Speakers & Committee

2024 Featured Speakers

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Pavel Dubovski

Teaching Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, School of Engineering and Science, Stevens Institute of Technology

Professor Dubovski welcomed high school participants and all parents/guardians to the 2024 Stevens Mathematical Olympiad during his remarks. 

About Dr. Pavel Dubovski

Dr. Pavel Dubovski is the Stevens Mathematical Olympiad Committee Chair and a Teaching Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. With over 30 years of experience in academia, he has received multiple honors and published numerous journal papers. His research is focused on fractional differential equations, kinetic equations and conservation laws, integral equations, integrable probability, inverse problems and statistical physics. Dr. Dubovski holds an M.S. from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute and a Ph.D. from Moscow State University; and is a member of both the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Jean Zu

Lore E. Feiler Dean, Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science, Stevens Institute of Technology

About Dr. Jean Zu

Dr. Jean Zu is the Lore E. Feiler Professor and Dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science and a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. With over 30 years of experience in academia, she has been awarded more than 50 research grants and contracts, primarily as Principal Investigator. Her research is focused on mechanical vibrations and dynamics and mechatronics, particularly in areas of biomedical instrumentation and energy harvesting. Dr. Zu holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tsinghua University and a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba, and has published over 340 papers including more than 170 journal papers.