ULTIMATE TUTOR

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Cumulative GPA: 3.80
 

Teaching Experience

PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL- AND COLLEGE-LEVEL MATH TUTOR, St. Louis, MO                                                                                                                              Jan 2008-present

• Marketed tutoring services to students in a wide variety of subjects, including upper level college courses.
• Customized a curriculum for each student, using an intuition-based approach to improve students’ grasp of material.

SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-FLORISSANT VALLEY, St. Louis, MO                                                                                                                                   Oct 2009-present

• Employed at the Math and Science Learning center, tutoring math at all levels.
• Professor for Calculus III, MATH 230

KUMON LADUE CENTER EMPLOYEE, St. Louis, MO                                                                                                                                                                             Jan -Sep 2009

• Trained 2^nd-8^th grade students in mathematics using the Kumon method and edited solutions and instructors’ manuals.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN, Lincoln, NE                                                                                                                                                                             2004

• Mentored 28 students in Power Math, a program for gifted middle school students.

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, Omaha, NE                                                                                                                                                                                                  2000-2004

• Tutored summer school math for three years, worked as a private math tutor, and led math circle for gifted students.

Research Experience

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT LOUIS, MO                                                                                                                                                                                 2006-2008

• Completed honors and master’s theses in combinatorics and number theory with Dr. John Shareshian.
• Presented original research at 2007 AMS/MAA conference in New Orleans, LA.

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, Johnson City, TN                                                                                                                                                                    2006

• Worked as a student researcher at the ETSU Research Experience for Undergraduates in mathematics.
  • Presented original research on two subjects at Mathfest 2006 in Nashville, TN
  • Presented original research at Young Mathematicians Conference in Columbus, OH

UNIVERSITYOF NEBRASKA-OMAHA, Omaha, NE                                                                                                                                                                                 2003-2004

• Worked in mathematical biology, using fractal and chaos theory on Boolean networks with Dr. John Konvalina.

Publications

Konvalina, John; Konfisakhar, Igor; Heidel, Jack; Rogers, Jim: Combinatorial Fractal Geometry with a Biological Application. Fractals 14 (2006), 133-142.
Konvalina, John (mentioned as his research assistant); Heidel, Jack; Rogers, Jim: “A Mean Paradox.” American Mathematical Monthly 113 (2006), 166-169.
Igor Konfisakhar: "When do Distinct Numbers have Equal Multinomial Coefficients," [Preprint 2008, 36 pp.], Washington University Master’s Thesis
Igor Konfisakhar: "Randomly-Generated Covering and Almost-Covering Arrays," [Preprint 2008, 13 pp.], Washington University Honors Thesis

Honors & Awards

• WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT LOUIS                                                                                                                                                                             2004-2008
• Eliot Scholarship, Ross R. Middlemiss award for outstanding graduating senior in math department.
• UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN                                                                                                                                                                                       2003-2004
  • Eastman Scholarship in Mathematics, Regents Scholarship, UNL Computer Science and Engineering Day Scholarship, UNL Top Scholars                                             Award, UNL Math Day Scholarship, and Honors Textbook Scholarship
• Awarded first place in Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition in 2008, 3^rd in 2006 and 2007.
• Finished in top 500 on Putnam Exam in 2003, 2005 and 2007.
• Received the Math in Moscow Scholarship for Fall 2005.
• Consistently placed among top three in Nebraska in high school math competitions in 2002 and 2003.
• High school valedictorian out of class of 430.
• Grew official Nebraska state record giant pumpkin in 2001, was featured on local and national news.

 Technical and Language Skills

• Programming experience in C++, Java, and Visual Basic, experience using SAS, MS Excel, MS Office, UNIX, and LaTeX.
• Extensive programming experience for mathematical and computational biology research purposes.
• Fluent in Russian, knowledge of French.