (2012)
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Meghal Gupta
- Math Olympiad Summer Program (2012, 2014)
- USA(J)MO Qualifier (2012-2014)
- Math Prize For Girls Olympiad Gold Medalist (2013)
- AMC 10 Perfect Score 2014
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Demi Guo
- USACO Finalist 2013, 2014 (top-24 in US)
- MOSP Participant 2012, 2014 (top-60 in US)
- USACO Gold Contestant (2013 - present)
- Chinese Team Selection Contest 2014 gold medalist
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Andrew He
- International Olympiad in Informatics Gold Medalist (2014)
- USACO Finalist 2013, 2014 (top-24 in US)
- MOSP Participant 2012, 2013, 2014 (top-60 in US)
- USACO Gold Contestant (2012 - present)
- MathCounts National 1st place team 2011
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Bili Sun
- USACO Gold Contestant (2013 - present)
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Bryan Tran
- Undergrad at UC Berkeley (2013 - present)
- USACO Gold Contestant (2012 - 2013)
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Nicholas Guo
- Lynbrook HS Class of 2017
- USACO Finalist (2015)
- USACO Gold Contestant (2014 - present)
- USA(J)MO Qualifier (2014, 2015)
- USAPhO semifinalist & honorable mention (2015)
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Mihir Patel
- Stanford University class of 2022
- USACO Platinum contestant (2016-2018)
- Thomas Jefferson HSST - Senior Computing Team Co-captain (2017-2018)
- U.S. Presidential Scholar (2018)
- Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalist (2018)
- Intel ISEF Finalist (2017)
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Derrick Liang
- MIT Class of 2024
- USACO Platinum (2019-)
- AIME Qualifier (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- National Science Bowl Top 8 (2020)
- USABO FInalist (2018)
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Albert Ye
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Saratoga High School Class of 2022
- AIME Qualifier (2018 - 2021)
- AMC 10 Distinguished Honor Roll (2020)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2021 - )
- SMT 2nd Place Team (2020)
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Wilson Wu
- A* Alumni
- UC Berkeley class of 2024 - Computer Science
- USACO Gold
- Computer Science Mentors - Junior Mentor for EECS 16A (2020 - 2021)
- Academic Intern - Data 8 (2021)
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Matt Kardon, MS.Ed
- MS.Ed. in Secondary Mathematics Education at Northwestern
- 10+ years teaching experience
- 2x AIME qualifier
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Megha Hegde
- European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (2021:Silver medal)
- IOI Training Camp of India (2021,2022)
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Jeffrey Chan
- Ph.D. Candidate, UC Riverside (focused on Machine Learning, expected in 2026)
- Teaching Computer Science (including machine learning since 2020)
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Emma Gao
- Stanford University class of 2028
- USAJMO qualifier (2021)
- 6-time AIME qualifier (2019-2024)
- USACO Gold contestant
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Aniketh Tummala
- UC Berkeley Class of 2028
- Alphastar Alumni
- USACO Platinum contestant (since 2020)
- AIME Qualifier (2020-2022)
- USAPhO semi-finalist (2022)
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Andrew Liang
- Stanford University '29
- USACO Platinum contestant (since 2024)
- 5x AIME qualifier (2021-2025)
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Vincent Chen
- University of California Berkeley class of 2027
- AIME Qualifier
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Erdos Students
No Biography Provided
Full Time Instructors
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Salma Baig, M.A, M.S
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2018)
- Computer Science teacher (15+ years)
- MS in Computer Science, Georgia Tech (2021)
- MA in Education, University of London (1998)
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Richard Spence Ph.D.
- AlphaStar Alumni
- A-Star Math Instructor (since 2012)
- Ph.D., Computer Science, U. of Arizona (2021)
- B.S., in Math with Computer Science, MIT (2016)
- USAMO qualifier (2010)
- MathCounts National qualifier (2007, 2008)
- National “Who Wants to be a Mathematician” qualifier (2011-2012)
- Perfect score on AMC 10 (2009)
- National Scrabble Championship – Div. 2 (2011: Winner)
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Vefa Goksel, Ph.D
- Marshall H.Stone Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (2020-Present).
- Ph.D, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2020).
- Honored Instructor Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015).
- Math Graduate Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2017).
- Coordinator in the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2014, Turkey.
- Deputy Leader of Turkish National Math Olympiad Team, Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2012, Turkey.
- International Mathematical Olympiad - Silver Medal (2009).
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad - Silver Medal (2009)
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Stanley Wei
- UT Austin Turing Scholars Honors Program, Class of 2023
- Head Coach, Sartartia Middle School MathCounts Team (2nd place at Texas state competition)
- Putnam Top 350 Scorer
- USACO Platinum
- USAPhO Honorable Mention
- AIME Top 200 Scorer
- USNCO Semifinalist
- AMC Distinguished Honor Roll
- Texas ARML Gold Team Member
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Osman Ay, M.S.
- AlphaStar Computer Science Instructor (2021-present)
- M.S. in Computer Education and Instructional Technology (2012)
- Coach Assistant of USACO (2004-2009)
- World Finals Judge, ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (since 2002)
- Experience in Computing Olympiads as a teacher, coach, problem writer and judge (since 1997)
- Authored several Computer Science and programming books.
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Bahattin Yildiz, PhD
PhD, Mathematics ,CALTECH, 2006 Assistant/Associate professor, Northern Arizona University, 2017-Current Coordinator in 29th Balkan, 17th Junior Balkan and 3rd European Girls Mathematics Olympiads. -
Sophia Moreira
- B.S, Stanford University (2020)
- AoPS Associate Curriculum Developer and Upper Math Associate Director (2020-2021)
- Tutors nationally competitive math and Latin students (2021-2022)
- Stanford Probability for CS Contest: 2nd Place, Individual (2017)
- AIME Qualifier (2015)
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Saahil Sundaresan
- Stanford University Class of 2026
- AIME qualifier with distinction (2 times)
- 3+ years of math teaching experience
- USACO Gold
- USAPhO Qualifier
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Neil Chowdhury
Short Bio- MIT Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
- USAJMO Qualifier
- USAPhO Honorable Mention
- USNCO Study Camp
- Regeneron Science Talent Search 5th Place
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Alexander Moreira, M.S.
- M.S. in Computer Science, Stanford (2023)
- B.S. in Mathematics, Stanford (2022)
- Mathematics and Computer Science instructor (5+ years)
- George Polya Prize from Stanford University (2022)
- Honorable mention for the Computing Research Association's Undergraduate Researcher Award (2022)
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Kyle Fu
Short Bio- MIT Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Finalist (2020,2021)
- Teaching Assistant, AlphaStar Academy (2020: winter)
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Daniel Deaconu, Ph.D.
- PhD, Mathematics, York University, 2004
- Coached students for AMC 8/10/12, COMC, CMO (10+ years)
- Romanian National Olympic Team, 1988
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1998
- Dean's Academic Excellence Scholarship, 1997
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Salih Adem
- Physics Olympiad Coach since 2014
- IPhO Gold Medalist (1993,1995)
- IPhO Bronze Medalist (1992, 1994)
- AlphaStar Instructor (Since 2024)
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Gjergji Zaimi
- International Mathematical Olympiad - Silver Medal (2005, 2006)
- 10+ years of Coaching Experience for Mathematical Competitions
- Member of the Caltech Team for the Putnam Exam - Third Place (2009)
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Dennis Yang
- Promoted to USACO platinum in 2023 December
- USACO 2025 finalist
- 2x AIME qual
- USAAIO Bronze
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Julian Wu
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2030
- USACO Finalist (2024, 2025)
- Codeforces International Grandmaster (2025)
- Meta Hacker Cup Round 3 Qualifier (2023, 2024)
- TeamsCode Summer Contest - 1st Place Team (2023)
- Principal Cellist, San Diego Youth Symphony
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Sefa Ozkan
- Bachelor in Mathematics
- Math Teacher, Stratford Preparatory School (2024–Current)
- Middle School Math Teacher, RSM (2020–2024)
- 4+ years of math competition coaching experience
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Xinyue Fang
- M.A., Mathematics Education, Columbia University, 2025
- 10 years of teaching experience
- AAlphaStar Alumni, 2019
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Neal Yan
- UC Davis Class of 2028
- MOP (student 2023, TA 2025)
- USAMO Silver (2023, 2024)
- APMO Bronze (2024)
- AlphaStar Alumni, 2023
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Anthony Wang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Instructor (2021: summer camp)
- USACO Finalist (2020,2021)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2020)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2018,2019)
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Sylvia Jin
- A* Alumnus
- AlphaStar Winter Camp Instructor (2019, 2020)
- UC Berkeley Class of 2022 (Math, Statistics)
- Berkeley Math Tournament Problem Writer (2018 - Present)
- AIME qualifier (2015 - 2018)
- Math Prize for Girls qualifier (2016 - 2018)
- SMT (2018: 5th place team)
- BMT (2018: 8th place team)
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Muhyeddin Ercan, M.S.
- Software Developer (2022 - Present)
- M.S. in Computer Science, UCA (2012)
- AlphaStar Computer Science full-time Instructor (2018-2022)
- Computer Science Teacher at public schools(2012-2018)
- Won 3rd Place in USA Microsoft Imagine Cup Software Design Competition
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Daniel Wisdom
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2020)
- MIT Class of 2023
- USACO Finalist (2017)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016-2019)
- USAPhO Bronze (2018)
- TJHSST Senior Computer Team (captain 2018-2019, co-captain 2017-2018)
- University of Maryland Programming Contest – 1st place (2018, 2019)
- USAPhO Bronze (2018)
- Cyber Security Awareness Worldwide, Red Team Finalist (2018)
- HSCTF 2017 2nd Place
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Eric Zhang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- AlphaStar Instructor (2019 Summer Camp)
- Monta Vista HS class of 2021
- USACO Finalist (2018)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016-present)
- Codeforces Master
- Virginia Tech HS Programming Contest (2017: 2nd place, 2018: 4th place)
- Facebook Hacker Cup Top 500 (2018)
- AIME Qaulifier (2017, 2018)
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Guanpeng Xu
- MIT Class of 2023
- USAMO Winner (2018,2019)
- MOP (2016)
- Putnam Honorable Mention (2020)
- USAMO Qualifier (2014-2019)
- USAPhO Silver (2017,2018)
- Perfect USAMO Index (2016)
- Coach, CCES MathCounts team (2016)
- National Mathcounts Written Champion, Countdown Runner-up (2015)
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Emre Gul
- M. S. in Mathematics Teaching University of Utah 2019
- AlphaStar Instructors (2021 - present)
- 15+ years of teaching experience
- MathCounts coach since 2009
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Kendra Chen
- ScB in Applied Mathematics, Brown University (2003)
- Math Coach (since 2022)
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Linus Tang
- AlphaStar Alumnus
- International Mathematical Olympiad (2025 Gold Medal)
- Romanian Master in Mathematics (2024 Gold Medal)
- MIT Class of 2028
-
Ali Gurel, Ph.D.
- AlphaStar Co-founder and Math Director (since 2017)
- Ph.D., Mathematics, Caltech (2008)
- International Mathematical Olympiad (1996: Silver Medal)
- American Mathematics Competitions Advisory Panel Member (2008-2012)
- USA Math Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) Instructor (2007-2012)
- Scott Russell Johnson Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Caltech (2007)
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Fatih Gelgi
- AlphaStar Co-founder and CS / AI Dept. Director (since 2017)
- Ph.D, Computer Science, Arizona State University (2007)
Specializations: AI, Machine Learning - International Olympiad in Informatics (1999: Bronze Medal)
- USA Computing Olympiad Coach (2006-2014)
- Olympiad in Informatics Turkish National Team Coach (1999-2003)
- Balkan Olympiad in Informatics (1998, 1999)
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Mehmet Kaysi
- AlphaStar Co-founder and Math Program Director (since 2017)
- American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) Problem Writing Committee (2011-2014)
- Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad – USA Team Leader (2013)
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad – Academic Assistant (2012)
- International Mathematical Olympiad (2004)
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad – Silver Medal (2004)
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Alec Sun
- PhD, Carnegie Mellon University (2021-)
- AB/SM, Harvard University (2017-2021)
- Putnam Competition Honorable Mention (2019)
- USA Math Olympiad Winner (2016, 2017)
- Math Olympiad Summer Program (2014, 2015, 2016)
- USA Physics Olympiad Finalist (2016)
- USA Computing Olympiad Finalist (2015)
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Caleb Ji
- AlphaStar/A-Star Instructor (since 2015)
- International Math Olympiad (2014: Bronze)
- MOP qualifier
- Asia Pacific Math Olympiad (2014 Honorable Mention)
- Canadian Math Olympiad (2014: 3rd place)
- USAJMO (2013: Honorable Mention)
- USACO gold
- MathCounts State (2012: Winner)
- PUMaC (2014: 1st Place Number Theory)
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Ata Pir, Ph.D.
- PhD, Mathematics, Texas A&M University 2018
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad – Served on Problem Selecting Committee (2012)
- Academy for Future Faculty Certificate from the Center for Teaching Excellence and the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
- International Mathematical Olympiad 2004, Bronze Medal
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2004, Bronze Medal
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Sinan Kanbir, Ph.D.
- AlphaStar Academy Instructor since 2017
- Ph.D. Mathematics Education, Illinois State University (2016)
- Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin
- Author of eight research/math contest prep books
- Item Writer for CWML, MathCON, WMC State Math Contests
- Math Contest Coach for AMC 8,10,12, AIME, USA(J)MO (20+ years)
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Junhee Lee
- MIT Class of 2022 (Mathematics, Computer Science)
- USAMO Qualifier (2014-2018)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2013)
- National MATHCOUNTS Countdown Qualifier (2014)
-
Isaac Li
- UCLA class of 2023
- Five-time AIME qualifier
- 199th place in 2019-2020 Putnam Competition
- USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) Platinum division
-
Joey Heerens
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2019)
- MIT Class of 2023
- USA(J)MO Qualifier (2015-17: USAJMO, 2018-19: USAMO)
- AMC 12 Perfect Scorer (2018: AMC 12 A/B, 2019: AMC 12 A)
- HMMT (2018: 7th place in Algebra & Number Theory, 24th place individual)
- ARML Tiebreaker Round (2016-18, 2018 12th place individual)
- USAPhO (2018 Bronze Medal)
-
Nathan Chen
- USACO Finalist (2019, 2020)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2017-present)
- AIME Qualifer (2018, 2019, 2020)
- CodeForces Division 1 (2019-present)
-
Freya Edholm
- Stanford Graduate Student (Computational & Mathematical Engineering)
- MIT graduate (Double Majors: Math with CS & Chemical-Biological Engineering)
- Write and edit problems for BMT, mathleague.org, USMCA, and Alpha Math Contest
- Coach for SFBA/NorCal ARML teams
- Putnam: Scored 28 (median score 2), 2019
- USABO Semifinalist, 2018
- ARML: 1st place team, 2017
- USNCO: High Honors, 2017; Honors, 2016; Semifinalist, 2015-2017
- AMC 12: Scored 141/150, 2017; Top 1% Distinguished Honor Roll, 2017-2018
- NACLO: 11th place on Open Round, 2017; Invitational Round participant, 2017-2018
- USAJMO Participant, 2015
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Eric Wei
- USACO Finalist (2020)
- Grandmaster on Codeforces
- USACO Platinum since Jan 2018
- Google Code Jam Round 3 participant (2020)
- 6x AIME qualifier, 2x USAJMO qualifier, 2x USAMO qualifier
- MathCounts Nationals Countdown participant, 2016
-
Albert Shi Zhu
- Rice Class of 2026
- 3x AIME qualifier
- 2x USAMTS Bronze Medalist
-
Anna Bessesen
- MS in Mathematics Education, University of Utah (2015)
- 10+ years teaching experience
- MathCount Coach (2011-2014)
- MathCounts State Participant
-
Claire Chen
- MIT Class of 2025
- AIME Qualifier (2019-2021)
- Math Prize for Girls Qualifier (2019, 2020)
-
Edwin Xie
- Stanford Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Math Curriculum Developer (2020 - Present)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2019)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2020)
-
Shreyas Ramamurthy
- UC Berkeley Class of 2025
- AlphaStar TA (2018-2021)
- AlphaStar Academy Alumni
- USAJMO Honorable Mention (2019)
- USAMO Qualifier (2020, 2021)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2018, 2019)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2021)
-
Theodore Lysek
- UC Berkeley Class of 2025
- BMT Problem Writer
- AIME Qualifier
-
Ali Adali Ph.D.
- PhD, Mathematics, Ohio State 2017
- AlphaStar Math Instructor (2011-2016, 2022)
- EGMO 2014: Problem Grading Committee Member
- Junior Balkan Math Olympiad (JBMO) 2013: Deputy Leader of the Team USA
- International Mathematical Olympiad ( 2002: Bronze, 2003: Bronze)
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad ( 2002: Bronze, 2003: Silver)
-
Snehesh Das
- UCLA Class of 2025
- AIME Qualifier (2018-2020)
- National Math Club Coach (MATHCOUNTS): 2020-2021
- UCLA Integration Bee - Top 16
-
George Nicolas Diaz-Wahl
- Ph.D. Mathematics, Purdue University (2021 - Present)
- M.S. in Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University (2021)
-
Amir Parvardi
- M.Sc. in Mathematics, University of British Columbia
- Mathematics Olympiad Coach (10 years)
- (Co-)Author of Olympiad Books, Articles, and Problem-Sets
- Topics in Number Theory: an Olympiad-Oriented Approach [2015-2017]
- Functional Equations in Mathematical Olympiads [2017-2018]
- Olympiad Algebra Problem Book (Vol I) [TBD June 2023]
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Zachary Henderson
Short Bio- Ph. D. Mathematical Sciences, Central Michigan University (2021 - present)
- M.S. Mathematical Science, University of Minnesota - Duluth (2021)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant (2019 - present)
-
Stephen Xia
- Yale University Class of 2027
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USAJMO and USAMO Qualifier (2021 and 2023)
- AIME Qualifier (2018-2023)
-
Joshua Yin
- UCLA Class of 2025
- AIME Qualifier (2019-2022)
- USAPhO Honorable Mention (2022), Semifinalist (2021)
-
Rohin Garg
-
Roger Fan
- MIT class of 2028
- USAMO Bronze (2024)
- USAMO Honorable Mention (2023)
- USAJMO Winner (2022)
- 1st Place in Calculus, Stanford Math Tournament (2023)
-
Olivia Xu
- Stanford University class of 2028
- 3+ years of math teaching experience
- USAMO Qualifier (2024)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Math Prize for Girls 7th Place (2023), 11th Place (2022)
- Math Prize for Girls Olympiad Bronze Medal (2022, 2023)
- ARML National Champion / 1st Place (2022, 2023)
-
Angela Qian
- Purdue University class of 2027
- Qualified for AIME four times (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- Hosted BIMCT Competition (2023)
-
Alex Zheng
- Carnegie Mellon University class of 2025
- AIME qualifier (3 times)
- 4+ years of coaching experience
-
Rohan Das
- MIT Class of 2029
- MOP Qualifier (2023)
- USAMO Bronze (2023 and 2024)
- HMMT - Overall 3rd place (2024)
- USAJMO Winner (2022)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2021)
- USACO Platinum contestant
-
Diego Gomes, Ph.D.
- Ph.D., Mathematics, UFC (2019)
- Committee of Brazilian National Mathematics Olympiad (OBM)
- Jury Member: Cono Sur Mathematical Olympiad (2018), Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad (2015-2018), OMCPLP (2019)
- Deputy Leader/Leader of Brazilian Team: Cono Sur Mathematical Olympiad (2016), Romanian Masters of Mathematics (2019), International Mathematical Competition (2020, 2021 & 2024)
- 12+ years of coaching math olympiad students
-
Ismail Marul
- M.A. in Teaching Mathematics
- 7+ years coaching experience for Math Competitions
- 2022 MAA AMC program Edyth May Sliffe Award Recipient
- Nevada MATHCOUNTS State Coach (2024 & 2025)
- Southern Nevada ARML Team Coach (2022–Present)
-
Ephram Chun
- Purdue University class of 2027
- 5× AIME Qualifier
- Top 10 Overall Team at HMMT, CMIMC, PUMAC, SMT, CHMMC
-
Peter Ferolito
- Homestead High School Class of 2025
USAJMO Honorable Mention (2023)
AIME Qualifier (4 times)
USAPhO Qualifier
USACO Gold Contestant
-
Sanya Badhe
- 5x AIME Qualifier
Jane Street Certificate of Excellence
AlphaStar Math Development Team (2021-22)
-
Vincent Chen
- University of California Berkeley class of 2027
- AIME Qualifier
-
Avnith Vijayram
- CMU class of 2029
- USACO Platinum contestant (since 2023)
- Problem writer for USACO (since 2024)
- 1st place team at UMD, VCU, and UVA HS programming competitions
- 4x AIME qualifier (2022-2025)
- 5th place individual at Duke Math Meet 2024
-
Edwin Hou
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Vanderbilt University Class of 2029
- USAMO Qualifier
- 4x AIME Qualifier
- USACO Gold
-
Avichal Goel
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2016)
- MIT Class of 2022
- USACO Finalist (2016)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2015-2018)
- AlphaStar Alumni
- AIME Qualifier (2015-2018)
- Stanford ProCo (2016: 3rd place, 2018: 1st Place)
- Harker Programming Invitational (2016: 1st Place, 2017: 1st Place)
- HP CodeWars (2016: 1st Place)
-
Eric Xu
- A* Math Instructor (2014: Summer Camp; 2015: Summer Camp)
- A* CS Instructor (2017: Year-round Courses)
- Stanford Class of 2019
- Facebook Hacker Cup (2017: Top 200)
- Google Code Jam (2016: Round 2 Qualifier; 2017: Round 2 Qualifier)
- ACM-ICPC Pacific Northwest Regional (2016: 3rd Place Team)
- USACO Platinum Observer (2015-present)
- USACO Gold Contestant (2014-2015)
- USAMO Qualifier (2013-2015)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2011-2012)
- ARML (2014: 5th Place Team)
- CHMMC (2014: 2nd Place Team)
-
Jason Zhao
- Aragon HS - Class of 2018
- USACO Finalist (2017)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016 - present)
- AIME Qualifier (2015, 2016, 2017)
-
Evan Chen
- BS MIT (2018)
- USAMO winner (2014)
- International Math Olympiad (2014: Gold)
- Coach of USA IMO team and team selection coordinator
-
Swapnil Garg
- MOP Participant (2016)
- USA(J)MO Qualifier (2012-2016)
- AMC 12 Perfect Scorer (2016)
- USAPhO Gold (2016)
- IOL Team Alternate (2016)
- NACLO Invitational Participant (2015, 2016)
- National MathCounts Champion (2014)
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Sal Tiryaki, M.S.
- AlphaStar Computer Science Instructor (2018-present)
- M.Ed., Leadership in Education, American College of Education (2016)
- Computer Science / Robotics teacher (2010-present)
- Many regional, state, interstate, and international awards in Robotics such as 2014 Tri-State (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada) and Mexico Championship, 2017 First Global Zhang Heng Silver Engineering Design
- Worked as an engineer, project leader, and tecnical manager in industry (2003-2010)
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering (2002)
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Eric Zhang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- AlphaStar Instructor (2017: Winter Camp), (2019:Summer Camp)
- Harvard Class of 2023
- International Olympiad in Informatics (2018-2019: Gold)
- US Team member (2017, 2019)
- USACO Finalist (2016-2018)
- MOP Qualifier (2017), TST Group (2018, 2019)
- USAMO Honorable Mention (2017)
- US Physics Team Invitee (2017-2018)
- Coauthor of a forthcoming physics book (F=ma Contests: 2011-2018 Solutions Manual) published by the AAPT
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Andrew Lin
- MIT Class of 2022
- A-Star Instructor since 2016
- Putnam HM (2018, 2019)
- MOSP qualifier (2016), USAJMO winner (2016)
- USACO Platinum (2017)
- Perfect AIME (2017, 2018)
-
Edward Jin
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2019)
- MIT Class of 2023
- AIME qualifier (2015 - 2019)
- HMMT February Integration Bee Winner (2019)
- CHMMC individual award (2017)
- BMT individual award (2018)
- PUMaC team award (2018)
- International Chemistry Olympiad Gold Medal (2019)
- USACO Platinum
-
Anthony Ou
- AlphaStar Instructor (Since 2019)
- MIT class of 2023
- International Physics Olympiad Silver Medal (2018)
- Princeton Physics Competition Gold Medal (2018)
- Perfect Score F=ma 2019 A
- USAPhO Gold Medal (2017-2018)
-
Chris Pan
- Princeton U Class of 2023
- USACO Finalist (2018)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2017)
-
Nathan Wang
- USACO Finalist (2019, 2020)
- USACO Platinum (2016-present)
- Alphastar Alumni
- 3rd place HPI
- 7th place VTHSPC 2018
- 3rd place VTHSPC 2019
- Three-Time AIME Qualifier
- DHR AMC 8
-
Abby Knepper
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2018)
- B.S. in Applied Mathematics from William and Mary (2019)
- Operations Research Analyst in industry (2019 – present)
- Private math tutor (2016 – present)
- Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education Study Abroad Program (2017)
-
Andrew Cai
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2018)
- UC Berkeley Class of 2022
- Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Contest 6th place (2017)
- USAJMO qualifier (2016)
- 5 times AIME qualifier
- USAPhO Honorable Mention (2017)
-
Cory Hixson
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2018)
- MIT Class of 2021
- AIME qualifier (2016, 2017)
- HMMT Problem Committee
- Individual High Score Award for Florida A1 (ARML 2017)
- Perfect Score on 2015 AP Statistics Test
- Individual Placement at 2017 CMIMC
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Mehmet Uyman
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2020)
- B.S. in Software Engineering
- Computer Science Teacher in public/private schools (since 2015)
-
Sameer Pai
- MIT Class of 2024
- USACO Platinum Competitor (since 2017)
- American Computer Science League 1st place winner
- Five-Time AIME Qualifier (2016-2020)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2018), Two-Time USAMO Qualifier (2019, 2020)
- USAPhO Bronze Medalist
-
Justin Li
- USACO Platinum
- ICPC North America Championship Qualifier
- CodeForces Division 1
- A* Alumni
- UCLA Class of 2023
-
Sanjit Bhat
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2019)
- UT Austin Class of 2023 (Turing Scholars Program)
- MIT PRIMES program (2017-2019)
- Davidson Fellows Scholarship, Honorable Mention (2019)
- MIT Blueprint Hackathon, First Place (2019)
- Regeneron Science Talent Search, Scholar (2019)
- Siemens Competition, Semifinalist (2017)
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Gold Division Contestant (2016)
- First-author of top-tier computer security conference paper (2019)
-
Mehul Raheja
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2019)
- UC Berkeley Class of 2023
- USACO Finalist (2018)
- USACO Platinum (2017-2019)
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USAChO Semifinalist (2018-2019)
- Harker Programming Invitational - 3rd place
- Virginia Tech Programming Contest - 4th place
- DECA 4 time ICDC Qualifier
-
Aaron Lamoreaux
- Double Major in Math and Computer Science (Turing) at UT Austin (Class of 2023)
- Software Engineering Intern at Jane Street (2021)
- USACO Finalist (2019)
- USACO Platinum (2016-present)
- ICPC World Finalist (2020)
- MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge Honorable Mention (2019)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2017)
- AIME Qualifier (2017, 2018, 2019)
-
Joshua Pan
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2017)
- Harvard Class of 2022
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2015-2018)
- Google Code-in Grand Prize Winner (2016)
- Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology Semifinalist (2016)
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Steven Hao
- B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics, MIT (2018)
- International Olympiad in Informatics (Silver '13, Gold '14)
- International Collegiate Programming Contest, MIT team member, 6th place (2016)
- A-Star Alumnus
- A-Star Instructor (2012-2014)
- Code Forces International Master
- Software engineer, Scale AI (2018-present)
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Luke Choi
- Avon HS Class of 2021
- AIME Qualifier (2018-2021)
- USAMO Qualifier (2019-2021)
- Harvard-MIT Invitational Competition Qualifier (2021)
- MathCounts Nationals (2017)
- USACO Gold (2021)
-
Derwin Wu
- UC Berkeley Class of 2023
- Berkeley Math Tournament Problem Writer (2019 - Present)
- AIME Qualifier (2016, 2018)
- USACO Gold
-
Guillermo Reyes
- Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern California
- PhD in Mathematics, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
- International Mathematical Olympiads 1985 & 1986
- Coordinator for the 49 th International Mathematical Olympiad, Madrid 2008
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Aryan Kumar
- MIT Class of 2025
- USACO Platinum Division (since 2019)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2019)
-
Mete Bayram, M.Ed.
- Computer Science and Robotics Educator (since 2015)
- M.Ed. in Science Education (2015)
- B.S. in Electronic and Computer Education (2013)
-
Jeannie Wang
- UC Berkeley Class of 2024 applied mathematics and statistics major
- AIME Qualifier
- Stanford University Mathematics Camp 2019
- United States Chemistry Olympiad 2019
- Ross Math Program 2018
- Florida ARML 2018-2019
-
Jocelyn Zhu
Short Bio- MIT Class of 2025
- AlphaStar Faculty (2018 & 2020)
- US Physics Olympiad SemiFinalist and Bronze Medalist (2019)
- AIME Qualifier (2017 - 2019)
- MIT Math Prize for Girls (2018)
- Pleasanton Math Circle Lecturer
-
Freddie Tang
- MIT Class of 2025
- USACO Finalist (2020)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (Jan 2019-present)
- USAMO Qualifier (2020)
-
Suzy Lou
- MS Computer Science, expected Stanford 2022
- USAJMO qualifier (2013)
- Math Prize for Girls medalist (Silver 2012, Gold 2013, Bronze 2014)
- Math Prize for Girls Honorable Mention (2012-2014)
- MIT PRIMES alumni
- BS Mathematics, Stanford 2020
-
Leon Zhao
- University of Delaware class of 2025
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
- 2 x AIME Qualifier
-
Ayhan Duzgun, Ph.D
- AlphaStar Physics Instructor since 2017
- Ph.D., Physics, Kent State University (2018)
- M.S., Physics, University of Pittsburgh (2005)
- International Physics Olympiad (1997: Honorable Mention, 1998: Honorable Mention, 1999: Silver Medal)
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Flora Huang
- Stanford University Class of 2025
- Alphastar Alumni
- USACO Gold Contestant
- Girls Who Code - San Jose President (2019, 2020)
- AIME Qualifier
- USESO Camp Qualifier (2018-2020)
- Siemens Semifinalist (2017)
-
Shiva Oswal
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Platinum Division (since 2020)
- AIME Qualifier (2018-2021)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2019)
- Codeforces International Master
- Problemsetter of Codeforces Round 736
-
Abhinav Kommula
- AlphaStar Alumni
- UC Berkeley Class of 2025
- USACO Platinum Division (since 2018)
- Codeforces Master, Division 1
- Four-time AIME Qualifier
-
Aryan Dua
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Irvington High School Class of 2022
- USACO Platinum Division (since 2020)
- Irvington DECA Director of Marketing (2019-2020)
-
Nathan Gong
- Georgia Tech U Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum (2021)
- AlphaStar Teaching Assistant (2021: summer camp)
- FRC Robotics World Finalist
-
Wesley Hung
- AlphaStar Alumni
- UC Santa Barbara Class of 2025
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2019)
-
Conor Kennedy
- Stanford U Class of 2026
- USACO Finalist (2021,2022)
- 2nd place, Division 1, UCF HS Programming Tournament (2020)
- 1st place, Advanced Division of PLU HS Programming Contest (2019)
- USAMO Qualifier (2021)
-
Vivian Han
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2026
- European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (2021:Bronze medal)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2019)
-
Tarushii Goel
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2026
- European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (2021:Silver medal)
- USACO Platinum (2021)
-
Claire Zhang
- MIT Class of 2026
- European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (2021:Gold medal)
- USACO Finalist (2022)
- USACO Platinum (2021)
- USA Mathematical Talent Search Gold Prize (2021)
-
Sanjana Das
- MIT Class of 2025
- EGMO gold medal (2020 and 2021)
- USA TST group (for IMO 2020 and 2021)
- MOP qualifier (2019 and 2020)
- Putnam honorable mention (2021)
- AIME perfect score (2020)
-
Adam Tang
- Harvey Mudd class of 2026
- AlphaStar Math Curriculum Developer (2019 - Current)
- USAMO Silver (2022)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2019)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2022)
- Stanford Math Tournament - 1st Place Team (2022), 2nd Place Team (2021)
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Henry Wang
- UCLA Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Math Curriculum Developer (2021 - Present)
- USAMO Qualifier (2020-2022)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2022)
- Berkeley Mini Math Tournament - First Place (2017)
- USACO Platinum (2021-2022)
- USAPHO Qualifier (2021-2022)
- SMT 1st Place Team (2022)
- CHMMC 8th Place (2021)
- SMT 9th place Geometry (2021)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2022)
-
Jennifer Wilson
- EdD in Curriculum and Instruction (2018)
- 20+ Years Teaching Experience
- Former MathCounts Coach
-
Jieun Lim
- Carnegie Mellon University class of 2026
- AlphaStar Alumni
- AlphaStar Math Curriculum Developer (2020)
- AlphaStar TA (2020 - 2021)
- AIME Qualifier (3 times)
- Math Prize for Girls Qualifier (2 times)
-
Sejal Rathi
- MIT Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Math Curriculum Developer (2021- Current)
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USA(J)MO Qualifier (3 times)
- AIME Qualifier (5 times)
- Math Prize for Girls invitee (2018-2021)
-
Jennifer Zhang
- MIT Class of 2025
- AlphaStar Academy TA (2018-2020)
- AIME Qualifier (6 times)
- Math Prize For Girls Participant (4 times)
- Stanford Math Tournament - 3rd Place Team
- Caltech Math Tournament - 5th Place Team
-
Jeffrey Hu
- University of Minnesota Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USAPhO HM (2021)
- AIME Qualifier (2018 - 2021)
-
Alex Sima
- Alphastar Alumni
- Yale University Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2020)
- 2-times AIME Qualifier
-
Daniel Lee
- M. Ed., e-Learning and New Media, CalState LA (2019)
- B.S in Computer Science, UC Riverside (2002)
- Computer Science teacher at a public school
- 10+ years of teaching experience in elementary and high school.
-
Atharv Jain
- USACO Finalist (2022)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
- Codeforces Master
- ACSL Team, 1st Place (2021)
-
William Zhao
- Alphastar Alumni
- UCLA Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2019-2022)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2019)
- USAPhO Honorable Mention (2021)
- AIME Qualifier (2018-2022)
-
Iva Goel
- AlphaStar Alumni
- MIT Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2020)
- Teaching Assistant at AlphaStar (2020)
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Aryadeepta De
- Alphastar Alumni
- UC San Diego class of 2026
- USACO Gold contestant (2020-present)
- ACSL Gold Medalist (2022)
- AIME Qualifier (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- MathCon Gold Medalist (2022)
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Rishi Cherukuri
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Aivar Abrashuly
- Ph.D. Program, Stanford
- IPhO Silver Medalist (2016)
- Asian Physics Olympiad Bronze Medalist (2016)
- Physics Olympiad Trainer ( 2017-21)
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Gary Peng
- AlphaStar Alumni
- U of Maryland, College Park Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
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Henry Huang
- UCLA Class of 2026
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2019)
- 3rd place, ICPC Southern California Regionals
- Codeforces Expert/Candidate Master (2021-2023)
- AIME Qualifier (2020-2022)
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Ethan Peng
- UCLA Class of 2026
- USACO Gold Contestant
- UCLA ICPC Team Member
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Ethan Yu
- UPenn Class of 2026
- USACO Gold Contestant
- AIME Qualifier (2019-2022)
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Harry Zhou
- UCLA Class of 2027
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
- Codeforces Candidate Master (since 2021)
- AIME Qualifier (2020-2023)
- Teaching Assistant, AlphaStar Academy (2022: summer)
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David Qiao
- UC Santa Barbara Class of 2026
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2019)
- AIME Qualifier (2017-2022)
- UCSB ICPC Team Member
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Asuman Celik
- Adjunct Professor, U of Cincinnati (2021-present)
- Ph.D. Candidate in Information Technology (focused on AI applications in Cancer Research, expected in 2025)
- Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics (2022)
- B.S. in Computer Science (2020)
- ACM-ICPC, Co-Coach, Contestant, 2017-2018
- Teaching Computer Science (including machine learning and deep learning since 2017)
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Benjamin Fan
- MIT Class of 2027
- USA(J)MO Qualifier (2021, 2022)
- MIT PRIMES-USA Participant
- AMC 10 Perfect Score (2021)
- Harvard MIT Invitational Competition (HMIC) Qualifier
- USACO Platinum Competitor since 2021
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Andrzej Piotrowski
- Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Hawai'i (2007)
- M.S. Mathematics, University of New Hampshire (2002)
- Professor of Mathematics, University of Alaska Southeast (UAS)
- UAS Faculty Excellence Teaching Award (2022)
- Outstanding Teacher Award, CSU Fresno Math Club (AY 2007 - 2008)
- USAMO/USAJMO and Putnam Grader (2022-2023)
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Richie Pasumarty
- Software Engineer (2021 - 2023)
- M.S. in Computer Science, UT Austin (2021)
- Teaching Computer Science (since 2016)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2015)
- USAPhO Qualifier (2016)
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Yunus Esencayi Ph.D.
- PhD, Computer Science, University at Buffalo, NY, 2023
- Pan African Mathematical Olympiad - Nigeria Team Leader, 2013
- International Mathematical Olympiad (2001: Silver, 2002: Bronze)
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (2001: Silver, 2002: Bronze)
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Bobby Costin
- MIT class of 2028
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Finalist (2022)
- Codeforces Master
- VEX VRC Worlds Division Finalist (2023)
- AIME Qualifier (2020)
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Steven Jiang
- UC Santa Barbara class of 2025
- USACO Silver contestant
- UCSB ICPC Team Member
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Joshua Marcelo
- Computer Science Teacher (2018-present)
- B.S. in Computer Science (2011)
- Software Engineer (2013-2023)
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Thomas Liu
- MIT Class of 2028
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Finalist (2023)
- Codeforces Grandmaster
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Nilufer Sagat
- UC Santa Cruz class of 2026
- Teaching Assistant, AlphaStar Summer camp (2021)
- Research Intern, Stanford University (2020-2022)
- USACO Silver contestant
- AIME Qualifier
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Eren Saglam
- UC Berkeley Class of 2025
- Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley Security Research Lab
- 2nd Place, All-Russian Computer Science Olympiad, Municipal Round
- 3rd Place, Kazan Federal University Russia Coding Olympiad, Regional Level
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Eddie Wang
- UC Berkeley Class of 2024
- 4x AIME Qualifier (2016-2020)
- Stanford Math Tournament Top 10 (2019)
- USACO Gold Contestant
- 3+ years of teaching experience
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Kshitij Teotia
- UC Berkeley Class of 2028
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2021)
- 2x AIME Qualifier (2022, 2023)
- UCF Programming Tournament 2nd Place
- Stanford ProCo 3rd Place
- Research Intern at MIT
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Aarush Khare
- AlphaStar Alumni
- USACO Platinum Contestant (since 2023)
- USAJMO Winner (2022, 2023)
- Homestead HS Class of 2025
- AIME Qualifier (2019 - 2024)
- HMMT 2nd Place Team
- SMT 2nd Place Team
- ARML 1st Place Team
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Rohan Garg
- USAMO Gold
- USAJMO Honorable Mention
- AMC 10 and AMC 12 perfect scorer
- 14 on AIME
- USAPHO Bronze Medalist
- USACO Finalist
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Celine Zhang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Phillips Exeter Academy Class of 2026
- MIT PRIMES Participant (CS/Bio section)
- FTC Robotics State Championship Qualifier
- USACO Silver
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David Zhang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Dougherty Valley High School Class of 2025
- MOP qualifier (2023)
- USAJMO 4th place, Top Winner (2023)
- 4x USA(J)MO qualifier
- HMMT 1st place team (2025), 2nd place team (2023, 2024)
- ARML 4th place individual onsite (2022)
- California MathCounts 1st place individual (2021)
- BmMT 1st place individual (2021)
- USACO Platinum contestant
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Ethan Lee
- Stanford University Class of 2028
- USACO Platinum Division
- Codeforces Master
- USAMO Bronze Medalist
- Two-time USAMO and USAJMO Qualifier
- Two-time USAPhO Qualifier
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Sohum Uttamchandani
- Lynbrook High School Class of 2027
- AIME Qualifier (3 times)
- USAJMO Qualifier
- AMC10B Perfect Score (2023-24)
- AMC8 Perfect Score (2022-23)
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Andrew Liang
No Biography Provided -
Gabriel Xu
- CMU class of 2029
- USACO Platinum Contestant
- Codeforces Candidate Master
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Fatima Halbutogullari
- Mathematics & Design double major from UC Davis with a strong background in education
- Former Alphastar instructor and math tutor since 2015
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Tanay Anand
- RPI class of 2027
- USACO Gold contestant
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Gjergji Zaimi
- International Mathematical Olympiad - Silver Medal (2005, 2006)
- 10+ years of Coaching Experience for Mathematical Competitions
- Member of the Caltech Team for the Putnam Exam - Third Place (2009)
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad - Gold Medal (2004, 2006)
- Morgan Ward Prize winner at Caltech for Undergraduate Research (2008)
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Ashwini Suriyaprakash
- B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, MIT (2025)
- USACO Gold Contestant
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Andrew Carratu
- RMM Silver Medal (2024)
- 2x MOP Qualifier (2023-2024)
- 5x USA(J)MO Qualifier (2021-2025)
- MATHCOUNTS Nationals (5th place Individual, 3rd place State Team)
- USACO Silver
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David Zhang
- AlphaStar Alumni
- Dougherty Valley High School Class of 2025
- MOP qualifier (2023)
- USAJMO 4th place, Top Winner (2023)
- 4x USA(J)MO qualifier
- ARML 4th place individual onsite (2022)
- California MathCounts 1st place individual (2021)
- BmMT 1st place individual (2021)
- USACO Platinum contestant
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Ryka Chopra
- Alphastar alumni and Teaching Assistant
- Mission San Jose High School Class of 2026
- 2x USA(J)MO qualifier, 5x AIME, 3x Math Prize for Girls Qualifier, USAPhO Distinction
- USACO Gold (perfect score in Bronze and Silver)
- ACSL National Silver Medalist
- NCWIT National Winner 2025
- ISEF Grand Award Winner, 2025; Clark Scholar, 2025; Coolidge Senator, 2025
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Pearl Yu
No Biography Provided -
Yasin Ceran, Ph.D
- Assist. Prof., San José State University (2022-present) School of Information Systems and Technology (Specializations: AI, Machine Learning, Data Analytics)
- Assoc. Prof., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2021-2022)
- Assist. Prof., Santa Clara University (2013-2020)
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Hanson Bai
- AlphaStar Alumni
- University of Maryland Class of 2028
- USACO Gold Contestant (since 2023)
- USAMO Bronze Medal (2025)
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Murat Biyik
- AlphaStar Co-founder and CEO (since 2017)
- AMC International Coordinator, Turkey (2015-16)
- A* Program Coordinator, (2010-2017)
- School Admin at Public Schools (2008-2010)
- Math Teacher at Public & Private Schools (1994-2007)
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Tyler Zhu
- Irvington HS - Class of 2018
- USACO Platinum Division (2017 - present)
- CHMMC - 5th place (2016)
- USAMO Qualifier (2017)
- AIME Qualifier (2014-2017)
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William Luo
- Lynbrook High School - Class of 2018
- USACO Finalist (2017)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016 - present)
- USAPhO Silver Medalist (2017)
- Who Wants To Be A Mathematician National Finalist (2017)
- AMC 12 Distinguished Honor Roll (2017)
- Lynbrook AMC 12 School Team (2017)
- USAMTS Silver Medalist (2016)
- AMC 10 Distinguished Honor Roll (2016)
- AIME qualifier (2016, 2017)
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Qingyue Wu
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2020
- MOSP 2014
- USAMO Winner (2014-2016)
- USAJMO Winner (2013)
- IPhO Silver 2015 (Team Canada)
- USAPhO Gold (2014-2016)
- Cryptography hobbyist
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Wanlin Li
- AMC 10 perfect scorer (2016)
- AMC 8 perfect scorer (2013)
- MathCounts Nationals qualifier (2014)
- Math Prize for Girls tenth place (2015)
- USAJMO winner (2016)
- MOP qualifier (2016)
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15 Days In-Person Camp (Weekdays 9:00am-4:00pm)
06/29/2026 - 07/17/2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: Santa Clara Campus
Venue Phone: 6502734089
Address:100 Saratoga Ave, Unit 100, Santa Clara, California, 95051, United States