Sam Vandervelde's guest appearances

Sam Vandervelde

AfterMath: Interviews with the Best Minds in STEM

Mark Kantrowitz

Grant Sanderson

Catherine Asaro

Eli Luberoff

Meena Boppana

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This episode’s guest is Sam Vandervelde, Head of School and Dean of Mathematical Sciences at Proof School: a private day school for kids who love math. Sam is also a former United States IMO team member, one of the co-founders - along with Richard Rusczyk and Sandor Lehoczky - of the Mandelbrot Competition, and a question writer for the USAMO. Sam discusses his experiences as a math contest superstar, earning his PhD at the University of Chicago, and what it’s like running a school that serves passionate math students.

Running A Math Lover's Dream School, With Sam Vandervelde