Adam Logan

Adam Logan is a Canadian-American mathematician and tournament Scrabble player. His work is primarily in arithmetic geometry and algebraic geometry. In Scrabble, he has won the World Scrabble Championship in 2005 and 2025.

Early life, education, and personal life Logan is the son of George Logan and Michal Ben-Gera, who both described Logan as mathematically gifted as a child. He attended the Lisgar Collegiate Institute. He was a Putnam Fellow in 1992 and 1993. He completed his first degree, in mathematics, at Princeton University in 1995, graduating at the top of his class and received a PhD from Harvard University in 1999. In 2005, he won the championship against Pakorn Nemitrmansuk of Thailand, 3–0 in the final, and in 2025, won against Nigel Richards of New Zealand, 4–2 in the final.

Since his competitive career began in 1985, Logan has played nearly 2700 tournament games, compiling a winning percentage of 69.5%, and earning around $103,000 in prize money.

Mathematics He completed his postdoctoral work at McGill University between 2002 through 2003.