Our Mentors

Are you an undergraduate student interested in getting a graduate student mentor? Below you'll find bios of some of our many mentors.

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Current mentors

Evan Chen

Algebraic number theory

I am a third year math PhD student studying algebraic number theory, advised by Wei Zhang. I did the first year of my undergraduate studies at Harvard and the other three years at MIT, majoring in math. Outside of math, I hate cooking.

Ryan Chen

Number theory, arithmetic geometry

I'm a fourth 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.

Sarah Greer

Computational science, imaging, & inversion

My interests are a blend of applied math, computational science, physics, and geology. I'm in my fifth year of the CSE-Math PhD program I work with Laurent Demanet. I'm originally from Texas and previously did my undergrad at UT Austin in geophysics and math. Outside of research, I enjoy hiking and spending time with my cat.

Luis Kumanduri

Metric Geometry & Quantitative Topology

I'm a 5th year PhD student working with Larry Guth. Before MIT, I was a math major at Stanford, and before that, I grew up in Connecticut. Outside of math, I love cooking, skiing, hiking and spending time with my friends.

Natalia M Pacheco-Tallaj

Algebraic topology

I’m a 3rd year PhD student interested in the intersections of homotopy theory with algebraic geometry and with physics. Before MIT, I was an undergrad at Harvard, and before that I grew up in San Juan, PR. Outside of math, I enjoy books, videogames, and learning languages.

Nitya Mani

Algebraic Number Theory, Optimization, Combinatorics

I’m a second year math PhD student with broad ranging interests, including the intersection of convex optimization with extremal combinatorics and more classical Diophantine problems in algebraic number theory. I previously studied mathematics and computer science at Stanford, and love to cook and hike in my free time.

Mary Stelow

Geometry and Topology

I'm a 3rd year 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!

Guanghao Ye

Theoretical computer science

I am a second-year PhD student working with Jon Kelner. I am interested in convex optimization and theoretical computer science. Previously, I was at the University of Washington and obtained my bachelor’s and master’s degrees there.

Julius Baldauf

Geometric analysis

Serina Hu

Representation theory

Cameron Krulewski

Algebraic topology & quantum field theory

Ishan Levy

Homotopy theory

Chen Lu

Statistics

Mikayel Mkrtchyan

Number theory

Vijay Srinivasan

Number theory

Roger Van Peski

Probability, algebraic combinatorics


Previous mentors

Peter Haine

Homotopy theory & algebraic geometry

Most of my work centers around homotopy theory and algebraic geometry; the thing I like the most is to apply things that I understand from homotopy theory to understand other branches of math. I grew up in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire and did my undergrad at MIT in math. Outside of school, I enjoy running, hiking, cooking, and basically anything to do with plants and nature.

Andrey Boris Khesin

Quantum Information Science

I'm a third year grad student and my interests range from quantum information science to stochastic processes and combinatorics. 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.

Dominic Skinner

Biological physics

I’m a fourth year grad student working with Jörn Dunkel on mathematical methods in biophysics. My interests include biological physics, soft condensed matter, fluid mechanics, and scientific machine learning. I did my undergrad at Cambridge, where I also did part iii in applied maths. Outside science I play jazz double bass including in MIT’s festival jazz ensemble.

Sarah Tammen

Fourier Analysis

I am a graduate student in analysis. I am working with Larry Guth. Recently, I’ve been thinking about problems related to restriction theory. Before coming to MIT, I was an undergraduate at the University of Georgia, where my sister is currently a student. I graduated in 2016. In my spare time, I love to listen to music, to go on long walks, and to read novels. One fun fact about me is that I spent a year working at my local library in Athens, GA. I have also had the pleasure of being a counselor for math camps at the University of Washington and here at MIT.

John Urschel

Matrix Analysis

I am mostly interested in graph theory, numerical linear algebra, and certain topics in data science/machine learning. I'm a fifth year PhD student and have the pleasure of being advised by Michel Goemans. I did my undergrad and masters at Penn State, and also played sports for most of my life. I like playing board games and spending time with my daughter.

Adela Zhang

Algebraic topology

I'm a 4th year PhD student in algebraic topology, working with Jeremy Hahn and Haynes Miller. I was an undergrad at MIT and spent most of my time on the East side. Outside of math, I like to read novels, bike around, and occasionally paint random stuff like a sea turtle.

Ranjan Anantharaman

Surrogate modelling, scientific computing

Patrik Gerber

Theoretical statistics

Araminta Gwynne

Topology

Julien Clancy

Theoretical statistics & linear algebra

Christian Gaetz

Combinatorics

Jae Lee

Symplectic topology

Andy Senger

Homotopy Theory