SigmaCamp 2024: Counselors

Hey everyone! I’m excited to be joining SigmaCamp for my first year. I am studying Biology at Stony Brook University. In my lab, I am working to develop marine invertebrate microbiomes and learning how to use a relatively new technology for DNA sequencing called the Oxford Nanopore (hopefully, the future of DNA sequencing!). Outside of school, I enjoy playing ping-pong, attending concerts, and spending time outdoors. I am looking forward to meeting you all and creating some great memories together!

Hi everyone! This will be my seventh year at Sigma and I am so excited to be back for another year. I will be starting as an undergraduate at MIT this fall as a tentative math major. I'm always happy to talk about anything math-related, but I'm also game for any other interesting STEM or musical discussions you may want to have! In my free time, I love traveling, playing violin, tennis, hiking, and board games.

Hello! I am Iris and I am currently finishing my Master's in Business Analytics at MIT Sloan School of Management while also working on my capstone project with Massachusetts Financial Services. I am really interested in data science and in the business side of the tech industry, specifically how we can make product development and production more efficient. I am highly involved in STEM tutoring for girls and how to better encourage more women to pursue their STEM careers. Outside of academics, I love music, dance, art, and baking. I am excited to help make this week unforgettable for all of you!

Hey! I attended Sigma as a camper for 5 years before returning as a counselor. This will mark my third year as a counselor. I'm interested in math and engineering, and I am studying computer science at Northeastern University. Outside of school, I fence, play various video and card games, and have recently picked up chess. I can't wait to see you all at Sigma this summer!

Hi—thanks for reading my bio! I've come to Sigma for 9 years now: 5 as a camper and 4 (and counting) as a counselor! Having been on both sides, I can confidently say that although Sigma is only one week of your summer, it’s definitely the best one. There’s nothing quite like it. I am pursuing a Biomedical Engineering degree at Cornell University, with a concentration in either drug delivery, imaging, or biomechanics. In previous years, I’ve taught a workshop on Brain-Computer Interfaces, where we explore the brain via a computational lens and even demonstrate a form of “mind control.” There’s so much we don’t know about the human brain, and therefore so much to learn! Aside from that, I enjoy piano, skiing (recently picked up snowboarding), and *learning* electric guitar. I can't wait to meet all of you at Sigma 2023!

Hello! I'm currently pursuing an engineering degree at the University of Washington. My interests include chemistry, math, classical guitar, skiing, watercolor painting, and creating banana bread that consists of 50% chocolate. Since last SigmaCamp, I've learned how to solve a Rubik's cube, so I'm excited to see how much faster you all are at it than me. :)

Hello! I'm so excited to continue working as a counselor for Sigma Camp this summer! I'm studying Physics with an applied math certificate at Princeton and have worked on experimental dark matter detection and constraining cosmological parameters. I love talking about physics and teaching physics, but I also enjoy reading, music (piano/flute), dance (ballet/ballroom/contemp), and archery! Feel free to come talk to me about anything

Hello everyone! I am a masters student at Boston University studying product design and manufacturing in the mechanical engineering department. I am passionate about developing clean technology and building a more sustainable world! After graduation, I hope to work as a design engineer streamlining clean technology commercialization. Outside of academics, I love to rock climb, do yoga, ski, and generally spend time outdoors. I am also a big reader and love making and viewing art. But that’s enough about me, I want to learn about your passions! Find me at camp to talk to about anything and everything. I am so excited to return to Sigma for another summer and help make this an unforgettable week for all the incoming campers, as my counselors once did for me!

Hi everyone! After attending Sigma as a camper for four years, I am so excited to be back as a Junior Counselor this summer! As someone who adores patterns and geometry, I find it beautiful how art is deeply intertwined with science. At school, I am conducting physics research on Mechanical Metamaterials. In this project, I study how altering the intricate geometries of structures allow us to create new materials with properties and functionalities not found in nature! This can lead to some very cool properties, such as creating cloaking devices that bend light in unconventional ways, making objects appear invisible :). I am also carrying out math research on Topology. I especially enjoy using art techniques, such as modular origami, to create 3D map coloring models! In my free time, I love to swim, make art and write, listen to music, eat anything I can find in my sight (as my brother would say), and hang out with my family and friends. This summer, I can't wait to meet you all, hear all about your interests, and spend an unforgettable week together!

Andrey is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Oxford University and has been at SigmaCamp since the very beginning. He completed his PhD in Mathematics at MIT. Andrey am always open to chat about math, physics, or computer science! He greatly enjoy board games, puzzles, square dancing, and contra. Andrey's research is in quantum computing and quantum information theory. He am investigating how to reformulate the study of quantum error-correcting codes by using graphs.

Hello! As a camper, I've been to Sigma for 5 years, and I'm excited to come to my second year at Sigma as a counselor! Academically, I'm mainly interested in cryptography, and I also spend a lot of time doing non-geometrical math. In my free time, I enjoy hiking, biking, reading, and sharing my love of math with everyone around me. I look forwards to meeting everyone this summer and finding even more people with which to share my interests!

Hi everyone! This will be my sixth year at Sigma and my first as a JC! I love the brain, the mind, and the machines that replicate them - so my main interests are AI, linguistics (which I first discovered at my first year at Sigma!) and anything within cognitive science. I've done research on many different intersections within computer science and neuroscience, feel free to ask me about it! In my free time, I also like to write, debate, and hang out with friends at the beach. I can't wait to meet everyone for a great Sigma summer!

Hi everyone! My name is Iana, and I’ve been with Sigma since the very beginning — first as a junior camper, then as a camper for six years, and now as a counselor. My main interests lie within mechanical engineering, particularly in robotics and manufacturing engineering. In my freetime I enjoy running, hiking, embroidering, and just spending time relaxing in the sun. I am almost always listening to music (of virtually any genre) and I'd love to hear any recommendations. I can't wait to meet you all this summer!

Hello! I'm Anna, and I can't wait for my second Sigma as a counselor and my fifth overall! Right after camp, I'll be heading down to Atlanta to start my sophomore year at Georgia Tech, where I'm majoring in environmental engineering with a public policy minor. While my main focus is in climate data and modeling, I'd love to chat about anything from spreadsheets to robotics to why tea is the superior beverage (I'm drinking chai as I write this). When I'm not furthering my quest to do far too many things, you can find me making music (I play viola and sing), reading a good book, or searching for the perfect thrift.

Daniel is an undergraduate studying Math and Physics. He spends his time trying to learn things and then teach them to other people, and he tells himself he'll find an interesting research project soon. Lately, he has also been thinking about psychology-backed teaching practices and how to mathematically derive morality. He has been at Sigma forever, and can be found reorganizing board games, locking other people into rooms full of puzzles, and playing the saxophone (poorly) at the chamber concert. Daniel wants to hear your thoughts on life and/or give you fun math problems/puzzles, so you should come say hello :)

Hi y'all! I'm excited to return to Sigma for my second year as a counselor. After camp, I'm entering my first of undergrad pursuing a degree in mechanical and biomedical engineering. I've spent the past three years researching Epinephrine Auto-Injectors (like the EpiPen), their design, and how people use them. I'm also interested in biology, robotics, psychology, and logic puzzles. Outside of science, I love art, fencing, reading, and unicycling. I am always happy to chat about anything and everything. Can't wait for an amazing summer!

Hi! I’m so excited to return for my seventh year at Sigma and second year as a counselor! Next year I will begin as an undergraduate studying violin performance and math. My research is in geometry, but I love to discuss everything STEM, humanities, and music! Outside of academics, I enjoy puzzles, reading (especially philosophy), and playing guitar and theremin (somewhat poorly). I can’t wait to see everyone!

I am excited to attend my sixth year at Sigma. I will be starting my second year at McGill University in the fall. Before coming to Montreal, I lived near Boston and before that, in State College, Pennsylvania. I love physics and math, and my favorite part of math is whatever I happen to have last learned. I enjoy learning languages, whether human or programming, and am always up to learn something new. If you come find me during one of the breaks, I'll teach you how to crochet.

Hi y'all! I'm pursuing my master's degree in biomedical engineering at Rutgers University. I'm interested in tissue engineering, gene therapy, biomaterials and machine learning. I'm also a huge fan of linguistics and enjoy learning about cognitive science. I enjoy rock climbing and love to read new poetry. I play piano and guitar and am learning to play the accordion. If you'd like to sing a song together at Sigma, be my guest! I can't wait to get to know all of you this year.

Hello! I'm Alexey, this will be my 5th time at Sigma, and my second as a counselor! I am majoring in electrical engineering and do research on energy efficient computing in batteryless systems ranging from drones to nanosatellites. Outside of that, I do props design at a theater, sailing, and photography, as well as anything outside (hiking, rock climbing, skiing, biking, etc) Please talk to me about anything, I love learning what other people are passionate about!

Hello, I'm super excited to be back for another year as a counselor at Sigma! I am a Masters student at New York University studying electrical engineering. At NYU I am part of a research lab that works on applications of virtual reality to solve real world problems, and my internship this and last summer has been focused on creating computer vision software for unmanned underwater vehicles. In my spare time I enjoy making art (digital or paint), playing board/card/tabletop games, and crafting (I've run workshops on origami, sewing, and kumihimo, a kind of cord braid). I look forward to meeting all of you at camp this summer!

Hello! I was a camper at Sigma for five years and am so excited to return for another year as a counselor! I just finished studying Biomedical Engineering and Applied Math & Statistics at Stony Brook University, and I will be pursuing a Master's in BME in the fall. Beyond STEM, I love Broadway (I've directed a play!), making music (piano and flute), and reading (Lord of the Rings is the best!), among other things. Come talk to me about anything - I'm always interested in learning something new!

I'm so excited for my third year at Sigma! I just finished my undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto where I studied mathematics, computer science and physics, and I'm thrilled to start my PhD in computer science at Boston University this fall! I'm interested in algorithm design, computational complexity theory and combinatorics, and I've also written software used by large radio telescopes. Outside of academics, I spend my time developing video games, playing the piano, biking, and learning German. Come talk to me about anything; you'll likely find me near the piano.

Hi! I am a PhD student at the University of Toronto in the department of electrical and computer engineering and I've been at Sigma since 2019. My research lies in the field of laser fabrication of sensing devices in optical fibers for astronomical applications. I am also interested in biology and chemistry and I am looking forward to discussing everyone’s science-related (and otherwise!) interests and ideas. Outside academics, I enjoy reading, yoga, baking, and embroidery.