Hubert Lau
Co-Director
DPhil student in Theoretical Physics at Oxford. 2021 IPhO and APhO gold.
MEMBERS
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OPhO is built and maintained by a global team of physics olympiad alumni, problem writers, and developers, most of them current and former IPhO, EuPhO, APhO, Physics Cup, and USAPhO competitors.
Tristan Yan-Klassen
Co-Director
Mechatronics student at the University of Waterloo. Physics Team Canada, 2024 EuPhO bronze.
Ashmit Dutta
Co-Founder, Past Director
ECE and Physics student at UIUC. Physics Cup awardee and former AwesomeMath physics instructor.
QiLin Xue
Co-Founder, Past Director
PhD student studying Experimental Quantum Optics at the University of Toronto.
Brian Zhang
Past Director & Problem Writer
Rising freshman at MIT. Member of the 2023 and 2024 U.S. Physics Team and a USAJMO qualifier.
Richard Yang
Problem Writer
Incoming freshman at MIT and 2024 EuPhO gold medalist representing the United States.
Ryan Tang
Problem Writer
Incoming MIT freshman. Enjoys writing physics simulations and astrophotography.
Kai Wen
Problem Writer
High school student at Raffles Institution in Singapore. IPhO gold (2025), IOAA gold (2023, 2024, 2025), EuPhO 2026 T2 writer.
Isaac Chang
Problem Writer
First-year studying Mathematics, Physics, and CS at the University of Chicago.
Joshua Wang
Problem Writer
Incoming freshman at MIT and 2024 US Physics Team member.
Kartik Ramachandrula
Problem Writer
High school senior from Wisconsin. 2023 Physics Team and USAMO Bronze medalist.
Michael Voigt
Problem Writer
Freshman at MIT majoring in physics and artificial intelligence.
Zhi Zheng
Problem Writer
Incoming freshman at MIT from Malaysia. IPhO and IOAA medalist.
Zian Shi
Problem Writer
Freshman at MIT. IPhO and EuPhO gold medalist.
Trung Phan
Problem Writer
Incoming Assistant Professor of Physics at the Claremont Colleges. IPhO silver medalist.
Sourish Pramanik
Problem Writer
Incoming freshman at MIT. 2024 US Physics Team member and 2023 USAPhO gold medalist.
Matías Páez
Problem Writer
High school student from Argentina. 2024 Argentine Physics Olympiad gold, IPhO 2025 bronze.
Alan Wang
Problem Writer
Rising high school senior from San Jose, California. 2025 USAPhO silver medalist.
Saurya Shrestha
Problem Writer
High school student from Nepal. IPhO 2026 silver and Physics Cup 2025 bronze medalist.
Kevin Cao
Problem Writer
High school senior from Carmel, Indiana. 2025 USAPhO silver medalist.
Max Danner
Problem Writer
DPhil student studying theoretical particle physics at Oxford.
Rian Atri
Developer
Sophomore from NC. Fullstack developer of the OPhO site and portal.
Danial Jeelani
Developer
Incoming CS major, Web Designer for the OPhO site.
Stanley Li
Developer
Freshman at UC Berkeley. USAPhO Silver Medal holder.
Nicholas Song
Developer
Incoming freshman at Carnegie Mellon University studying computer science.
ALUMNI
Past Members
Past directors and developers whose work made OPhO possible.
Kushal Thaman
Past Member
Was a senior from Chandigarh, India when he was on the team. Indian National Physics Olympiad qualifier (top 1% in India), NTSE scholar, and president of his school's Physics and Astronomy club. Favorite areas: electromagnetism and statistical mechanics.
Ben Oommen
Past Developer
Backbone of the original OPhO website and contest portal. Turing Scholar at UT Austin in CS and math. Got into physics through graduate research in astronomy and exoplanet detection.
Ethan Hu
Past Member
Junior from Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Canada. First in Canada at Physics Bowl Div 1, Top Gold in BPHO, 2019 finalist in team selection. Favorite area: mechanics.
Viraj Jayam
Past Member
From Long Island, New York. Undergraduate in physics and computer science at Stanford. Now focused on quantum computing and quantum engineering.
Max Wang
Past Member
Freshman at the University of Pennsylvania studying Math and CS, minoring in Physics. Helped organize OPhO and TA'd physics at AwesomeMath Academy.
Rishab Parthasarathy
Past Member
Senior at the Harker School in San Jose, California. USAMO, USAPhO, USACO Platinum qualifier; 2021 IPhO Team alternate. Top 40 Regeneron Science Talent Search; first-author paper on hybrid quantum-optical computing.
Adithya Balachandran
Past Member
Freshman at MIT studying math and CS. USAPhO gold medalist and IOAA gold medalist representing the US. 2019 USAJMO winner. Favorite area: electromagnetism.
Eddie Chen
Past Member
First-year undergrad at MIT planning to major in physics. IPhO gold medalist and USAMO qualifier. Favorite topic: statistical physics. Plays violin and hex.
Kye Shi
Past Member
Senior at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, majoring in math and CS. 2017 U.S. Physics Team — IPhO gold (Indonesia). Returned in 2019 as a junior coach.
Dr. Branislav Kisačanin
Past Member
Computer scientist at NVIDIA and instructor of competitive math and physics at AwesomeMath. Co-author/co-editor of 11 books, including the F=ma Contests: 2011-2019 Solutions Manual.
Ronald Dobos
Past Member
Slovakia. Undergraduate in math and physics at the University of Cambridge. IYPT and IPhO silver medals, EuPhO gold. Off the clock: running, ultimate frisbee, street photography.
Evan Kim
Past Member
Junior at Tesla STEM High School. 2021 US Physics Team qualifier, PUPC 2020 silver (4th overall), NSB nationals qualifier. Favorite area: thermodynamics.
Jacob Nie
Past Member
Undergraduate physics student at UC Santa Barbara. 2019 US Physics Olympiad Training Camp. Working in condensed matter physics; spends spare time planning backpacking trips.
Rohan Bhowmik
Past Member
Junior at the Harker School in San Jose, California. USAJMO, USAPhO, USACO Gold, USABO Semifinals, NAC Invitational qualifier. Researcher and Middle School Science Bowl coach.
Pritesh Mehta
Past Member
Senior from Gujarat, India. Cleared the Indian National Physics Olympiad and participated in camp; placed 3rd at OPhO twice. KVPY scholar. Favorite area: EM and optics — especially building Maxwell-equation-flavored problems.
Vardhan Agnihotri
Past Lead Developer
Joined OPhO as a junior; eventually served as lead developer and outreach executive. Now a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, dual degrees in finance (Wharton) and electrical engineering (M&T).
Zhening Li
Problem Writer (2022)
Contributed problems for the 2022 OPhO contest cycle.
Yehong Jiang
Past Member
Rising senior at The Nueva School, California. Three-time member of the US Physics Team and a 2024 IOAA participant. Leads his school's physics research team at the USAYPT.
Abhiram Cherukupalli
Problem Writer (2023)
Contributed problems for the 2023 OPhO contest cycle.
Daniel Lee
Past Member
Rising sophomore at UC Berkeley, double majoring in physics and applied mathematics. Applying to condensed matter research positions. Wanted to write OPhO problems that test applying unfamiliar math to physics.
Eppu Leinonen
Past Member
BSc student at the University of Helsinki studying physics and math. Represented Finland at EuPhO, IPhO, and IOL. Physics Cup 2023 gold medalist. Writes problems for NBPhO and trains the Finnish physics olympiad team.
Dillan Jagannath
Past Member
Rising senior from Cary, North Carolina. Captain of his school's robotics, rocketry, and physics teams. Theoretical and experimental optics/EM research at USAYPT. Math tutor in his spare time.
Sam Labidi
Past Member
Sami Labidi — incoming freshman at MIT. Researches classical optics. 2023 US Physics Team member and IPhO alternate for the USA.
Felix Tudose
Past Member
High school student from Romania. IPhO 2023 silver (Japan), EJOI 2021 silver, two RMI golds. Organizes his school's informatics contest "Stelele Informaticii".