Joseph Hurmali
- Students he taught received 4 Gold, 9 Silver, 9 Bronze medals in International Math Olympiads
- Teacher of the teachers: Taught Dr. Gurel, Dr. Gelgi, and Mr. Kaysi in their high school years
- Administrator at Public Schools (10 Years Experience)
- Math Teacher / Olympiad Coordinator (10 Years Experience)
- MS, Computer Science (1999)
- BS, Mathematics Education (1991)
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Victor Hakim
- AlphStar Physics Program Director (2018-2020)
- AlphaStar Physics/Math Full Time Instructor (2017-2020)
- B.A., Applied Math – Quantum Mechanics focus, University of California, Berkeley (2017)
- M.S., Mechanical Engr. – Controls & Dynamics, Santa Clara University (Current)
- USAPhO Honorable Mention (2013)
- Berkeley Math Tournament Problem Writing Coordinator (2016)
- MathCounts Coach (Del Mar Elementary)
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Sukru Tikves, Ph.D.
- Software Engineer at Google
- Ph.D., Computer Science, Arizona State University (2016)
- A-Star CS Instructor at year-round courses (2015-2017)
- International Olympiad in Informatics (1997 Silver, 1998 Silver, 1999 Silver)
- Balkan Olympiad in Informatics (1997 Bronze, 1998 Bronze, 1999 Bronze)
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Sinan Kanbir, Ph.D.
- AlphaStar Instructor (2017 & 2018: Summer Camp)
- Assistant Professor, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin
- Ph.D., Mathematics Education, Illinois State University (2016)
- Teaching Impact Award, Illinois State University (2015)
- Item writer for Central Wisconsin Math League (CWML) and MathCON
- Coached students for AMC 8, 10, 12, TMO, and IMO for more than 10 years
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John Sinkovic, Ph.D.
- A* Math Instructor (2017: Summer Camp, Winter Camp)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo (2015–Current)
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Math and Statistics, Georgia State University (2013–2015)
- Ph.D., Mathematics, Brigham Young University (2013)
- Ph.D. Student, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands (2007–2009)
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Zarathustra (Zeb) Brady, Ph.D.
- A* Math Instructor (2015: Summer Camp; 2016: Summer Camp)
- Ph.D., Mathematics, Stanford University (2017)
- BA, Caltech (2012)
- USA Math Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) instructor (2008, 2010)
- ACM International Collegiate Programming ContestWorld Finals (2008)
- International Mathematical Olympiad (2006: Gold)
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Eric Xu
- A* Math Instructor (2014: Summer Camp; 2015: Summer Camp)
- A* CS Instructor (2015 – Present)
- Stanford Class of 2019
- ACM-ICPC World Finals 14th Place
- ACM-ICPC Pacific Northwest Regional (2016: 3rd Place Team)
- USACO Platinum Observer (2015-present)
- Stanford ProCo (2nd place)
- Facebook Hacker Cup (2017: Top 200)
- Google Code Jam (2016, 2017: Round 2 Qualifier)
- USAMO Qualifier (2013-2015)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2011-2012)
- ARML (2014: 5th Place Team)
- CHMMC (2014: 2nd Place Team)
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William Luo
- A* Alumni
- A* Computer Science Instructor (2017-present)
- MIT Class of 2022
- USACO Finalist (2017)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016 – present)
- USAPhO Silver Medalist (2017)
- Who Wants To Be A Mathematician National Finalist (2017)
- AMC 12 Distinguished Honor Roll (2017)
- USAMTS Silver Medalist (2016)
- AMC 10 Distinguished Honor Roll (2016)
- AIME qualifier (2016, 2017)
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Spencer Compton
- MIT Class of 2022
- International Olympiad in Informatics USA Team Member (2018)
- USACO Finalist (2017,2018)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016-present)
- Stetson U. Programming Contest (2016, 2017: 1st Place)
- U. of Central Florida Programming Tournament (2016, 2017: 1st Place)
- U. of Florida Programming Contest (2016, 2017: 1st Place)
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Amanda Du
- A* Alumni
- A* Computer Science Instructor (2016)
- Northeastern U. Class of 2021
- USACO Finalist (2016)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2015-2017)
- Computer Science and Math Tutor at the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula (2016-2017)
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Tyler Zhu
- A* Alumni
- A* Computer Science Instructor (2017 – present)
- UC Berkeley Class of 2022
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2017 – present)
- CHMMC 5th place (2016)
- USAMO Qualifier (2017)
- AIME Qualifier (2014-2017)
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Alex Gu
- A* Computer Science Summer Camp – TA (2016)
- MIT Class of 2022
- USACO Finalist (2016)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2015 – present)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2015-2017)
- USAPhO, Honorable Mention (2017)
- Science Bowl National Qualifier (2016)
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Michael Chen
- A* Alumni
- Canyon Crest Academy Class of 2019
- USACO Platinum (2017 – present)
- San Diego Math Circle (Lead Instructor: 2017-present, TA: 2014-2017)
- Canyon Crest Academy Programming Team Captain (2015 – present)
- ACSL 1st Place Individual (2017)
- ACSL All-Star 4th place team (2017)
- Internet and mobile app developer (2016 – present)
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Chris Xiong
- A* Alumni
- UC Berkeley Class of 2022
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016 – present)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2016)
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Lucas Xia
- A* Alumni
- UCLA Class of 2022
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2017 – present)
- USAMO Qualifier (2017)
- USAPhO National Semifinalist (2016, 2017)
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Bennett Liu
- AlphaStar Instructor (Since 2018)
- UT Austin Class of 2024 (Turing Scholars Program)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016-2020)
- Harker Programming Club Lead Problem Writer (Since 2018)
- AIME Qualifier (2019, 2020)
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Kevin Liu
- A* Computer Science Summer Camp – TA (2016)
- MIT Class of 2022
- USACO Finalist (2016)
- USACO Platinum (2015-present)
- USAJMO qualifier (2016)
- AIME qualifier (2014-2018)
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Avichal Goel
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2016)
- MIT Class of 2022
- USACO Finalist (2016)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2015-2018)
- AlphaStar Alumni
- AIME Qualifier (2015-2018)
- Stanford ProCo (2016: 3rd place, 2018: 1st Place)
- Harker Programming Invitational (2016: 1st Place, 2017: 1st Place)
- HP CodeWars (2016: 1st Place)
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Riya Arora
- A* CS Instructor (2017 – present)
- James Logan High School Class of 2019
- USACO Finalist (2017, 2018)
- Zero Robotics International Space Station Finals (2016)
- FIRST Robotics Challenge World Championships (2016-2018)
- Codeforces Division 1 (2017-present)
- Guy Emanuele FIRST Lego League Robotics Mentor (2015-2017)
- NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (2017, 2018 National: Honorable Mention, 2017 San Francisco Bay Area Competition: Winner)
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Adam Zheng
- Canyon Crest Academy Class of 2019
- USACO Finalist 2017-2018
- USACO Platinum 2016-present
- USAJMO Qualifier 2017
- USAMO Qualifier 2018
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Richard Spence
- AlphaStar/A-Star Instructor (since 2012)
- Ph.D. Program, Computer Science, U. of Arizona
- Double Major in Math and Computer Science, MIT (2016)
- USAMO qualifier (2010)
- AlphaStar/A-Star Alumni
- MathCounts National qualifier 2007, 2008
- National “Who Wants to be a Mathematician” qualifier (2011-2012)
- Perfect score on AMC 10 (2009)
- National Scrabble Championship – Div. 2 (2011: Winner)
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Yalcin Udun, M.Ed.
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2017)
- Ph.D. Program, Mathematics Education at U. of Arizona
- MS.E. in Gifted and Talented Education at ASU
- Raytheon Math Hero Award (2015)
- Arizona Mathcounts Team Coach (2012)
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Hope Chen
- BS MIT (2019)
- MIT Global Teaching Labs Instructor in Israel (2017)
- MIT DynaMIT Science Camp Mentor (2017-2018)
- Beautiful Patterns/ Patrones Hermosos Computer Science Instructor in Mexico (2019)
- Teaching Assistant for graduate level quantitative physiology class at MIT (2019)
- MIT Mathroots Camp Counselor (2019)
- Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan (2019-2020)
- Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Class of 2023
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Andrew Lin
- MIT Class of 2022
- A-Star Instructor since 2016
- Miller MathCounts Coach since 2014
- MOSP qualifier (2016), USAJMO winner (2016)
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2017)
- Perfect AIME (2017), Perfect AMC 10 (2016 A, B)
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Harry Wang
- A* Math Instructor (2015: Summer Camp; 2017: Summer Camp)
- USAMO Qualifier (2015-2017)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2014)
- MATHCOUNTS National Competition (2014: 1st Place Team)
- Caltech-Harvey Mudd Math Competition (2016: 5th Place Individual)
- USA Physics Team Member (2017)
- USACO Platinum Qualification (2016)
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Andrew Cai
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2018)
- UC Berkeley Class of 2022
- Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Contest 6th place (2017)
- USAJMO qualifier (2016)
- 5 times AIME qualifier
- USAPhO Honorable Mention (2017)
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Michelle Shen
- Park Tudor and Sycamore School MathCounts Coach since 2014
- Regeneron STS Scholar (2018)
- Siemens Semifinalist (2017)
- Math Prize for Girls Olympiad (2017: Bronze)
- ARML (2017: 15th place individual)
- PUMaC (2016: 6th place in combinatorics)
- HMMT (2017: 3rd place in combinatorics, 28th place individual)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2015-2016)
- MOSP Qualifier (2015)
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Stanley Wang
- A* Math Instructor (2017: Winter Camp)
- Miller MathCounts coach since 2015
- Lynbrook High School Class of 2019
- USACO Platinum Contestant (2016-present)
- MOP qualifier (2017)
- 2-time USAMO qualifier (2016-2017)
- AMC 10A perfect score (2017)
- 2015 National Mathcounts qualifier
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Caleb Ji
- AlphaStar/A-Star Instructor (since 2015)
- International Math Olympiad (2014: Bronze)
- MOP qualifier
- Asia Pacific Math Olympiad (2014 Honorable Mention)
- Canadian Math Olympiad (2014: 3rd place)
- USAJMO (2013: Honorable Mention)
- USACO gold
- MathCounts State (2012: Winner)
- PUMaC (2014: 1st Place Number Theory)
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Tristan Shin
- A* Math Instructor (2017: Summer Camp)
- MOP Qualifier (2016)
- USAMO Qualifier (2016-2018), AIME Qualifier (2014-2018)
- AMC 12 Perfect Score (2018), AMC 8 Perfect Score (2014)
- California State MathCounts 1st place team (2014)
- Online Math Open Problem Writer, CCA Math Bonanza Head Problem Writer, Head Proctor
- Individual Placement at ASMT, BMT, CHMMC, HMMT
- USACO Gold
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Stan Zhang
- MOP (2016, 2017)
- USAMO HM (2016) , TST (2017)
- USACO Finalist (2017)
- AMC12 perfect score (2018)
- 1st place team (HMMT2018, SMT2018, BMT2017, CHMMC2016, ARML2016)
- Mathcounts CA state (1st place countdown, 2nd place written 2015)
- Fremont High School Math Club President (2017- present)
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Victor Chu
- Class of 2022, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- USAMO Qualifier (2016-2017)
- USAJMO Qualifier (2015)
- Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament November Theme Round 3rd Place (2017)
- Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS), Boston University Attendee (2016)
- A* Math USA(J)MO Class Attendee (2015)
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Austin Lei
- A* Math Instructor (2017: Winter Camp)
- Miller MathCounts Coach (since 2015)
- Lynbrook High School Class of 2019
- USAMO Qualifier (2018), USAJMO Qualifier (2015-2016)
- AIME Qualifier (2014-2018)
- Individual top tens at ASMT, BMT, SMT, BAMO
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Abby Berry
- AlphaStar Instructor (since 2018)
- B.S. in Applied Mathematics from William and Mary (2019)
- Operations Research Analyst in industry (2019 – present)
- Private math tutor (2016 – present)
- Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education Study Abroad Program (2017)
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Jennifer Zhu
- Harvard Class of 2022
- Young Ivy Math Instructor
- Grown up in AMC and MathCounts
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Vincent Huang
- A* Math Instructor (2018 Summer Camp)
- Plano West Senior High School Class of 2019
- USA International Mathematical Olympiad Team (2017: Silver)
- USAMO Honorable Mention (2017)
- USACO Platinum Division
- MOP Qualifier (2015, 2016, 2017)
- SIEMENS Competition Semifinalist (2017)
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Stanley Zhang
- UCSD ECE ’21
- UCSD ACM ICPC Team (2017-18)
- USACO Gold
- AIME Qualifier (2015-17)
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