Executive Officers
Yu-Ting Chang
Chief Executive Officer
Yu-Ting, now a sophomore at Gunn High School, has been doing the regional science fair since sixth grade, and is a Broadcom MASTERS Top 300. His experiences led him to found Project ROPEs in order to spread research opportunities and guide students in seizing them.
Aaron Cheung
Chief Operations Officer
Aaron is a sophomore at Gunn High School, with experiences in various areas with the Sea Cadets to contribute to enhancement. He participated in the Chinese American Abacus Association’s teachers’ training and enjoys creating videos and playing the piano.
Lita Sone
Chief Communications Officer
Lita is very interested in the media field as she hopes to become a public relations manager in the future. Her personality is unique as it is outgoing, a little loud, but not afraid to try something new. Her skills include video editing, public speaking, organization, violin, and baking.
Arati Periyannan
Chief Design Officer
Arati Periyannan, a sophomore at Paly, is always designing something, working with school publications as well as social justice groups like the League of Women Voters PA. She also does a variety of sports including soccer, track & field, tennis, and swim – which she also coaches.
RC2 Volunteers
Arun Barath Vijay Sankar
Chandler Unified Chapter President (AZ)
As a junior in high school, Arun is an all-rounder excelling in the maths and sciences. He has competed twice in his school and regional science fairs and competing once in his state fair in his home state of Arizona. He specializes in biology and chemistry and is always ready to help.
Aadit Golwala
Cupertino Union Chapter President (CA)
Aadit Golwala is a freshman student going to Saint Francis High School in Mountain View. He participates in science fairs, robotics, and swimming. He loves to bake, play Spikeball, and reads a lot. He is environmentally conscious and has focused his research on that subject.
Ria Saxena
Unionville-Chadds Ford Chapter President (PA)
Ria has participated in her county science fair for two years, earning awards both years. She has done summer camps and research projects focusing on biomedical science and neuroscience. She is on her school’s Speech & Debate team and Academic team. In her free time, she enjoys tennis and piano.
Volunteers
Siddharth Belwal
Volunteer
Siddharth Belwal is a sophomore at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California. He loves programming, computers, playing frisbee, and eating and cooking. His vision for Project ROPEs is for an increased interest in STEM among students of every corner of the US.
Andrew Peng
Volunteer
Andrew is a sophomore at Gunn High School in Palo Alto. He is skilled at mathematics and coding, having qualified for AIME and passing USACO Bronze. Outside of his studies, Andrew enjoys running and playing video games.
Advisors & Mentors
Nuntiya Smith
DYSAP Program Manager
Maximilian Goetz
Founder of Robotics for All
Niki Ebrahimnejad
President of PAMC (2018-20)