Leadership

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Directors Content Logistics Financial Communications Tech Emeriti Event Supervisors

Tournament Directors

Will and Shirley oversee all aspects of the invitational as tournament directors.

William Jiao '20

William is a sophomore math major and Science Olympiad alum from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. When he's not doing math or organizing tournaments, Will enjoys playing piano, reading philosophy, and figuring out how to pretend he's productive on bios when he actually just naps all the time. He hopes to hold a fun and successful invitational tournament this year!

Shirley Zhang '20

Shirley is a sophomore who originally hails from the sunny realm of Sydney, Australia, but has since gotten stuck with the eternal winters of Upstate New York. In high school, Shirley competed with the Fayetteville-Manlius Science Olympiad team, with whom she has fond memories of 1 AM build testing, 10 person human pyramids, and smashing whipped cream in peoples' faces. When not directing Science Olympiad, you can find Shirley making bubble tea runs and nursing her perpetually sprained ankles.

Content Committee

The Content Committee is responsible for revising all tests for content, difficulty spread, relevancy, and scorability, as well as working with event supervisors to ensure that all events have the needed materials and setups.

Yusha Sun '20

Chemistry Events

Yusha is a sophomore in the Physics department. He is from College Station, TX, where he competed in Science Olympiad throughout all of high school. In 2016, he was one of the 20 USNCO study campers. Besides Science Olympiad, he enjoys playing piano, thinking of puns, and synthesizing colorful compounds. Last year, he supervised the Forensics event at the 2016 Princeton University Invitational. This year, he's excited to help make Princeton Science Olympiad an amazing experience for all!

Bill Huang '19

Earth Science Events

Bill is currently a junior majoring in Mathematics, but knows a surprising amount of Earth Science. He is still salty (and probably will always be) about choking Experimental Design at states, but still has plenty of fond memories (and lots of medals) from his years of Science Olympiad with West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. If he's running your event, chances are the test will be rather difficult, so be prepared :) In his free time, he enjoys swimming (which comes with great pregames) and playing piano, but usually ends up wasting all of it on Steam. Last year, Bill was the event supervisor for Astronomy.

Cam On Nguyen '20

Biology Events

Cam is sophomore from Bethesda, MD currently majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Cam started Science Olympiad in middle school and viewed his teammates as part of his own family. He enjoys early morning walks through the woods despite plagued with terrible pollen allergies.

Seth Lovelace '20

Building Events

Seth is a sophomore from New Orleans, Louisiana, majoring in Mathematics. As such, he has always been interested in how numbers, patterns, and proofs worked. Prior to Princeton, Seth participated heavily in Science Olympiad and led his team as the head of builds and events. Science Olympiad was a wonderful experience for him, and as such he looks forward to giving back to the community by helping run Princeton's Science Olympiad Invitational this year! Some of Seth's other interests on campus include Ballroom dancing and Taiko drumming, and one can often find him practicing these on a typical day. Outside of school, Seth like to go hiking in National Parks, play chess both casually and competitively, and read books, novels, and plays.

Jonathan Wang '21

Content Liaison

Jonathan is a freshman from Solon, Ohio considering majoring in the MOL department. After 6 years in middle and high school Science Olympiad, he is excited to be help other people learn (suffer) instead of suffering himself (although he will miss his graveyard of bales builds). Outside of PUSO, he enjoys rock climbing, takes part in Manna and Six14, and occasionally practices piano in random classrooms. His motivation to get from one day to the next is always food (down for KBBQ anytime).

Logistics Committee

The Logistics Committee is responsible for ensuring that all logistical aspects of the competition run smoothly, from team check-in to the event schedule, food, t-shirts, room allocation, event materials, awards, grading, volunteer recruitment, etc.

Reilly Bova '20

Director

Reilly is a sophomore from Philadelphia, PA and a proud alumnus of the Harriton High School Science Olympiad team. Last year, Reilly served as the Head Event Supervisor for Chemistry Lab, and he is really looking forward to serving as the Logistics Director for next year's competition! Although he has no idea what he wants to do with his life, Reilly's passion for computer science has driven him to pursue a BSE COS degree, which he supplements with studies related to his other passions such as music, physics, and Latin. Outside of class, Reilly loves watching movies, eating good food (especially sushi), and — above all else — playing percussion in the fantastic Princeton University Orchestra!

Linus Wang '21

Linus is a freshman from Palo Alto, California who is planning on majoring in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Linus has participated in Science Olympiad for two years where his favorite events are ID events or anything with a binder. In his spare time, Linus likes playing pool, super smash bros, and practicing the French horn. He is looking forward to being a part of the team and hopes to help run an awesome tournament this year!

Hoi Lau '21

Hoi is a freshman from Brooklyn, New York, but has also lived in Hong Kong for ten years. She is a prospective chemistry major and is obsessed with conducting experiments in the kitchen (a.k.a. cooking). She competed with the Stuyvesant High School Science Olympiad team for two years and absolutely loved the experience. She is enthusiastic about working with the talented board and meeting fellow science lovers during the upcoming Invitational! If not in class, Hoi is most commonly found chasing squirrels on the lawns, wandering around Wilcox, and struggling to run up the Washington Road slope.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee is responsible for landing academic department/company sponsorships, and ordering and tracking expenses.

Audrey Shih '20

Director

Audrey is a sophomore from Columbus, Ohio in the CBE department. She is excited to be involved with Science Olympiad in a role that does not involve getting fingers superglued together (or worse, onto the project), and other science-y risks. In her free time, Audrey enjoys playing piano and clarinet, occasionally composing music or drawing, and questioning her major choice.

June-Ho Park '20

Treasurer

June Ho is a sophomore from Orange County, California who is likely going to be a BSE ORFE major. Although he didn’t compete in Science Olympiad in high school, he did compete in Chemistry Olympiad (earned top 152 honors on the 2016 USNCO) and enjoyed supervising one of the events at last year's invitational. He is excited to serve as the co-director of Finance and treasurer this year! Outside of schoolwork and Science Olympiad, June enjoys painting, photography, and video games.

Chitra Parikh '21

Chitra is a member of the Class of 2021 and a prospective Neuroscience major. Having participated in both Division B and Division C Science Olympiad in New Jersey, she’s excited to be a part of the organizing team and welcome all 48 teams to campus! In addition to SciOly, Chitra is involved in Naacho South Asian Dance Company and Tiger Challenge. In her free time, she can probably be found dancing, exploring the town of Princeton or (more likely than not) sleeping.

Communications

The Communications Committee is responsible for managing outreach to teams via email and social media, as well as liasoning with administration and students on campus to ensure that all parties are up-to-date about tournament preparations.

Annie Zou '20

Director

Annie is a sophomore from Columbus, Ohio. She’s majoring in computer science, considering a finance certificate, probably dreaming about boba. After four years of Science Olympiad in high school, she’s very excited to be on the coordinating side of the competition! Outside of PUSO, she’s involved in the Daily Princetonian, Chinese Students Association, and Tiger Challenge. In her free time, she enjoys card games, drawing, and trying new foods (peep that seafood bowl from kft).

Sanna Lee '20

Sanna hailed from Brooklyn, NY before her family recently moved to New York City’s least favorite child– Staten Island. Refrain from asking Sanna about her current course schedule, but do ask her about her high school Science Olympiad experience, her cat Moomoo, and her mango allergy. She had an amazing time working with the team last year to run the first Princeton University Invitational and is excited to be back!

Diana Tang '21

Diana is a member of the Princeton Class of 2021 and a prospective Woodrow Wilson major. She participated in Science Olympiad throughout middle and high school with West-Windsor Plainsboro and is excited to be a part of running this invitational! Diana is also involved in the Daily Princetonian, Manna, and Six14 Dance. A local, she also enjoys window shopping the overpriced stationary stores in town, songwriting, and complaining about the gym even though she never goes.

Tech Chair

The Tech Chair is responsible for creating and maintaining new tools that aid the team in running the tournament.

Yun Teng '19

Yun is a former Science Olympiad building event enthusiast from Camas High School in Washington (state), who medaled at the national tournament in 2012 (1st place - Sounds of Music), 2014 (5th place - ELG), and 2015 (5th place - Wright Stuff). He now aims to make the build event experience at Princeton University Invitational as great as it can be, and hopes that more students can be inspired to try their hand at engineering. Along with David, he redesigned the entire site this past summer and hopes that you like it :)

Directors Emeriti

After founding and directing the tournament last year, David and Eddie have taken on an advisory role, but still help us organize!

David Fan '19

David is a computer science major from Montgomery High School pursuing certificates in computational biology and machine learning. He competed in Science Olympiad for six lovely years with the Montgomery Middle School and High School teams. David has supervised events at many tournaments, including Green Generation at the 2016 MIT Invitational, and is now passionate about contributing his experiences to raise the level of Science Olympiad tournaments nationwide. In high school, David directed New Jersey’s first invitational tournament in history. Last year, he co-founded and directed the first ever Princeton University Science Olympiad Invitational. This year, David is excited to advise Princeton University Science Olympiad in its second year. On campus, David also directs HackPrinceton, plays club table tennis, and occasionally practices his clarinet...

Edison Lee '19

Eddie Lee is a junior from West Windsor-Plainsboro North majoring in Chemistry. He competed in Science Olympiad for six years and led the WW-P North team to nationals during his senior year. His extensive experience competing in ecology-related events inspired a love of plants, and he now enjoys escaping to the outdoors. After starting and co-directing Princeton's inaugural invitational, he hopes to use his experience to help the newly expanded team run its best tournament yet!