The Team

Directors

Aileen Bae
Aileen Bae

Hi guys!! My name's Aileen and I'm currently a senior at Rickards High School. I love almost all things science, and you can usually find me cramming for something I procrastinated. Apart from that, I love dancing, singing, and picking up random hobbies.

Himank Chhaya
Himank Chhaya

Hey guys, my name is Himank and I'm a senior at Rickards. I've been doing Science Olympiad for 6 years now. I like playing basketball but you can catch me watching any sport. Looking forward to a great invite!

Rishi Aka
Rishi Aka

Hello, my name is Rishi and I'm a senior at Rickards High School. I've been doing Science Olympiad for 6 years. I like Chipotle and sports. If you're reading this I probably need a haircut.

Co-Directors

Ayush Patel
Ayush Patel

Hi, my name is Ayush, a junior at Rickards. Ive done Science Olympiad for 4 years and enjoy doing air trajectory. Some of my hobbies are sleeping, watching movies, playing mobile games and eating black bean chalupas.

Daniel Bae
Daniel Bae

Hi my name is Daniel and I am a junior at Rickards. In my free time I like to hang out with Ashvin Sinha and Rakesh Raj or eat ice cream. You can also find me on valorant or actually working on RSOI. I have 3 pets.

Event Supervisors

Please refrain from contacting the event supervisors directly about event information. All questions should be directed to director@rsoi.org.

Aarushi Thatola
Aarushi Thatola

Hi! I’m Aarushi, a current senior captain at Seven Lakes High School. I do a mix of chemistry/inquiry, and I like to vlog/make videos in my free time! Please do not ask me to write the analysis or solve a K2 aristo.

Crime Busters B
Aashay Mody
Aashay Mody

I'm studying Environment & Sustainability at Cornell University. My favorite events are ornithology, entomology, and forestry.

Dynamic Planet C
Entomology C
Abrar Erattuparambil
Abrar Erattuparambil

Hi, I'm Abrar and I'm a Computer Engineering major at Georgia Tech! My favorite events are Materials Science and Scrambler.

Electric Vehicle C
Adhrit Maiti
Adhrit Maiti

I'm Adhrit, a 10th grader at Baton Rouge High! I like dinosaurs and cats! Hopefully you enjoy my tests.

Meteorology B
Water Quality B
Aditi Venkatesan
Aditi Venkatesan

Hi! I'm Aditi and I'm a sophomore at Westview HS. This is my 5th year doing Scioly, my favorite events are Astronomy, Solar System, and Microbe Mission. In my free time, I enjoy badminton, tennis, and playing GamePigeon with friends!

Solar System B
Agasya Mukkapati
Agasya Mukkapati

Hi! I'm a junior at Holly Springs HS, and my favorite events are bio and ID events.

Anatomy & Physiology B
Alan Cai
Alan Cai

yo

Codebusters B
Alex Brown
Alex Brown

Hi my name is Alex and I’m studying Electrical engineering at George Washington University. I’ve competed in Science Olympiad since middle school and am excited to write for Rickards!

Engineering CAD C
Alex Francavilla
Alex Francavilla

American High School '27 🦅🇺🇸🔥 SciOly tryhard (aren't we all)

Metric Mastery B
Boomilever B
Alyx Bi
Alyx Bi

Just a humble cat passing by. Story-lover, dilettante in all things unnecessary, and hoarder of meaningless knowledge. Often found wandering. Friends with other cats and birds. May the Stars and Moon guide you to fulfill the dreams of Heroes and Gods from bygone times.

Disease Detectives B
Amogh Acharya
Amogh Acharya

I’m Amogh Acharya and I’m a highschooler at James S. Rickards High School. After a traumatic experience with Meteorology, I vowed to never do a study event ever again. I like build events because it’s the only thing I build outside of Fortnite.

Scrambler C
Amrutha Kara
Amrutha Kara

Hey! My name is Amrutha, and I'm a junior at Enloe High School. I've competed in Science Olympiad since 7th grade, primarily in biology and chemistry events. My favorite event is Anatomy & Physiology -- the system rotations for this year are the best! Outside of Science Olympiad, you can find me playing the Wordle, listening to SZA, or drinking matcha.

Water Quality C
Amy Peng
Amy Peng

Hi, I'm Amy! This will be my 6th year competing in Science Olympiad and my 4th year writing and supervising for Rickards! My favorite events are Forestry, Anatomy & Physiology, and Remote Sensing. Outside of scioly you can find my interests to veer more towards the biological and mechanical side of things. I enjoy staring at trees and sleeping in my free time. I hope you guys enjoyed the tests! Sorry for making them so diabolical.

Anatomy & Physiology C
Remote Sensing C
Amy Zhou
Amy Zhou

Hi guys, I'm Amy Zhou and I'm a senior at Stuyvesant High School. I like physics and sometimes I also like the scioly physics events. #stuynats26 #stuynatsforever

Experimental Design B
Machines B
Anandavel Sakthi
Anandavel Sakthi

Hi, I'm Anandavel Sakthi and I'm a junior(and captain) at IA East! This is my 6th year competing and my 3th year writing, though my tests are still diabolical. My favorite events are Sounds of Music, Codebusters, and Remote Sensing. Outside of SciOly you can find me speaking to the trees(or getting my knees broken by the lorax), devouring some noodles and co, or playing music. May the odds be ever in your favor and I hope you enjoy Rickards!

Remote Sensing B
Robot Tour C
Andrew Xing
Andrew Xing

andrew aint got a description

Robot Tour C
Aneesh Iyer
Aneesh Iyer

don’t be stinky

Codebusters C
Anirudh Kalyanaraman
Anirudh Kalyanaraman

anirudh aint got a description

Forensics C
Materials Science C
Anish Kunapareddy
Anish Kunapareddy

Hi everyone! My name is Anish, and I'm a freshman at Seven Lakes High School. I currently compete for/captain the Seven Lakes JH team, and it's my 3rd year competing. My favorite event to compete in is Anatomy & Physiology. I hope you enjoyed my test!

Anatomy & Physiology C
Anna Zamastsynania
Anna Zamastsynania

Hi! My name is Anna Zamastsyanina, and I'm currently a freshman at Rice University studying bioengineering. I competed in Science Olympiad for 6 years, and my favorite events were Astronomy and Ornithology. Even though I can't compete anymore, I'm excited to be writing for Rickards again this year!

Astronomy C
Asmitha Etukala
Asmitha Etukala

Hi, I'm Asmitha, a freshman at the University of Florida studying nursing and chemistry. I love horses and I'm excited to help out!

Forensics C
Brycen Nelson
Brycen Nelson

Brycen is a senior at Fulton Science Academy and a full-time dual enrollment student at Georgia Tech. This is his fifth year competing in, coaching, and event supervising for Science Olympiad. He is enthusiastic about anything biophysics-related (he may be a little too obsessed with proteins) and hopes to pursue biomolecular engineering in college. In his free time, he enjoys crocheting, clicking circles in osu!, and spending time with his four cats.

Materials Science C
Claire Huang
Claire Huang

Heyy, I'm Claire a rising Junior at Solon High School. I LOVE LOVE LOVE bio events in general along with code, cuz code is such a W event. I listen to classics like Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff whenever I read bio textbooks, all the way to rappers like Playboi Carti, Travis Scott and Lil Tecca in my free time.

Anatomy & Physiology B
Claire Lin
Claire Lin

Hi, my name is Claire and I'm a senior at WWPN. This will be my 5th year competing, and I mainly do bio events and code. In my free time, I enjoy hanging out with friends and watching sports.

Codebusters C
Claire Long
Claire Long

Hi! I'm Claire, a junior and current Scioly captain at Seven Lakes High School! I currently compete in Entomology, Water Quality, and Bungee Drop. If you ever compete with me, feel free to come by and say hi!

Entomology B
Connor Chang
Connor Chang

Connor is an avid rock taster from North Hollywood High School. He enjoys watching the NBA and has been a depressed Clippers fan for 17 years. He also watches the NFL and hopes that if he licks enough galena he can become George Pickens.

Dynamic Planet B
Rocks and Minerals B
Divyang Saran
Divyang Saran

I’m a curious and driven student who enjoys exploring the intersection of technology, science, and creative problem-solving. I’m always looking for new ways to learn, build, and contribute to the world around me.

Disease Detectives C
Electric Vehicle C
Emmy Bonser
Emmy Bonser

Emmy is a sophomore at MIT who spends possibly too much time at DEAPS cookie hour for someone who still hasn't figured out which of the majors-that-include-the-number-12 to declare.

Rocks and Minerals B/C
Eric Liu
Eric Liu

i hate biology and love astronomy

Designer Genes C
Heredity B
Evan Xiang
Evan Xiang

Evan is somehow a senior at Shady Side Academy. Being an avid grass toucher, he has pitched tents and camped in the lands of both biology and earth science, even striking silver in biology. In his free time, he enjoys sleeping and taking long nature walks, while praying that his SciOly builds don't explode... again.

Anatomy & Physiology C
Gianne Rimando
Gianne Rimando

Hello! My name is Gianne and I am a junior & cocaptain at Lane Tech HS. This is my 4th year in SciOly and my favorite events are Disease Detectives and Forensics (chem is the best). I have too many spreadsheets and goose-themed items for my own good. Hope y’all had a fun time with the P&P test I cowrote. :D

Potions and Poisons B
Gokul Kesav
Gokul Kesav

Bio geek. I love sleeping, bio, and cricket.

Write It Do It C
Hitai Lu
Hitai Lu

I'm a sophomore at Baton Rouge Magnet High School and a Science Olympiad national medalist. I like bugs, words, and doomscrolling.

Entomology B
Ishaan Arya
Ishaan Arya

Hi, I'm Ishaan! I am currently a sophomore at West Windsor Plainsboro High School North, and this is my 4th year doing Science Olympiad. I enjoy learning about biology, particularly ecology and microbiology. My favorite event was Microbe Mission.

Water Quality C
Jeremy Lee
Jeremy Lee

Heyo! My name's Jeremy and I'm a sophomore at Orange County School of the Arts. I've been competing for three years and I'm one of the cofounders of SciConnect Initiative. I play two instruments and I really like penguins :)

Codebusters B
Jingyu Xiao
Jingyu Xiao

jingyu aint got a description

Remote Sensing C
Kaci Morris
Kaci Morris

Hey all! I'm Kaci, alum of New Trier Science Olympiad and incoming freshman at Stanford University. In high school I competed mostly in all the fun earth science events like R&M and Fossils, and I'm excited to get involved again as a college student!

Dynamic Planet C
Keith Dai
Keith Dai

I'm majoring in Chemistry + Neuro/Mat Sci at Emory and I'm happy to help everyone prepare for the season. Good luck!

Chemistry Lab C
Designer Genes C
Keshiha Dogiparti
Keshiha Dogiparti

Hello! I’m Keshiha Dogiparti, an avid learner with a love for the natural sciences and a passion for building things from the ground up. That curiosity is what first drew me into Science Olympiad back in middle school, and it’s been one of my favorite ways to explore science ever since.

Crime Busters B
Metric Mastery B
Microbe Mission B
Write It Do It B
Malachi Dawson
Malachi Dawson

Hello, my name is Malachi. I hope you enjoyed (or at least were challenged by) taking my tests as much as I enjoyed writing them! Good luck!

Entomology B
Water Quality B
Melinda Zhao
Melinda Zhao

Hello! I’m Melinda, a sophomore at Monta Vista High School, and I’m so excited to be writing again for Rickards this year! In my free time, I love going on runs and getting lost in a good book.

Heredity B
Michael Wu
Michael Wu

Hi! My name is Michael and I love epidemiology and disease detectives! One two three four five six seven eight nine ten

Disease Detectives C
Minho Shin
Minho Shin

minho aint got a description

Experimental Design C
Mukund Sagi
Mukund Sagi

Hi, I’m Mukund and I’m a senior at Carmel High School! This is my 4th year in Science Olympiad and my favorite event is detector building. In my free time I like to play Clash Royale with Jayin Sehgal and watch sports.

Engineering CAD C
Nick Chao
Nick Chao

Uhhhh I’ll do this later

Chemistry Lab C
Disease Detectives B
Nina Zhang
Nina Zhang

Hi, I'm Nina! I am a high schooler at Fulton Science Academy. I enjoy physics/inquiry events. I like chocolate.

Circuit Lab B
Nobel Lok
Nobel Lok

I own the flight server

Helicopter C
Hovercraft C
Olivia Lu
Olivia Lu

Hi I'm Olivia and I'm a sophomore Clayton High School in Missouri ! I really like ducks, and also jokes. I've pondered for hours about jokes related to them but i can't think of any.. its really quacked my ego.

Machines C
Priyanshu Dasgupta
Priyanshu Dasgupta

Hey! My name's Priyanshu and I'm currently a senior at Montgomery High School. I love most aspects of science, particularly those inclined towards Physics and Chemistry. More often than not, you'd find me blissfully procrastinating while binging some irrelevant TV show (movies2watch.cc plug). In my free time I attempt covering songs I heard somewhere.

Machines C
Rahib Hyder
Rahib Hyder

Rahib is a tall boi who (maybe) is a senior attending Lexington High School. He loves ESS without the S (second one) and finds geochemistry particularly attractive. His favorite Science Olympiad events include Rocks and Minerals, R&M, and RAM. In his free time, he likes to tilt in Mario Kart, camp at his local library, and shed tears over his copy of Foundations of Astronomy.

Rocks and Minerals C
Sarah Zhou
Sarah Zhou

mofusand not labubu boba, jpop, and plaes what the heli!??

Boomilever C
Helicopter B
Shannon Imaoka
Shannon Imaoka

Hey guys, I'm Shannon, a sophomore at OCSA! This is my 3rd year competing in Science Olympiad, and I'm passionate about chemistry. In my free time, you can find me playing jazz piano or riding rollercoasters.

Potions and Poisons B
Shiven Gupta
Shiven Gupta

local clown writes physics tests while battling insomnia

Circuit Lab C
Shubh Shah
Shubh Shah

Hello! I'm Shubh and I have been doing SciOly since elementary school, and love all Earth Science and Inquiry events. I am passionate for helping others, which inspired me to start my own YouTube channel, YourSciolyCoach (subscribe). Fun fact: I actually survived a volcanic eruption, which probably explains why I'm so fascinated by Earth Science.

Dynamic Planet B
Experimental Design B
Tony Mei
Tony Mei

tony aint got a description

Boomilever B/C
Verna Acharya
Verna Acharya

Hi! My name is Verna and I'm a freshman at Sunset High School. I've been doing Science Olympiad for 4 years now. When I'm not working on scioly I like camping, stargazing, and Chipotle. My favorite events are Astronomy, Crave the Wave, and Optics.

Machines B
Remote Sensing B
Solar System B
Victoria Cheng
Victoria Cheng

Hi, I'm Victoria! I'm a current SciOly competitor at Horace Greeley High School and Seven Bridges alum! This is my 5th year participating in Science Olympiad, and my favorite event is Codebusters!

Meteorology B
Vikram Nguyen
Vikram Nguyen

Number 1 matcha, tote bag, and clairo fan; in my free time I enjoy bringing manuscript paper to coffee shops and writing sheet music with a fountain pen. Big apologies to whomever had to answer all the circuitry questions on my wind test last year, but at least there's a designated event this time.

Circuit Lab C
Vilius Staraitis
Vilius Staraitis

YOOOOOOO. I'm back for one more competition after telling myself no more. I am a second year chemical engineering student in Socal. If you want, reach out to me about literally anything. Down for a chat about anything. I don't sleep much but when i do im out cold. idk what to put in here anymore. i got one nats medal. sleeping now

Hovercraft C
Mission Possible B
Scrambler C
Wei-Cheng Tseng
Wei-Cheng Tseng

I eat ice cream cones without the ice cream.

Helicopter B
William Huang
William Huang

I am currently a Junior from duPont Manual High School in Kentucky. I have done Science Olympaid for 5 years and my favorite SciOly events are Codebusters and Experimental Design. Outside of school, I enjoy playing piano and traveling to new places. I'm also quite good at block blast.

Experimental Design B/C