Matt Parker

Matthew "Matt" Parker (born December 22, 1980) is an Australian stand-up comedian, author, YouTube personality and maths communicator. Parker is the Public Engagement in Mathematics Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. He is a former maths teacher, and lives in Godalming, UK.

Parker went to the University of Western Australia and started off studying mechanical engineering before he "realized the very real risk of being employable at the end of it." He switched into physics and later mathematics. His love of maths led him to want a job in maths.

After college, Parker taught maths in Australia for a while before moving to London and continuing teaching. He later became involved in support education, working with universities and other organizations to arrange maths talks. He later went back to teaching before stopping after one year. He now helps students communicate mathematics to other people, speaks at schools, does media work, and occasionally writes about math. His goal is "to get more people more excited about maths."

Parker has appeared in numerous YouTube videos, talking about various subjects related to mathematics. While he does have his own YouTube channel ("StandUpMaths"), Parker also appears on bigger channels such as Brady Haran's Numberphile and James May's BritLab|Head Squeeze (now BritLab).

Parker has toured the UK both solo and as part of comedy group Festival of the Spoken Nerd, along with Helen Arney and Steve Mould. His first solo tour Matt Parker: Number Ninja finished in July 2013, while his second solo tour “Matt Parker: Now in 4D” started in late 2014.

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