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At 18 years old, Nathan Thomas walked into a lecture hall at Miami Dade College in August 2023, like many others his age.<\/p>\n

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Except that Thomas wasn\u2019t a freshman. He was the professor. <\/p>\n

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His role at Miami Dade College earned him an even greater title, revealed Monday. According to Guinness World Records, he is the youngest-ever male professor.<\/p>\n

In August 2023, Thomas was 18 years and 346 days old. He beat a 306-year-old record, held by 19-year-old Colin Maclaurin. <\/p>\n

At the time, he was also just barely (16 days) younger than Alia Sabur, who claimed the title of youngest female professor when she stood in front of a classroom in 2008 at 18 years and 362 days old. According to Guinness, she was a full-time faculty member of the department of advanced technology fusion at Konkuk University in Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n

Thomas had already earned his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in electrical engineering, both with honors, according to Guinness. He enrolled in Miami Dade College when he was 10 years old, before transferring at 14 to Florida International University, which is where he earned both degrees.<\/p>\n

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Thomas then took his talents to COP 2270: C for Engineers in 2023, which the record counter described as \u201ccomplex computing and programming lessons.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you\u2019re in that setting, everyone\u2019s there for the same reason, which is to learn,\u201d he told Guinness. \u201cAge doesn\u2019t really factor into that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just focus on trying to do my job well and helping students in whatever way I can. If someone\u2019s willing to put in the effort, that\u2019s really all that matters to me,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Thomas said he was drawn to STEM partly because both his parents are engineers, and because math always \u201cclicked\u201d for him, he told Guinness. <\/p>\n

His mother \u201chad a way of making things feel simple even when they weren\u2019t, and I think some of that stuck with me more than I realized at the time,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

He noted that his favorite thing about teaching is watching students experience the material \u201cclick\u201d for them as it did for him. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a different kind of satisfaction than solving a problem yourself, almost like getting to relive that feeling through someone else,\u201d Thomas continued. \u201cTeaching something forces you to understand it on a whole other level \u2014 so I end up learning just as much from it as the students do, if not more.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has since enrolled in the University of Miami School of Law to earn his juris doctor degree. According to Guinness, he is still teaching online courses and plans to graduate with his law degree in 2028. <\/p>\n

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