...Quite literally, I am doing what I am doing today because of the excellent teachers I was lucky to have. Later, during my own teaching career at Rice, my class on Quantum Mechanics for Engineers was so popular and well-received by students (juniors and seniors) that a good fraction of them decid... (read more)
...Therefore I am capable of offering a solid introductory or conversational course. I have been studying flute since I was in high school with the first flutist of the New York City Ballet, Andrew Lolya and I have also studied in Paris at the Consevatoire de Musique. I won a first place in the ... (read more)
...I learned to play my favorite songs, and some basic chords and was quickly writing and performing my own songs. I eventually formed a little rock band in junior high and high school and took two semesters of guitar in high school. I still play open mics by myself from time to time and have now been playing guitar for over 15 years. (read more)
I am currently a Software Engineer at Microsoft specializing in back-end API development. Prior to this, I was a Computer Science major at Cornell University, where I was a TA for computer architecture and physics until I graduated in 2021. Additionally, while in college, I was a Software Engineering intern at Amazon, where I did UI development work. (read more)
...I'm also a teacher at Art of Problem Solving Academy -- teaching middle-school and high-school contest math, Algebra 1, prealgebra, and honors 5th-grade math. I've taught at the college level as well, as a teaching assistant for mechanical-engineering and climate-science courses. I'm also a math-contest problem writer. (read more)