Federico

Federico earned his BSc and Master’s in Mathematics from Sapienza University of Rome, both with 110/110 cum laude, and went on to a PhD in Algebraic Geometry at University College London.

Federico has tutored since starting his maths degree in 2013, working with high school students and undergraduates. He taught a course preparing final-year students at his former high school for their Maths exam, wrote scripts for maths video lessons on the Italian e-learning platform PoK Scuola Digitale, and during the Covid-19 lockdown taught an online outreach course for young students.

Federico believes there is no point learning mathematics by heart. With a new student he first discusses what they have and haven’t understood, then reviews theory or works through difficult exercises. He makes sure the theory is fully understood before guiding students to discover solutions themselves, with occasional hints, and encourages independent work between sessions. He wants students to see that mathematics is beautiful and that the effort to understand it is richly rewarded.