Paul Bialek, PhD

Associate Professor of Mathematics, 1995

BS, MS, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Prior to coming to Trinity, Dr. Bialek taught as a visiting assistant professor of mathematics at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He also served as a mathematics instructor at the College of Wooster in Ohio and as a teaching assistant at the University of Illinois. Dr. Bialek's research interests include the history of mathematics, number theory and the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, especially the translation of Euler’s works from Latin to English. Besides Latin, he has studied Spanish, New Testament Greek, Old Testament Hebrew, Chinese, French and Russian. He coauthored articles in Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, International Mathematics Research Notices and Canadian Mathematical Society Conference Proceedings. Dr. Bialek is a member of the Mathematical Association of America, the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences, and the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area, for which he served as Chair of the Mathematics Division in 2001-02. Since 2001, he has graded AP Calculus exams for the College Board.

Dr. Bialek and his wife, Nancy, live in Deerfield. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, and learning foreign languages, such as Spanish, Chinese, New Testament Greek, and Old Testament Hebrew. He appeared on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on January 17-18, 2007.