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<h1><b>PEOPLE</b></h1><br><br>
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<h4>Pavel Etingof</h4>
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<p>Pavel Etingof is Professor of Mathematics in the Mathematics Department at MIT. Pavel received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale University. Pavel’s research interests are noncommutative algebra, representation theory, and mathematical physics. Pavel led mathematics research programs for high school students at the Clay Mathematics Research Academy, the <a href="http://math.mit.edu/research/highschool/rsi/index.php">Research Science Institute (RSI)</a>, and <a href="http://math.mit.edu/research/undergraduate/spur/index.php">SPUR</a> at MIT. He co-founded MIT <a href="http://math.mit.edu/research/highschool/primes/index.php">PRIMES</a> program and has served as its Chief Research Advisor since 2010. Pavel’s students have won multiple top awards at national science competitions for high school students.</p>
<p>When Pavel isn’t doing math, he enjoys mycology and can be found identifying, collecting, and cooking mushrooms for fun(gi).</p>
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<p>Slava Gerovitch is the Director of Research and Reading Programs in the Mathematics Department at MIT. He co-founded MIT <a href="http://math.mit.edu/research/highschool/primes/index.php">PRIMES</a> program in 2010 and directed <a href="http://math.mit.edu/research/highschool/rsi/index.php">RSI</a> and <a href="http://math.mit.edu/research/undergraduate/spur/index.php">SPUR</a> programs since 2012, and <a href="http://math.mit.edu/research/undergraduate/drp/index.php">DRP</a> and <a href="http://math.mit.edu/academics/grad/financial/summer/mentorships">UROP+</a> programs since 2014. His research interests include social and cultural history of mathematics, cybernetics, astronautics, and computing. His current research project is on the culture of abstract algebra in the second half of the twentieth century. Slava holds two doctoral degrees, in history and social study of science and technology from MIT and in philosophy of science from the Russian Academy of Sciences.</p>
<p>He has taught at MIT since 1999, but when nobody is watching, writes poetry!</p>
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<p>Yi Sun is a fifth year Ph.D. student in mathematics at MIT. Yi received his A.B. in mathematics and economics from Harvard Unversity and his M.A.St. in mathematics from the University of Cambridge as a Churchill Scholar. His research interests are in representation theory, integrable systems, and their applications to probability and random matrices. Yi represented the United States at the International Mathematics Olympiad and has taught at olympiad camps for the US, UK, and Saudi Arabian teams.</p>
<p class="p1">In his free time, he enjoys lifting weights with the MIT powerlifting club.</p>
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<h4>Tanya Khovanova</h4>
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<p class="p1">Tanya Khovanova is a Lecturer at MIT and a freelance mathematician. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Moscow State University. Her current interests lie in recreational mathematics including puzzles, magic tricks, combinatorics, number theory, geometry, and probability theory. Her website is located at <a href="http://tanyakhovanova.com/"><span class="s1">tanyakhovanova.com</span></a>, her highly popular math blog at <a href="http://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/"><span class="s1">blog.tanyakhovanova.com</span></a> and her Number Gossip website at <a href="http://numbergossip.com/"><span class="s1">numbergossip.com</span></a>.</p>
<p class="p1">Tanya works with gifted children in a variety of settings. At the AMSA Charter School in Massachusetts, she coaches the math competition team. She also mentors and supervises high school students who want to do research in mathematics. She works with the two most successful programs that focus on helping kids do research: <a href="http://math.mit.edu/research/highschool/rsi/index.php">RSI</a> and MIT <a href="http://math.mit.edu/research/highschool/primes/index.php">PRIMES</a>.</p>
<p class="p3">When Tanya is not thinking about mathematics or puzzles, she enjoys dancing. Actually, sometimes she thinks about math while dancing – and about dancing while solving problems.</p>
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<p class="p1">Vishal Arul is a Ph.D. student in mathematics at MIT. He received his B.S. in math from Stanford University in 2015. His research interests are in number theory and algebraic geometry. He has previously worked with students as a teaching assistant, a math tutor, and a research mentor, and he looks forward to mentoring students in the MathROOTS program.</p>
<p class="p3">When he is not doing math, Vishal likes to go outside and enjoy nature by running, hiking, and cloud gazing.</p>
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<h4>Cesar Cuenca</h4>
<h5>Academic Mentor</h5>
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<p class="p1">Cesar Cuenca is a Ph.D. student in mathematics at MIT. His research interests are in asymptotic representation theory, integrable systems, and probability. Originally from Peru, he received his B.Sc. in Math and CS from MIT in 2014. He has enjoyed mentoring several undergraduates and high school students in research before joining MathROOTS in 2015.</p>
<p class="p3">For fun, he usually does math, but he also enjoys playing table tennis, chess, and squash, walking around Boston, and attending concerts of his favorite singer.</p>
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<h4>Patrick Liscio</h4>
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<p class="p1">Patrick Liscio is a senior studying mathematics with computer science at MIT. His primary mathematical interests are in statistics and theoretical computer science. He has greatly enjoyed working with students as a math tutor, a lab assistant, and as a mentor for MathROOTS in 2015.</p>
<p class="p3">Outside of math, he enjoys board games, puzzles of all kinds, and watching baseball.</p>
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<p class="p1">Carlos is a Ph.D. student in applied mathematics at MIT. He is originally from Paraguay, a beautiful landlocked country in the heart of South America. His research interests are modelling of transport and electrokinetic phenomena with applications to water desalination. Carlos represented Paraguay at several math and physics competitions, such as the Iberoamerican and IMO, both as a contestant and as team leader.</p>
<p class="p3">When Carlos is not discretizing equations, you may find him either playing soccer, grilling a South American BBQ, or having fun with his little Micaela.</p>
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<h4>Jake Wellens</h4>
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<p class="p1">Jake is a first year Ph.D. student in mathematics at MIT. He received his B.S. in math from Caltech in 2015 and misses the warm weather sorely. Depending on the day of the week, his primary research interest is either in harmonic analysis or in computational complexity. He has a very hard time turning down mathematical inquiries and has therefore spent an abundance of time working with students as a tutor, a teaching assistant and a mentor.</p>
<p class="p3">Outside of math, Jake likes to procrastinate by listening to music, reading fiction, writing long emails to old friends and spending as much time around ducks as can be made practical.</p>
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<h4>Quinton McArthur</h4>
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<p>Quinton McArthur is the Director of Diversity & Targeted Outreach and Associate Director of Admissions at MIT. He is an expert in the pathways of high-achieving Black & Latino high school students, particularly in the STEM fields. Prior to his time at MIT, Quinton was a graduate student at the University of Maryland at College Park where he served as a member of <a href="http://www.education.umd.edu/Academics/Faculty/Bios/index.cfm?URLID=sfries">Dr. Sharon Fries-Britt’s</a> research team collecting data on high achievers in the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP). Quinton holds a Masters degree in Education Policy & Higher Education from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College.</p>
<p>When Quinton is not reading thousands of applications, you can find him on a tropical island trying to catch waves and improve his surfing skills.</p>
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<h4>Gwen McKinley</h4>
<h5>Assistant Director</h5>
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<p class="p1">Gwen McKinley is a first year Ph.D. student at MIT. She received her B.S. in mathematics from the University of California, Davis and an associate's degree from Pasadena City College. Her primary research interest is in combinatorics. She has been a teaching assistant, a math tutor, and an academic peer advisor, and she loves teaching and working with students!</p>
<p class="p3">In her spare time, you may find her throwing a boomerang, practicing ukulele, or singing with the MIT Gospel Choir.</p>
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