Timothy Brown
Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
Professor Brown received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1991. He has taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder since 1995. Professor Brown's research interests are adaptive and massively parallel computational approaches in communication systems, applying them to problems in switching, networking, and wireless.
Richard Gibbs
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Fort Lewis College
Professor Gibbs received a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Michigan State University in 1970, then taught in the Fort Lewis College Mathematics Department from 1971 to 2000. Professor Gibbs has a special interest in teacher education and problem solving. He is active in the NCTM, CCTM, and MAA, and served as an advisor for the American Mathematics Competitions from 1983 to 2000: first as a panelist, then AHSME committee member, then chair of the MAA Committee on the AMC. Professor Gibbs is also co-chair of the Colorado Mathematics Awards ceremony which started in 1996.
Richard Grassl
Professor of Mathematics, University of Northern Colorado
Professor Grassl received a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of New Mexico in 1974. He has taught at the University of Northern Colorado since 1991. Professor Grassl's interests include discrete mathematics, combinatorics, problem solving courses, mathematics competitions, abstract algebra, mathematics education, proof in mathematics, preparation of secondary teachers, and the use of TI-92 and EXCEL in discrete mathematics. He founded and directs the annual UNC Mathematics Contest.
Congming Li
Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Professor Li received a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, a M.S. in Mathematics from the Institute of System Sciences of Academia Sinica in Beijing, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Courant Institute of New York University. He has served as visiting faculty member at the University of California at Riverside, Caltech, MSRI, Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, and University of Pennsylvania. Professor Li's research interests are nonlinear partial differential equations, calculus of variations, differential geometry, and nonlinear analysis. He has been a member of the CU-Boulder Department of Applied Mathematics since 1992.
James Meiss
Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Professor Meiss received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1980. He worked at the Institute for Fusion Studies, at the University of Texas, before joining the CU-Boulder Department of Applied Mathematics in 1989. A fellow of the American Physical Society, Professor Meiss is the author of Differential Dynamical Systems.
Richard Rusczyk
AoPS Incorporated
Richard Rusczyk founded AoPS Incorporated in 2003 to create interactive educational opportunities for avid math students. He is one of the co-authors of the Art of Problem Solving textbooks, author of Art of Problem Solving's Introduction to Algebra and Introduction to Geometry textbooks, one of the co-creators of the Mandelbrot Competition, and the Director of the USA Mathematical Talent Search. Richard Rusczyk was a participant in National MATHCOUNTS, a three-time participant in the Math Olympiad Summer Program, and a USA Mathematical Olympiad winner (1989). He graduated from Princeton University in 1993, helped inaugurate ESPN's SportsFigures program, and worked as a bond trader for D.E. Shaw & Company for four years. AoPS marks his return to his vocation—educating motivated students.
Ming Song
Senior Research Engineer, Metso Minerals Industrial, Inc.
Dr. Ming Song received a PhD in Engineering Thermophysics from Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 1988. He has worked as a professor at Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NUST), guest professor at University of Dortmund, Germany, and research fellow at University of Alberta, Canada.
Dr. Song has won numerous honors, including Excellence in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Teaching at NUST, as well as awards from the State Council and State Education Commission of China: Most Distinguished Chinese Doctor, Outstanding Young Scientist in China, Research Prize for Young Scientists, and Science and Technology Research Prize. Dr. Song has been honored by Chinese President Jiang Zemin for university teaching and research, and by German President Richard von Weizsaecker for achievements in scientific research.
With more than 60 published papers, Dr. Song is currently a senior research engineer at Metso Minerals Industrial, Inc., Colorado Springs, specializing in statistical analysis, data mining, and computational fluid dynamics. He is an enthusiastic fan of all things mathematical.
Amelia Taylor
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Colorado College
Amelia was born in Wyoming and grew up in Dillon, CO. She attended St. Olaf College as an undergraduate and later worked there as a faculty member. She attended Purdue University for most of her graduate school, but when her adviser moved to the University of Kansas, she followed, getting a Ph.D. in May, 2000. Then Amelia headed out East for a postdoctoral position at Rutgers University and after three years at St. Olaf, she is now in her second year as a faculty member at Colorado College. Amelia spends most of her free time climbing, skiing, running, and working in her garden.