Thomas Chen

Thomas Chen is a PhD student in Biostatistics at the University of Cambridge, based in the MRC Biostatistics Unit's Causal Mechanisms programme. He was born/raised in The Hague, Netherlands, and won a bronze medal for the Netherlands at the 2018 International Mathematical Olympiad (Cluj-Napoca) as a pupil at Gymnasium Haganum, after taking silver at the 2018 Benelux Mathematical Olympiad. He went on to read Mathematics and Linguistics at Universiteit Leiden (BSc), writing his 2021 bachelor thesis on 'The Leech lattice: Sphere packings and the Conway groups', then completed a Master's in Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge before starting his PhD. He also competed at IMC 2022 for Leiden and served as Freshers' Officer on the Downing College MCR committee.

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• Represented the Netherlands at the 59th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2018, Cluj-Napoca), winning a bronze medal with 18 points (P1-P6: 7,3,0,7,1,0), ranking 228th overall.Jul 2018
• Represented the Netherlands at the 59th IMO (Cluj-Napoca 2018) while at Gymnasium Haganum, winning bronze with 18 points (ranked 228th).Jul 2018
• Publishes a work email ([contact omitted]) and is listed as a PhD student in the MRC Biostatistics Unit's Causal Mechanisms programme - reachable directly through the unit's staff directory.Jul 2024
• Won silver (20 points) for the Netherlands at the Benelux Mathematical Olympiad while a student at Gymnasium Haganum, Den Haag.May 2018
• Competed for Universiteit Leiden at the International Mathematics Competition for University Students (IMC) 2022, scoring 54 points.Aug 2022
• Wrote his 2021 Leiden bachelor thesis on the Leech lattice and Conway groups under Jan B. Vonk, then moved into biostatistics in Cambridge - a shift from pure algebra/geometry toward applied statistics.2021
• Competed for Universiteit Leiden at IMC 2022 (54 points), staying active in competitive mathematics years after the IMO.Aug 2022
• Public Instagram (@thoma_s_ab) bio lists 'Leiden 서울대 Cambridge'; it also shows him as Downing College MCR Freshers' Officer (2024) with hometown The Hague.Feb 2024