About Us

A student-led organization making competitive biology more collaborative and accessible.

Our Team

Meet Our Team!

This competition is run by a team of students who are passionate about biology.

Executive Board

Akash Gundimeda

Executive President

Hello! Excited to get started and work with everyone!

Amanda Tiruwuha

Executive Vice President

Executive Director for Chemistry (Executive Vice President). I’m from Georgia, and love environmental chemistry.

Logan Cassie

Executive Vice President

Hi! I'm Logan, your 26-27 Executive Director of Biology and VP. I'm from Minnesota and am excited to grow ARBC.

Ellie Wen

Executive Outreach Director

Hi, I'm Ellie! I'm is a high schooler from Northern Virginia who loves all things life sciences and enjoys graphic design and content creation.

Shawn Kim

Executive Outreach Director

Theenash Sengupta

Executive Content Director

Regional Coordinators

Ashley Cheng

Biology West Coordinator

Hi! I'm Ashley, your 26-27 US West Coordinator. I'm from NorCal and am super excited for ARBC this year!

Daniel Sun

Biology West Coordinator

Hi! I'm Daniel, and I'm one of the Regional Coordinators for the US West area. I'm a senior at Lynbrook High School and a big fan of all things biology related.

Sreeyas Nayak

Biology South Coordinator

Hello Everyone I am the regional coordinator for the Charlotte Area! I'm a second year student at UNCC studying Biology and Psychology. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions at nayaksreeyas@gmail.com

Regional Directors

Ahmed Elbasty

Biology Regional Director · Michigan (Midwest)

Hey! Im Ahmed from Grand Blanc, Michigan (GBHS 28'). I am super passionate about medicine, research, and of course biology.

Andrew Brand

Biology Regional Director · Georgia (South)

Arsh Gupta

Biology Regional Director · New Jersey (East)

Aryan Adappa

Biology Regional Director · Texas (South)

Hi! I'm Aryan, a junior at Seven Lakes High School. My favorite topic in biology would have to be plant physiology, but Animal A&P is a close second.

Ian Chen

Chemistry Regional Director · California, Fullerton (West)

Hi my name is Ian and I'm one of your Chemistry Regional Directors located in Orange County! I love all things Chem but my favorite area in Chemistry is probably Coordination Chemistry!

Jamie Cheng

Biology Regional Director · North Carolina (South)

Hi! I’m Jamie from Cary, NC. I love all things STEM (especially bio, of course), public policy, and art. My favorite topic is molecular genetics!

Joy Diakiese

Chemistry Regional Director · Georgia (South)

Katherine Wang

Biology Regional Director · Massachusetts (East)

Lucas Shen

Chemistry Regional Director · California, San Diego (West)

Lucas Zhang

Biology Regional Director · Massachusetts (East)

Max Sun

Biology Regional Director · Illinois (Midwest)

Olivia Lee

Biology Regional Director · SoCal (West)

Uthara Iyer

Biology Regional Director · Irvine (West)

Zoran Pan

Biology Regional Director · St. Louis (Midwest)

Hey! I'm Zoran, a junior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School. I love biology and especially all things Anatomy and Physiology. If you are interested in the St. Louis ARBC Regional competition, you can reach out to me!

Content Committee

Claire Huang

Committee Member

Hi, I'm Claire from Solon High School in the niche state of Ohio. I really enjoy reading bio textbooks and making sense of things (right now, my favorite topic is probably plant physiology). In my free time, I like listening to classical music, building my photography skills, and dabbling in music composition.