Sanjoy Mahajan

Sanjoy Mahajan obtained his PhD in theoretical physics from the California Institute of Technology, and has undergraduate degrees in mathematics from Oxford University and in physics from Stanford University. Due to his many inspiring teachers, he became interested in science teaching, an interest he followed as faculty member in the Physics Department at the University of Cambridge and as a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he helped start the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Cape Town, South Africa, where he was the first Curriculum Director and taught the first courses in physics and computer science. There he wrote the free software to automate barcoding and cataloging the 5,000 donated books that started the Institute's library. At MIT he has taught courses across the Institute in the mathematics, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering departments. He is currently Visiting Associate Professor of Applied Science and Engineering at Olin College of Engineering.