Leadership

Dani Bhashyam

Advisor | Biomedical Engineering 2025

Co-President 2023-2024
Director of Build Events 2022-2023 Financial Assistant 2021-2022

Hi! I’m Dani, I’m from Albany, New York, and I was part of Shaker High School’s Science Olympiad team for 4 years. Some of my favorite Science Olympiad events include Towers, Boomilever, Experimental Design, Chemistry Lab, and Optics. In my free time, I enjoy cooking and experimenting with new recipes, watching soccer, working out, spending time with my friends, and playing video games. I am also involved on campus by being part of Cornell EMS and Cornell International Affairs Society. I am also currently researching lipid nanoparticles at Jiang Lab as a Rawlings Scholar.

Email: dkb79@cornell.edu

Andrew Zhao

Advisor | Material Science and Engineering 2025

Volunteer Coordinator 2021-2024

Hi, my name is Andrew! I'm studying Materials Science and Engineering, and I attended River Hill High School in Clarksville, MD. This is my 8th year in Science Olympiad: I've previously helped to facilitate the 2021 River Hill Invitational, and I currently moderate the global Science Olympiad Discord server. When I have free time, I enjoy reading science fiction novels and playing competitive Tetris.

Email: akz6@cornell.edu

Brian Ruan

Advisor | Health Care Policy 2025

Director of Build Events 2023-2024

Hello, my name is Brian and I am from New York City. I competed in Division B Science Olympiad and represented the Buckley School — my favorite events are Road Scholar, Optics, and Thermodynamics! In addition to Science Olympiad, I edit for the Cornell Undergraduate Healthcare Review and am part of a pre-health organization. I enjoy hammocking on the slope and by Beebe Lake.

Email: btr28@cornell.edu

Lei Cao

Director of Logistics | Biology and Math 2027

Safety Officer 2023-2024

How’s it going Champs! My name is Lei and I’m a local from Ithaca, New York, where I was a part of Ithaca High School's Science Olympiad Team. My favorite events are Cell Bio and Fermi Questions. At Cornell, I also participate in Club Lacrosse, Taekwondo, and Swift Club. In my free time I also enjoy cooking and playing the ukulele.

Email: lc758@cornell.edu

Aiden lee

Director of Build Events | Materials Science and Engineering 2027

Hi, I’m Aiden! I’m from Syracuse, NY and was a former Division B/C competitor, most recently for Fayetteville-Manlius HS. My favorite events were Bridge (and every other balsa event), Chemistry Lab, Roller Coaster and Fermi Questions! Here at Cornell, I’m also on the Cornell Steel Bridge Project Team and in my free time, I enjoy playing soccer, gaming, hiking around in nature and spending time with friends.

Email: ail35@cornell.edu

Hannah Lin

Director of Test Events | Biological Engineering 2027

Hi, I’m Hannah! I’m from Stony Brook, NY and I am currently majoring in Biological Engineering in CALS. I competed for and was a captain of Ward Melville HS, leading me to want to continue Scioly in college. My favorite events are Forensics, EXPD, and Dynamic Planet. I event supervised Forensics and EXPD at Cornell and BirdSO respectively this year, and plan on continuing in the future! I am an assistant in the Scioly Community Server and enjoy making friends in the Scioly community. In addition to Scioly, I am also a part of Illuminations Dance Troupe and I'm an ambassador for my college, CALS. I enjoy going to UTea and Pokelava in my free time.

Email: hjl94@cornell.edu

Amanda Grivej

Director of Communications | Engineering Physics 2025

Quality Control Manager 2023-2024

Hi! I’m Amanda and I’m from Queens, NY. I didn’t do Scioly in high school but I had a really great time event supervising for WIDI! In my free time I like to read and watch really bad reality television. I also do research on plasma simulations in the Laboratory of Plasma Studies.

Email: adg92@cornell.edu

Annie Miao

Treasurer |Economics 2027

Financial Assistant 2023-2024

Hi! I’m Annie and I’m from Montgomery, New Jersey. I competed in Science Olympiad there for 5 years, and I’m really excited to stay involved at Cornell. My favorite SciOly events are WIDI, Disease Detectives, and Designer Genes, so you can definitely find me learning weird new bio facts in my free time. I also love going on nature walks and attempting to bake.

Email: arm349@cornell.edu

Brady Williams

Quality Control Manager | Biological Sciences 2027

Freshman Representative 2023-2024

Hi, my name is Brady! I'm from Minnesota and have done Science Olympiad for nine years. During that time, I found a love for infectious diseases in the event Disease Detectives, which inspired my to pursue a degree in biology here at Cornell. In my free time, I love rock climbing, birding, and just spending time in nature looking for cool plants and bugs.

Email: bmw236@cornell.edu

Josh Langman

Volunteer Coordinator | Biological Sciences 2025

Treasurer 2023-2024

Hi! I'm Josh, and I am from Syosset, New York where I competed in Division C for 3 years. My favorite events are Disease Detectives, Anatomy and Physiology, and Protein Modeling. On campus, I am also a member of Cornell EMS. In my free time, I enjoy cooking, hiking, and playing video games with friends.

Email: jpl298@cornell.edu

Priscilla ye

Social Coordinator | Chemical Engineering 2027

Hello, I'm Priscilla and I'm from Laurel, Maryland. I competed for Reservoir High School for four years and was officer for two! Some of my favorite events include Chem Lab (slightly obligatorily), Forestry and Ornithology (voluntarily), and Scrambler (very obligatorily). SciOly has been such a big part of my life and I don't intend to change that anytime soon! Other than SciOly, I love studying (or pretending to) in my favorite study spots (Mui Ho, Malott, and Carpenter), organizing residence hall events as a hall council rep, and retail therapy.

Email: psy9@cornell.edu