EDUCATION
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
B.S. August 2008
Major: Mathematics, G.P.A.: 3.80, Phi Beta Kappa
      
Study Abroad: 
London School of Economics, England		Fall 2006
Yeshivat Sha’alvim, Israel 			Sept. 2003 – Jan. 2005	

WORK EXPERIENCE
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Solomon, Rockville, Maryland
      Student Aide, 			        Sept. – Oct. 2008
Shadow a six-grader with learning disabilities.

Maryland Public Policy Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland
      Intern, 					June-August 2006
	Collected data of public high schools in Maryland for a paper about
special-needs students and school vouchers. Also conducted research and analysis
of transportation costs and gas taxes in Maryland, highlighting problems and
proposing possible reforms.

The Committee for Justice, Washington, D.C.
      Intern,   				July - Aug. 2005
        Read articles, press statements, blogs, etc about judicial nominees and
wrote a semiweekly report summarizing what was being written about the nominees.
The report was then sent to a number of advocacy groups and reporters. Also ran
the 
group's blog, posting links and writing commentary about judicial nominees.
Lehman Brothers Inc., Washington, D.C.
      Intern, 					May-June 2003
        Researched market effects of political and geopolitical events. Gathered
market information onto spreadsheets and then searched the data for trends using
Excel and statistical analysis.

SKILLS
Upper-level courses: 	Abstract Algebra, Advanced Calculus, Cryptography, Game
Theory, Geometry, Linear Algebra, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Number Theory,
Numerical Analysis, Probability

Other academics: 	Score of eleven in the 2007 Putnam Math Competition (top 25%).
Lower-level courses in computer science, electrical engineering, and physics.

Computer skills (varying levels): C, MatLab, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Excel, Java,
Mathematica

Interests:  		biking, country music, football