Avi Mayorcas is currently a DPhil candidate in Mathematics at Queen’s College Oxford. He has previously completed a BSc in Maths and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham followed by an MSc in Mathematics at King’s College London. He has had experience in both tutoring mathematics and working with young people before arriving at Oxford and while at King’s he was teaching assistant for a first undergraduate course in mathematical analysis. Outside of academia Avi also spent a year working for a civil engineering company in London and has a strong interest in applications of mathematics in engineering, physics and economics.

Dr Tom Crawford is a tutor at St Hugh’s College at the University of Oxford where he teaches Maths to the first and second year undergraduate students and assists with the admissions process. Tom completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at the University of Oxford in 2012 and obtained his PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Cambridge in 2017. He also previously worked for the Naked Scientists: an award-winning production company that specialises in broadcasting science news internationally via the radio and podcasts. This passion for science communication has continued and Tom now runs his own website tomrocksmaths.com and social media profiles on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths, with the aim of dispelling stereotypes and increasing the popularity of Maths amongst the general public.

Sam Crawford is a mathematical physicist currently studying for a Master’s at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge. He has a strong passion for teaching as well as learning and has given many hours of tutorials throughout his undergraduate studies. On the mathematics side, he is most interested in differential geometry, the study of smooth shapes and their properties (usually in 4 dimensions!). This ties in heavily with his interests within physics, which focus on understanding our most fundamental theories of nature: quantum field theory and general relativity.

Dr. Van Beek gained a PhD in Computational Number Theory from the University of Cambridge and after a brief spell as a Quant Researcher, is currently a maths teacher at North London Collegiate School in Jeju, South Korea. While at Cambridge, she interviewed candidates for admission to maths, as well as working as a supervisor for a variety of colleges and pure maths courses.