awesome-rust-mentors/_includes/mentors.md

### Ahmed Masud ([@ahmed-masud](https://github.com/ahmed-masud/))
* **Pronouns**: he/him/they/them
* **Contact**: Twitter:([@ahmedmasud](https://twitter.com/ahmedmasud),  Email ([ahmed.masud@saf.ai](mailto:ahmed.masud@saf.ai))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Hindi, Urdu, some French, translate.google.com in a pinch,
* **Topics**: Beginners, Basics, CLI, Async, Machine-Learning, AI, File systems, Kernel development, opinions on managing complex projects
* **Additional Resources**: I am a relative beginner in Rust, but I have a lot of experience in software engineering and systems design (~30 years) I will share all the ways I've made mistakes :-) so you don't have to repeat any of mine. 

### Amit Upadhyay ([@amitu](https://github.com/amitu))
* **Pronouns**: Amit Upadhyay
* **Contact**: Email ([amitu@acko.com](mailto:amitu@acko.com))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Hindi
* **Topics**: Web Development, CLI, Database, [Realm](http://fifthtry.com/amitu/realm/)

### Ana Hobden ([@hoverbear](https://github.com/hoverbear))
* **Contact:** Email ([ana@hoverbear.org](mailto:ana@hoverbear.org)), Twitter ([@a_hoverbear](https://twitter.com/a_hoverbear))
* **Spoken Language:** _English_, some German, some Mandarin
* **Topics:** Distributed systems, software evolution, infrastructure, architecture, chaos testing, workshops, proc-macros

### Andre Bogus ([@llogiq](https://github.com/llogiq))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact** Twitter ([@llogiq](https://twitter.com/llogiq)), reddit ([/u/llogiq](https://reddit.com/user/llogiq))
* **Spoken Languages**: _German_, English
* **Topics**: Procedural macros, writing lints, unsafe code, performance, bit twiddling, public speaking

### Andreas Fischer ([@Vengarioth](https://github.com/vengarioth))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@vengarioth](https://twitter.com/vengarioth)), Email ([vengarioth@gmail.com](mailto:vengarioth@gmail.com))
* **Spoken Languages**: _German_, English
* **Topics**: Games programming, graphics & rendering, netcode (games), parsers, starting a company in germany

### Andrew Yourtchenko ([@ayourtch](https://github.com/ayourtch))
* **Pronouns**: he/him/them
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@ayourtch](https://twitter.com/ayourtch))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Russian
* **Topics**: Beginners, CLI, iron, mustache, IPv6 & computer networking in general
* **Additional Resources**: I would classify myself as an intermediate level in Rust, but I dabble at various levels, e.g. both lower-level like TACACS+ ([takaks](https://github.com/ayourtch/takaks)), FFI ([vpp-rust-plugin](https://github.com/vpp-dev/vpp-rust-plugin)), as well as higher level like web-apps ([rsp10](https://github.com/ayourtch/rsp10)) - will be happy to help and share my experience!

### Bastian Kauschke ([@lcnr](https://github.com/lcnr))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Zulip ([@lcnr](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/)), Twitter ([@lcnr7](https://twitter.com/lcnr7))
* **Spoken Languages**: _German_, English
* **Topics**: Beginners, intermediates, traits, unsafe code, compilers (both **rustc** and [others](https://github.com/lcnr/computer))

### Bernardo Meurer ([@lovesegfault](https://github.com/lovesegfault/))
* **Preferred Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@lovesegfault](https://twitter.com/lovesegfault)), Email ([bernardo@standard.ai](mailto://bernardo@standard.ai))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Portuguese
* **Topics**: Beginners, intermediates, video, cameras, data transports, distributed systems
* **Additional Resources**: You can see the [slides of the talk I gave](https://lovesegfault.com/files/rustlab-2019.pdf) this year as a reference on the kind of stuff I work with.

### Bhargav Voleti ([@bIgBV](https://github.com/bIgBV))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@2093bps](https://twitter.com/2093bps))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Hindi
* **Topics**: Beginners, async, distributed systems

### Cassie Meharry ([@cassiemeharry](https://github.com/cassiemeharry))
* **Pronouns**: she/her
* **Contact**: Email ([cassie@prophetessof.tech](mailto://cassie@prophetessof.tech)), Discord (bluejeans#1230)
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Intermediate Rust, `async`/`await`, web, CLI tools, system design

### Chuck Pierce ([@charlespierce](https://github.com/charlespierce))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@chuckapierce](https://twitter.com/chuckapierce)), Email ([chuck@charlespierce.dev](mailto://chuck@charlespierce.dev)), Discord (Chuck Pierce#8737)
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginner / Intermediate Rust, CLI, Developer Tools, Code Review

### Cyryl Płotnicki ([@cyplo](https://github.com/cyplo/))
* **Pronouns**: he/him/they/them
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@cyplo](https://twitter.com/cyplo))
* **Spoken Languages**: English, Polish
* **Topics**: mentoring others (so meta!), project management, brand-new-to-rust, structuring tests, property-based tests, fuzzers, distributed systems, I/O
* **Additional Resources**: I sometimes write about [Rust](https://blog.cyplo.dev/tags/rust/) on my [blog](https://blog.cyplo.dev/)

### Dimitri Sabadie ([@phaazon](https://github.com/phaazon))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@phaazon](https://twitter.com/phaazon_)), IRC (phaazon on Freenode), Email ([dimitri.sabadie@gmail.com](mailto://dimitri.sabadie@gmail.com)), Discord (phaazon#0545)
* **Spoken Languages**: French, English
* **Topics**: Graphics programming, procedural macros, unsafe bindings & FFI, functional programming & type theory, parsing, type-driven architectures, blockchains, low-level optimizations, cargo tools, writing RFCs.
* **Additional Resources**:
    * [My blog](https://phaazon.net/blog)

### Doug Tangren ([@softprops](https://github.com/softprops))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@softprops](https://twitter.com/softprops)),  Email ([d.tangren@gmail.com](mailto://d.tangren@gmail.com)), Discord (softprops#1989)
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginners, intermediates. Transitioning to Rust from Scala/Java/Typescript. Community. Open source. Effective std lib. Command line tools, AWS/Serverless.

### Dylan DPC ([@Dylan-DPC](https://github.com/Dylan-DPC))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Discord (@dpc), Twitter ([@dpc_22](https://twitter.com/dpc_22))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, German
* **Topics**: Open to anything that is sort of in the general-purpose domain

### Eliza Weisman ([@hawkw](https://github.com/hawkw))
* **Pronouns**: she/her
* **Contact**: Email ([eliza@buoyant.io](mailto://eliza@buoyant.io)), Discord (_mycoliza#5146_)
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Async I/O, networking, concurrent data structures. I'm pretty busy and would generally prefer to provide mentoring for contributions to projects I already contribute to ([`tokio`](https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio), [`tracing`](https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing),  [`tower`](https://github.com/tower-rs/tower), etc).

### Erich Gubler ([@erichdongubler](https://github.com/erichdongubler))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Email ([erichdongubler@gmail.com](mailto://erichdongubler@gmail.com))
* **Spoken Languages**: English, Portuguese (BR)
* **Topics**: Forensics/parsing, workflow (setting up projects, architecture)

### Esteban Küber ([@estebank](https://github.com/estebank))
* **Pronouns**: he/his
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@ekuber](https://twitter.com/ekuber))
* **Spoken Languages**: English, Spanish
* **Topics**: Beginners, `rustc` (parser, diagnostics and in general).

### Gabe Martinez ([@mystal](https://github.com/mystal))
* **Pronouns**: they/them
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@mystalice](https://twitter.com/mystalice)), Discord (mystal#3600)
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginner/Intermediate Rust, Game Programming (& Design), Rapid Prototyping, Product Management

### Geoff Shannon ([@RadicalZephyr](https://github.com/RadicalZephyr))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Discord (_@radicalzephyr#6728_)
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginners, intermediates, async/await, macros (by-example and procedural), parsing, tokio

### Gray Olson ([@termhn](https://github.com/termhn))
* **Pronouns**: she/her
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@fu5ha](https://twitter.com/fu5ha))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginners, graphics, gamedev
* **Additional resources**:
    * [learn-gfx-hal](https://rust-tutorials.github.io/learn-gfx-hal/)
    * [learn-rendy](https://github.com/rust-tutorials/learn-rendy/)
    * [Introduction to PBR](https://www.grayolson.me/blog/posts/pbr-intro/)<Paste>

### Jane Lusby ([@yaahc](https://github.com/yaahc))
* **Pronouns**: she/her
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@yaahc_](https://twitter.com/yaahc_))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginners, community outreach, cargo, clippy, tracing, CLI, exercism.io, code review
* **Aditional Resources**: [My work tracker](https://github.com/yaahc/prs/projects/1), I'm especially happy to mentor any of these issues

### Jonathan Turner ([@jonathandturner](https://github.com/jonathandturner))
* **Pronouns**: any gender pronoun
* **Contact**: Email, Discord (_jturner#3961_), Twitter ([@jntrnr](https://twitter.com/jntrnr))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Developer experiences, growing projects, Emulation, CLI, and Beginner/Intermediate Rust

### Joshua Mir ([@joshua-mir](https://github.com/joshua-mir))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@jam10o](https://twitter.com/jam10o)), Gitter Parity technical support chat: ([@joshua-mir](https://gitter.im/paritytech/parity))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginner Rust, cryptocurrency, blockchain, parity-ethereum, Substrate runtime development
* **Additional Resources**: [Substrate Docs](https://substrate.dev), [Parity (Ethereum) Wiki](https://wiki.parity.io), [Substrate Community Resources](https://substrate.dev/en/community)

### Kevin Flansburg ([@kflansburg](https://github.com/kflansburg))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: email (in GitHub profile), reddit ([/u/chicago_moose](https://www.reddit.com/user/chicago_moose))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Rust, Microservices, Kubernetes, Kafka, Websockets, Automated Trading
* **Additional Resources**: [Krustlet](https://github.com/deislabs/krustlet), [KrustletCRI](https://github.com/kflansburg/krustlet-cri)

### Kevin Knapp ([@kbknapp](https://github.com/kbknapp))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact** Twitter ([@thekbknapp](https://twitter.com/thekbknapp)), reddit ([/u/Kbknapp](https://reddit.com/user/Kbknapp)), Keybase ([kbknapp](https://keybase.io/kbknapp)
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Spanish (intermediate)
* **Topics**: Beginners, all things CLI, performance, API design, clap, public speaking, systems design

### Lokathor ([@lokathor](https://github.com/lokathor))
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@Lokathor](https://twitter.com/Lokathor)), Discord (_Lokathor#2627_)
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginners, intermediates, unsafe, FFI, SIMD

### Luca Barbato ([@lu-zero](https://github.com/lu-zero))
* **Contact**: IRC (lu_zero on [freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23rust-av&uio=d4)), Telegram ([lu_zero](https://telegram.me/lu_zero))
* **Spoken Languages**: English, Italian
* **Topics**: Multimedia, cargo, proc-macros, CLI

### Luca Palmieri ([@LukeMathWalker](https://github.com/LukeMathWalker))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@algo_luca](https://twitter.com/algo_luca)), Email ([rust@lpalmieri.com](mailto:rust@lpalmieri.com))
* **Spoken Languages**: English, Italian
* **Topics**: Scientific computing, machine learning, CLI, backend development/enterprise software.
* **Additional Resources**:
    * [Taking ML to production with Rust: a 25x speedup](https://www.lpalmieri.com/posts/2019-12-01-taking-ml-to-production-with-rust-a-25x-speedup/)
    * [Scientific computing: a Rust adventure](https://www.lpalmieri.com/posts/2019-02-23-scientific-computing-a-rust-adventure-part-0-vectors/)
    * [Writing enterprise software - a Rust experiment](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1r5CsiHwqABOTsrN5Dlbf4gCyhcL46NTv7qv9m5mBv-o/edit?usp=sharing)
    * [A Machine learning introduction to ndarray (workshop)](https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/ndarray-koans)

### Lucio Franco ([@LucioFranco](https://github.com/LucioFranco))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@lucio_d_franco](https://twitter.com/lucio_d_franco))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Italian, French
* **Topics**: Async io, networking, distributed systems, game dev, compilers

### Maher Khalil ([@maherkhalil07](https://github.com/maherkhalil07))
* **Contact**:maherkhalil@outlook.com
* **Spoken Languages**: English, Arabic
* **Topics**: Beginners

### Mara Bos ([@m-ou-se](https://github.com/m-ou-se))
* **Pronouns**: she/her
* **Contact**: Email ([rust@m-ou.se](mailto:rust@m-ou.se))
* **Spoken Languages**: English, Dutch
* **Topics**: Embedded, CLI, math, proc-macro, Linux, undefined behaviour, FFI, lifetimes, shared memory, memory ordering/atomics/caches

### Mike Tang ([@daogangtang](https://github.com/daogangtang))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@daogangtang](https://twitter.com/daogangtang))
* **Spoken Languages**: Mandarin, English
* **Topics**: Beginners, community meetup, wasm, web framework, orm, substrate...
* **Additional Resources**:
  - [rust.cc](https://rust.cc)
  - [rustforce.net](https://rustforce.net)

### Nikolai Vazquez ([@nvzqz](https://github.com/nvzqz))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@NikolaiVazquez](https://twitter.com/NikolaiVazquez)), Email ([nikvzqz@gmail.com](mailto:nikvzqz@gmail.com)), Discord ([nvzqz#4477](https://discordapp.com/invite/rust-lang))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Spanish, German
* **Topics**: Learning Rust from nothing or experienced newcomers
* **Additional Resources**: I maintain [Static Assertions](https://github.com/nvzqz/static-assertions-rs), so I'd be happy to teach people how it works

### Oli ([@oli-obk](https://github.com/oli-obk))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Zulip ([@oli](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/)), Github ([@oli-obk](https://github.com/oli-obk)), Discord ([oli#1337](https://discordapp.com/invite/rust-lang))
* **Spoken Languages**: _German_, English
* **Topics**: Miri, const eval, error messages and other diagnostics, optimizations, MIR

### Phil Krones ([@flip1995](https://github.com/flip1995))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: GitHub ([@flip1995](https://github.com/flip1995)), E-Mail ([hello@philkrones.com](mailto:hello@philkrones.com)), Discord ([flip1995#2683](https://discordapp.com/users/618807455651987476); not that active there)
* **Spoken Languages**: German, English
* **Topics**: Beginners, Clippy, Lints, Diagnostics

### Raj ([@avranju](https://github.com/avranju/))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@avranju](https://twitter.com/avranju))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Networking, async I/O, beginner/intermediate Rust

### Ravi ([@wafflespeanut](https://github.com/wafflespeanut))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@wafflespeanut](https://twitter.com/wafflespeanut))
* **Spoken Languages**: _Tamil_, English
* **Topics**: Beginners, CLI, web, coding practices, clean + maintainable code.
* **Additional Resources**: I'm actively working on [paperclip](https://github.com/wafflespeanut/paperclip), a WIP OpenAPI tooling library. I'd love to give a hand if anyone's interested!

### Robert Winslow ([@rw](https://github.com/rw))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@robert_winslow](https://twitter.com/robert_winslow))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Distributed systems, low-latency, testing, formal methods, Bayesian statistics, machine learning, deep learning, serialization. async/await, [FlatBuffers](https://github.com/google/flatbuffers), testing, minimizing heap allocations, lifetimes, traits, borrow-checker, API design
* **Additional Resources**: Video of a [talk I presented at Mozilla HQ on FlatBuffers in Rust](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsiQDX20lXI).

### Roman Proskuryakov ([@kpp](https://github.com/kpp))
* **Contact**: Github ([@kpp](https://github.com/kpp)), Email ([r.proskuryakoff@gmail.com](mailto:r.proskuryakoff@gmail.com)), Telegram ([gitkpp](https://t.me/gitkpp)),
* **Spoken Languages**: English, Russian
* **Topics**: Beginner/Intermediate Rust, async, futures, CI

### Shady Khalifa ([@shekohex](https://github.com/shekohex))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@shekohex](https://twitter.com/ShekoHex))
* **Spoken Languages**: _Arabic_, English
* **Topics**: Networking, FFI, CLI, parsers, development tools, web (server-side)

### Søren Mortensen ([@nerosnm](https://github.com/nerosnm))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@nerosnm](https://twitter.com/nerosnm)), Email ([soren@neros.dev](mailto:soren@neros.dev))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginners/the basics, developer tools, CLI, Rust–Swift/Objective-C interop

### Tim McNamara ([@timClicks](https://github.com/timClicks))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@timClicks](https://twitter.com/timClicks)), Discord ([timClicks#4198](https://discord.gg/rust-lang)), Reddit ([u/timClicks](https://www.reddit.com/user/timClicks))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, German
* **Topics**: Rust for people who know Python/Ruby/JavaScript, data science, natural language processing
* **Additional Resources**:
   * Twitch stream: https://twitch.tv/timclicks
   * YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/timClicks

### William ([@Firstyear](https://github.com/Firstyear/))
* **Pronouns**: he/him/they/them
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@Erstejahre](https://twitter.com/Erstejahre)), Email ([william@blackhats.net.au](mailto:william@blackhats.net.au))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Code review, beginners, C-FFI, concurrency, data structures, security, identity management aka authentication
* **Additional Resources**:
    * [Programming lessons and methods](https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/html/2019/02/26/programming_lessons_and_methods.html)
    * [LDAP guide](https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/html/pages/ldap_guide_part_1_foundations.html)
    * [Using rust generics to enforce db record state](https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/html/2019/04/13/using_rust_generics_to_enforce_db_record_state.html)
    * [CPU atomics and ordering explained](https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/html/2019/07/16/cpu_atomics_and_orderings_explained.html)

### Xavier Lange ([@xrl](https://github.com/xrl))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Discord ([uint128_t#5905](https://discordapp.com/invite/rust-lang))
* **Spoken Languages**: English, French
* **Topics**: Actix, Kubernetes, Docker builds

### Zack M. Davis ([@zackmdavis](https://github.com/zackmdavis))
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@zackmdavis](https://twitter.com/zackmdavis)), email ([code@zackmdavis.net](mailto:code@zackmdavis.net)), Discord (_zackmdavis#3944_)
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Language basics, rustc development (especially diagnostics)

### Andrew Lilley Brinker ([@alilleybrinker](https://github.com/alilleybrinker))
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@alilleybrinker](https://twitter.com/alilleybrinker))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Language (beginner through advanced [I teach Rust]), FFI, Software Assurance, Type System

### Tyler Neely ([@spacejam](https://github.com/spacejam))
* **Contact**: Discord ([@spacejam#5759 on the Rust discord](https://discord.gg/rust-lang))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Professional Rust trainer. Distributed systems, storage engines, io_uring, exploit development, lock-free programming, parallelism, fault injection, testing, systems engineering, consensus, eventual consistency, binary instrumentation, fuzzing, profiling, tuning, SIMD, FFI, kernel and hypervisor development.
* **Additional Resources**:
  - [error handling in Rust](https://sled.rs/errors)
  - [Jepsen-proof engineering](https://sled.rs/simulation)
  - [Fear and Loathing in Lock-Free Programming](https://medium.com/@tylerneely/fear-and-loathing-in-lock-free-programming-7158b1cdd50c)
  - [model-based testing](https://medium.com/@tylerneely/reliable-systems-series-model-based-property-testing-e89a433b360)
  - [building reliable infrastructure in Rust](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMJEPWcSD8w)

### Berwyn Jamesson ([@berwyn](https://github.com/berwyn))
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@\_berwyn\_](https://twitter.com/_berwyn_)), Discord (berwyn#0956)
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginners, code review, coding practices, Docker, cargo, clippy

### T.J. Telan ([@tjtelan](https://github.com/tjtelan))
* **Pronouns**: he/him/they/them
* **Contact**: Twitter([@ThatTJTelan](https://twitter.com/ThatTJTelan))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: CLI, DevOps (CI/CD, automation, tools, infrastructure), distributed systems, embedded systems, wasm, beginner/intermediate Rust
* **Additional Resources**:
   - My Blog - https://tjtelan.com/ (Or just the [Rust stuff](https://tjtelan.com/tags/rust/))
   - My Twitch channel - https://www.twitch.tv/tjtelan

<h1 id="mentors-end"></h1>

<script>
var people = [];
var e = document.getElementById("individual-mentorship");
while (e.nextSibling.nodeName != 'H3') e.nextSibling.remove();
e = e.nextSibling;
do {
    let person = [];
    do {
        person.push(e);
        e = e.nextSibling;
    } while (!/^H[123]$/i.test(e.nodeName));
    people.push(person);
} while (e.nodeName == 'H3');
for (let i = people.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
    const j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));
    [people[i], people[j]] = [people[j], people[i]];
}
people.forEach(person => {
    person.forEach(x => {
        e.parentNode.insertBefore(x, e);
    });
});
e.remove();
</script>