Jiri Lebl is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Oklahoma State University. Jiri has taught mathematics at all levels for over a decade now, at several other institutions as well: San Diego State University, University of California at San Diego, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has published over 20 peer reviewed scientific papers, mostly focused on complex analysis in several variables. Before jumping fully into mathematics, he was involved in programming and free software, in particular the GNOME desktop project,