Lee Trent

I'm a mathematician, artist, and educator from Champaign, Illinois. I am a PhD student in mathematics at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. I currently work as a substitute teacher in the Twin Cities area and as a TA and instructor for both the University of Minnesota and Art of Problem Solving (AoPS)'s online school.

I earned my BS in Pure Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, in the Spring of 2022. I minored in German, political science, and astronomy/astrophysics. I've also taken classes with Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education, and Parkland Community College. I graduated from Champaign Central High School in 2016.

My mathematical research has been primarily in graph theory and number theory, sometimes applied to voting theory or art. I've also done projects in astronomy, math education, math cognition, and math communication. I've mentored three high school research projects, all in combinatorics.

I'm a founder of the Online Undergraduate Resource Fair for the Advancement and Alliance of Marginalized Mathematicians (OURFA2M2), an online conference that aims to support and unite undergraduate mathematicians from any and all marginalized backgrounds and identities. I was an organizer for the first four OURFA2M2 conferences, and served as a PI of the NSF grants we secured to fund the third and fourth conferences, in partnership with the MAA. 

I was a counselor at RHAMP in 2017, PROMYS from 2019 to 2022 (including as head counselor in 2022), and Ross in 2023. I was a problem writer for the Minnesota State High School Math League from 2023-2025. 

I founded and organized the first three Sonia Kovalevsky Math Days for Girls at Rose-Hulman. I maintain the USA/Canada Math PhD Programs GRE Requirements spreadsheet. I also founded the Rose-Hulman Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) chapter, and have been involved in oSTEM at Rose-Hulman, UMN, and nationally.

I made an online game called Glyphs, based on one of my favorite games, Zendo by Looney Labs. I'd love it if you tried it, and I'd love it even more if you shared some feedback!