Our Mentors

Since our formation in 2020, we have successfully paired 54 graduate student mentors with 143 undergraduate students. Many of our mentors have continued to mentor over multiple years, and several of our undergraduate mentees have transitioned into mentors themselves when they enroll as graduate students at MIT.

To update your bio on this page, please reach out to gummiboard@mit.edu.

Current mentors

Kenneth Blakey

Symplectic geometry, homotopy theory

Mentor 2024

I'm a graduate student, advised by Paul Seidel, interested in symplectic geometry. Primarily, I study questions in the intersection of Floer theory and homotopy theory. Before MIT, I was a math major at Brown University. Outside of math, I enjoy climbing and hiking.

Ryan Chen

Number theory, arithmetic geometry

Mentor 2021

I'm a fifth year grad student, interested in number theory and arithmetic geometry. Previously, I was at Princeton University as an undergraduate and did Part III in mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Outside of mathematics, I enjoy playing the piano and various sports.

Benjy Firester

Geometry analysis and complex geometry

Mentor 2023

I’m a second year graduate student working jointly on geometric analysis and complex geometry. I did my undergraduate at Harvard where I got my bachelor’s and masters. I enjoy cooking and sports in my free time.

Sarah Greer

Imaging & inverse problems

Co-founder, organizer, and mentor 2020

I'm in my final year of the CSE-Math PhD program where I work with Laurent Demanet on wave-based imaging and inversion. I'm originally from Texas and previously completed my undergrad at UT Austin in geophysics and math. Outside of research, I enjoy hiking and spending time with my pets.

Andrey Boris Khesin

Quantum Information Science

Mentor 2021

I'm a finishing grad student and my interests are in quantum information science and error-correcting codes. I'm from Toronto and I did my undergrad there at U of T. As hobbies I enjoy doing escape rooms and puzzle hunts, writing song parodies, and solving Project Euler problems.

Cameron Krulewski

Algebraic topology & quantum field theory

Organizer and mentor 2020

I'm a fifth-year advised by Mike Hopkins. Before MIT, I completed my undergraduate degree at Harvard and my master's degree through Part III at the University of Cambridge. I study algebraic topology and quantum field theory, so a blend of pure math and theoretical physics. Outside of math, I like running and archery.

Son Nguyen

Algebraic combinatorics

Mentor 2024

I'm a 1st year PhD student interested in algebraic combinatorics. Before MIT, I grew up in Da Nang, Vietnam and went to Minnesota for my undergrad. Outside of math, I like cats, audiobooks, and watching planes from the terrace.

Mary Stelow

Geometry and Topology

Organizer and mentor 2020

I'm a grad student originally from Charlottesville, VA. I study questions in gauge theory and Floer homology, with an eye toward applications in low dimensional topology. Outside of math, I like to cook and read, and enjoy going for runs in Boston and Cambridge. I also play violin!

Niven Achenjang

Arithmetic Geometry/Number Theory

Mentor 2024

Keita Allen

Algebraic topology/homotopy theory

Organizer and mentor 2023

Andrey Bryutkin

Uncertainty quantification, mathematics of data

Mentor 2023

Joye Chen

Gauge theory and low-dimensional topology

Mentor 2024

Seokmin Ha

Computational biology

Mentor 2024

Dain Kim

Geometric analysis, differential geometry

Mentor 2024

Joonsoo Lee

Geometry and topology

Organizer and mentor 2024

Ayodeji Lindblad

Geometry and topology

Mentor 2024

Julia Meng

Algebraic number theory

Mentor 2024

Michael Panner

Mentor 2024

Neekon Vafa

Theoretical computer science

Mentor 2022

Harry Walden

Physical applied math

Mentor 2024

Frank Wang

Representation theory

Mentor 2024


Previous mentors

Ranjan Anantharaman

Surrogate modelling, scientific computing

Mentor 2020-2022

Julius Baldauf

Geometric analysis

Mentor 2020-2023

Diego Chavez

Physical applied math

Mentor 2023-2024

Evan Chen

Algebraic number theory

Mentor 2022-2023

Julien Clancy

Theoretical statistics & linear algebra

Mentor 2020-2021

David Cui

Quantum complexity theory

Mentor 2023-2024

Calder Morton-Ferguson

Representation theory

Mentor 2023-2024

Christian Gaetz

Combinatorics

Mentor 2020-2021

Patrik Gerber

Theoretical statistics

Mentor 2021-2022

Araminta Gwynne

Topology

Co-founder, organizer, and mentor 2020-2022

Peter Haine

Homotopy theory & algebraic geometry

Co-founder, organizer, and mentor 2020-2021

Serina Hu

Representation theory

Mentor 2022-2023

Luis Kumanduri

Metric Geometry & Quantitative Topology

Organizer and mentor, 2020-2023

Anne Larsen

Algebraic geometry

Mentor 2023-2024

Jae Lee

Symplectic topology

Mentor 2021-2022

Tang-Kai Lee

Geometric analysis

Mentor 2023-2024

Ishan Levy

Homotopy theory

Mentor 2021-2024

Chen Lu

Statistics

Mentor 2022-2023

Nitya Mani

Algebraic Number Theory, Optimization, Combinatorics

Organizer and mentor 2021-2024

Mikayel Mkrtchyan

Number theory

Mentor 2022-2023

Natalia M Pacheco-Tallaj

Algebraic topology

Organizer and mentor 2022-2024

Roger Van Peski

Probability, algebraic combinatorics

Mentor 2021-2023

Mehtaab Sawhney

Combinatorics

Mentor 2023-2024

Andy Senger

Homotopy Theory

Mentor 2020-2021

Dominic Skinner

Biological physics

Mentor 2020-2021

Vijay Srinivasan

Number theory

Mentor 2021-2023

Sarah Tammen

Fourier Analysis

Mentor 2020-2021

Norah Tan

Quantum computing

Mentor 2023-2024

John Urschel

Matrix Analysis

Organizer and mentor 2020-2021

Catherine Wolfram

Probability and geometry

Mentor 2021-2022

Guanghao Ye

Theoretical computer science

Mentor 2022-2023

Adela Zhang

Algebraic topology

Mentor 2020-2021

Yichi Zhang

Combinatorics

Mentor 2020-2021