Turn Your Passions Into Pursuits
- Jacquelyn Adams
Po-Shen Loh is a social entrepreneur, working across the spectrum of mathematics, education, and healthcare, all around the world. He is the founder of the free personalized learning platform expii.com, a social enterprise supported by his series of online math courses that reinvent the middle school math curriculum with a focus on creative thinking. He is also a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the national coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad team.
Upon the outbreak of COVID-19, he turned his mathematical attention to create NOVID, the world’s first app to introduce the fundamentally different personal radar paradigm for pandemic control. His research and educational outreach takes him to cities across the world, reaching over 10,000 people each year through public lectures and events, and he has featured in or co-created videos totaling over 10 million YouTube views.
Social Media:
https://www.facebook.com/poshenloh
https://www.instagram.com/poshenloh
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf78EJOm4wQ4xXwSS15PuxQ
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Common thread in diverse portfolio
2:10 International Mathematical Olympiad
4:39 College professor vs founding a company
6:57 Cheerleaders and mathematics
9:35 NOVID app
21:39 Technology advancements creating solutions
23:12 Advice for creating portfolio
26:01 Path for life long learning
28:05 Career reset moment
34:45 Contact information
-Edited by Scott Michael Media
-Music Licensed via Soundstripe