Who I want to become when I grow up (continuously updated)

Unfortunately, when I grow up, I won’t become anyone other than myself — but the people, channels, and profiles listed below really inspire me.

Yujin H. Kim (added August 1, 2026)

Yujin defended his dissertation at Courant and very recently started a math account on Instagram. So far everything there resonates with me deeply.

Djalil Chafaï (added May 15, 2026)

I do not understand most of the mathematics he works on, but one can easily spend a good hour just looking through the pictures on this website.

Welch Labs (added May 1, 2026)

Geniuses of machine learning visualization.

Francis Bach

This is simply the blog of a true visionary about machine learning theory and mathematics.

Gabriel Peyré

Here, everything is related to optimal transport.
But besides that, he also has a GitHub for experimental computational mathematics and it is an entirely new level in teaching.

Alexander Shen’

Unfortunately, most of his texts and lectures are only in Russian, but I think I have watched everything available on YouTube, and this is the peak of pedagogy.

Alfredo Canziani

I attended his seminars.
His visualizations are simply a piece of art.

3Blue1Brown

A classic and, apparently, one of the founders of the modern genre of mathematical visualization.

The list will continue to grow.