Eugenia Cheng, Ph.D.

Scientist-in-Residence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Cheng is scientist-in-residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She won tenure in pure mathematics at the University of Sheffield in England. She was an early pioneer of math on YouTube, and her videos have been viewed over 15 million times. She is the author of popular math books “How to Bake Pi,” “Beyond Infinity,” “The Art of Logic” and “x+y: A Mathematician’s Manifesto for Rethinking Gender.” Cheng is also a concert pianist and artist.

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