Presenter Name: Po-Shen Loh
City, State/Province, Country: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Field of Work/Study: Math Evangelization, Educational Technology, Creative Puzzles, Coaching, Competitions, Math Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Preferred Method of Contact: Email
Email Address: ploh@cmu.edu
Primary Website: https://www.poshenloh.com
Secondary Website: http://www.expii.com
Tertiary Website: https://daily.poshenloh.com/
Preferred Audience Type(s):
- Elementary School Kids
- Middle School Kids
- High Schoolers
- College Students
- Recent College Grads
- Adults
Preferred Audience Size:
- Large Groups (100 to 300 attendees)
- Very Large Groups (Over 300 attendees)
Open to Presenting Remotely via Online Video-Conference Tools? Po prefers to present in-person only (not remotely).
Short Bio: Po-Shen Loh is a social entrepreneur, working across the full spectrum of mathematics and education, all around the world. He is the founder of the free personalized learning platform expii.com, a social enterprise supported by his series of online math courses that reinvent the middle school math curriculum with a focus on creative thinking. He is also a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the national coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad team.
As an academic, Po-Shen has numerous distinctions, from an International Mathematical Olympiad silver medal to the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. His scientific research considers a variety of questions that lie at the intersection of combinatorics (the study of discrete systems), probability theory, and computer science. As an educator, he led Carnegie Mellon University’s math team to its first-ever #1 rank among all North American universities, and led the USA Math Olympiad team to its first-ever back-to-back #1-rank victories in 2015 and 2016. His research and educational outreach takes him to cities across the world, reaching over 10,000 people each year through public lectures and events, and he has featured in or co–created videos totaling over 5 million YouTube views.
Po-Shen received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Caltech in 2004, graduating first in his class. He received a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Cambridge in 2005, where he was supported by a Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship. He continued his studies at Princeton, supported by a Hertz Foundation Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, where he completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at the end of 2009. He has been on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University ever since.
Honoraria are generally appreciated by our presenters, in addition to travel expenses. If you would like Po to present at your event, please send him an email to make arrangements.