Dylan Yang

President

​Competed in Science Olympiad in 2017 and 2018. Won multiple medals at State and National competitions.  Competed in chemistry, engineering, and inquiry-based events. Mentors Science Olympiad teams and is interested in chemistry.

Deetshana Parthipan

VP of Marketing 

Deetshana is a rising senior at Monta Vista High School. She was the life and earth science event captain for the national-winning Kennedy Science Olympiad team. She has won numerous medals for biology and earth science events at the regional, state, and national levels. Deetshana is also a competitive speaker winning many medals at competitions. She was a branch head at the Monta Vista Speech and Debate Team and Kennedy Middle.

Edwin Xie

Curriculum Head

USPhO Semifinalist, Science Olympiad National medalist in Engineering and Physics events, and USAJMO Qualifier, mentored for junior Science Olympiad teams. 

Leela Srinivas

VP of Multimedia

Leela Srinivas is a rising senior at Monta Vista High School and is the Vice President of Engineering in Monta Vista Science Olympiad. She's participated in Science Olympiad for the past four years and has competed at the national level twice, winning multiple medals and helping Kennedy win the 2019 National Tournament.

Ryan Li

VP of Operations

Ryan Li is a rising senior at Monta Vista High School. He has been a TA for 9th Grade Biology, being very passionate about the fields of biology and chemistry. He has also conducted and published research on analyzing changes in the Bay Area’s climate over the past half-century, and is a Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key winner.

Aseem Rajopadhye

Curriculum Head of Zoology, Paleontology, Earth, Space, and Life Science

Aseem Rajopadhye is an incoming senior at Monta Vista High School. He has participated in Science Olympiad for the past six years, appearing twice at national competitions and won several medals in Geology, Paleontology, Biology, and Astronomy fields, some of which on a State and National level. He was captain of the team that won the 2018-2019 Science Olympiad Division B Nationals and has completed a Rosetta Institute Program for Bioinformatics of Cancer

Amol Rama

VP of Operations

Amol Rama is a rising juniorat Monta Vista High School. He has participated in Science Olympiad over the past four years, making two national appearances and winning numerous medals in Earth Science, Physics, and Chemistry events. In the 2019-2020 season, he was the co-captain of the Science Olympiad team. In addition, he has qualified for the AIME multiple times, been awarded the AMC 10 Distinguished Honor Roll multiple times, and made USAJMO in 2019. Furthermore, he has been a teacher's assistant in mathematics for the last two years. In addition, he's help create several different websites, the best of which is https://www.nicecontest.xyz/

Angela Zhang

VP of Design

Angela Zhang is a rising junior at Monta Vista High School. For two years on the Kennedy Science Olympiad team, she has medaled in almost every single event she has participated in, including medals at top invitationals, regionals, states, and nationals for Anatomy & Physiology, Disease Detectives, Experimental Design, and Heredity. She has also achieved the Semifinalist status twice in the USA BioOlympiad competition, and continues to mentor incoming Kennedy Gold team members while being a member of Monta Vista Science Olympiad.

Iona Xia

VP of Communications/PR

Iona Xia is a rising junior at Monta Vista High School. She has participated in Science Olympiad for over four years, and went to nationals twice, winning numerous medals in states and nationals including a national champion medal. She has also qualified for AIME.

Joseph Lee

VP of Communications/News

Joseph Lee is a rising junior at Monta Vista High School. He has won numerous Science Olympiad medals for biology, astronomy, and flight engineering events at the regional, state, and national levels from 2017-2021, participating at National Competitions. He medaled in all of his events in the National Champion team, of which he was Co-Team Captain and Event Captain for Space, Biological Sciences, and Flight Engineering. He is also a mentor for the Kennedy Middle School Science Olympiad Gold Team and is the VP of Engineering in Monta Vista Science Olympiad.

Arthur Perng

Cybersecurity Chair

Arthur Perng is a rising junior at MVHS who has participated in Science Olympiad and won national medals. In high school, he loves spending time mentoring junior science olympiad, studying cybersecurity, and bonding with others. He also enjoys doing CTF competitions with the cybersecurity club Fweefwop. Outside of cybersecurity, he likes competitive programming, math, biking, cooking and MTG.  

Daphne Guo

Earth Science Division Lead

Daphne Guo is a student at Monta Vista High School. She participates in Science Bowl and Science Olympiad, and she was the Event Captain for Earth, Space and Physical Sciences of the Kennedy Science Olympiad National Champion Team, as well as being the Event Supervisor at several nationwide Science Olympiad invitationals. She has qualified for the AIME multiple times.

Varun Kumaravelu 

Zoology, Palenteology, Life Science Division Lead

Varun Kumaravelu is a Biology Event Captain with the Monta Vista Science Olympiad team who has competed in Science Olympiad for five years, and was a member of the team that won the 2019 Division B National tournament. He has won innumerable medals in Paleontology, Herpetology, Astronomy, Genetics, and Ecology, including multiple at the Regional, State, and National level.

Eric Ju 

Director of Operations for Cybersecurity

Eric is a rising junior at Monta Vista High School. He has been a part of the Science Olympiad for 3 years and has participated in the national tournament twice. He is also a key member of the cybersecurity club Fweefwop, where he focuses on cryptography. 

Arthur Chan

Robotics Team Lead

Arthur Chan is a rising senior at Monta Vista with a passion for engineering and robotics. He has competed for 1 year in FIRST Tech Challenge and 5 years in FIRST LEGO League as a participant and mentor. He taught himself Python, took AP Computer Science A in his junior year, and will attend COSMOS Autonomous Vehicles at UC San Diego over the summer. In his free time, he plays volleyball for Monta Vista and enjoys watching sports.