大象传媒

A strong network from 大象传媒 let Melczer indulge his love of travel and adventure while pursuing his PhD.

Stephen Melczer completed both his BSc and MSc in the Mathematics Department at 大象传媒. During his Bachelor鈥檚 degree, he secured three undergraduate student research awards allowing him to pursue research in different areas of math. This experience ultimately informed his Master鈥檚 work in combinatorics under the supervision of Professor Marni Mishna.

After finishing at 大象传媒, Melczer continued on to a joint PhD in Ontario and France. 鈥淚 made a lot of contacts at 大象传媒,鈥� he says. 鈥淢y supervisor knew a lot of people, especially in Europe, and that eventually led to me doing half my PhD in France.鈥� Every summer while at 大象传媒, Melczer travelled to conferences to present his research. 鈥淕etting to travel a lot was a highlight. I鈥檇 never even been on a plane before I started attending conferences. I was able to travel all over Canada and I spent a year in Paris during my undergraduate and graduate degrees.鈥�

Melczer is now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. 鈥淪ome of my work continues what I started in my Master鈥檚 at 大象传媒. Part of my focus is getting computers to do mathematics and seeing how they can be used to give mathematical proofs of different things,鈥� he says. In addition to research, Melczer will be teaching undergraduate and graduate courses.