Aliakbar Daemi

Lectures were great and always super clear, exams sometimes difficult but the grading policies were very generous and fair, learned a lot and really great class overall

1/26/2026

Great professor. Took topology with him, and it was a difficult, but rewarding class. Recommended for anyone who loves math. Beware, the exams will kick your ass

11/17/2025

Daemi is a really caring professor who will go out of his way to help his students. He makes sure you understand whatever question you come to him with, is very accessible outside of class, office hours were good and optional problem session was helpful. His teaching made multiple choice/conceptual questions on exams very easy to handle.

9/5/2023

His style of lecturing was writing out many examples, and elaborating on concepts/definitions along the way, on the blackboard, which I personally found helpful for success in this class. He takes questions, stays after class to help, is helpful during OH, and even hosted weekly problem sessions despite the asynchronous model. Good pick for 132

5/3/2023

He tries his best and is kind to students, but his lectures could be more helpful. He explains calc 2 like he's speaking to another mathematician

5/2/2023

Daemi is one of the most underrated math profs at WashU. I took his calc3 this semester and it was great. Lectures were amazing with helpful examples and he was always patient to take questions. He shows care for his students and genuinely wants you to succeed. I enjoyed our class and the math. Would take again!

4/28/2023

Matrix with Professor Daemi was doable. Some tips would be to go to office hours if the Crowdmark is hard and make sure to take diligent notes of the definitions he gives. Also, the practice exams help prepare you for the midterms and finals.

2/26/2022

Unclear and hard to follow in the lectures (for me). But, homework is very relevant to tests so if you spend the time each week to skim the textbook, skip through a few khan academy videos, and/or go to academic mentoring so that you can do the homework well, you should do well on tests. Nice guy, just inexperienced and not the best lecturer.

1/16/2022

Too much homework. I found him to be unhelpful and a bit rude outside of class. Talked to the board too much. Each lecture was individually good and well-explained, but they didn't always line up with subsequent lectures very well. This made some topics more confusing than they had to be, since it was unclear whether we had seen a topic before.

12/26/2021

Teaches by filling boards with a textbook style of progression with definitions, examples, and proofs. Can be a little fast sometimes, but I enjoy this style of teaching through discovery and building up concepts.

12/3/2021

Guy clearly knows how to do the math but just has no real ability to teach it. He just stands at the front of the class and does work on the board without much explanation. Better off teaching yourself with the textbook.

11/22/2021

Daemi literally just writes and speaks in very low and confusing tones -- it's hard to understand during lectures. Although Daemi is very intelligent, you won't learn much from going to lectures. The homework is ok but hard due to the lack of knowledge students have.

11/16/2021

Daemi seems to be talking to the board instead of the students 90% of the time, and he shows no capability as a professor to teach the students. He writes too much, rushes over concepts, and just simply doesn't explain that much. With that being said, he is a very nice person and will explain concepts to you if you ask him with follow up questions.

9/16/2021

He was one of three professors during Calc 1, but I only met him during office hours. He helped me a lot when it came to math problems I was struggling on and really took time to get to each of the students' questions! He's really caring and always wished us luck on quizzes or whatever else was going on at the end of office hours. I respect him

1/7/2021