Alex Damian

Alex Damian

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

(Starting Academic Year 2026)

Research

Deep Learning, Optimization, Machine Learning

Bio

Alex Damian is an assistant professor in Mathematics and EECS[AI+D]. His research focuses on the mathematical foundations of deep learning, with an emphasis on optimization dynamics and representation learning. He was previously a Kempner Research Fellow at Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. in Applied and Computational Mathematics from Princeton University, advised by Jason Lee, and his B.S. in Mathematics from Duke University.