Ben Galluzzo

Ben Galluzzo is a national and international leader in mathematical modeling education with experience in PK–12 and higher education. Before becoming COMAP’s Executive Director, he was Associate Professor of Mathematics at Clarkson University, where he also served as Associate Director of the Institute for STEM Education and Head of The Clarkson School. He has led COMAP’s HiMCM Contest, chaired the International Mathematical Modeling Challenge Expert Panel, and contributed extensively to math modeling contests as an advisor, problem writer, and judge. Ben’s work has helped secure nearly $10 million in external funding, and he is a recipient of the MAA’s Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching. He co-authored the GAIMME Report and two of SIAM’s most-downloaded mathematical modeling handbooks.