This Season’s Team
Meet the 2020-2021 TJ Science Olympiad team!
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Aarush Sivanesan | Adi Desai | Aaliya Hussain |
Advaith Gajulapally | Alvin Meng | Alison Wan |
Akshan Sameullah | Anushka Jain | Arnav Kadam |
Angelina Ly | Chloe Carr | Bhavya Boddu |
Anjali Pillai | Claire Wang | Christina Han |
Eugene Choi | Elaine Li | Connor McKenzie |
Ishara Shanmugasundaram | Estan Rodriguez | Emma Cox |
Jaiden Khemani | Krisha Pahwa | Hudson Gould |
Khoi Dinh | Michelle Du | Krishnan Shankar |
Manav Bharath | Michelle Ru | Lauren Spehlmann |
Marian Qian | Olivia Ma | Riti Liu |
Miina Anvelt | Rachel Rozsa | Samhita Vinay |
Sunwoo Lee | Richa Misra | Shreyas Mayya |
Virginia Fife | Ronit Kapur | Sumanth Ratna |
Yana Patel | Thomas Lu | Varun Chilukuri |
Our Achievements
Since the establishment of our team in 2009, TJSO has won ten consecutive regional tournaments and four Virginia state tournaments. During the 2019 season, TJSO broke the record for the best overall score in Virginia state tournament history and shattered our own record for the best-ever national placement by a Virginia high school.
Below are some other achievements from recent years:
- 2020-2021
- Science Olympiad at Las Vegas Invitational (SOLVI): 13th, 16th, and 17th place
- Carnegie Mellon University Invitational: 3rd, 4th, and 6th place
- University of Chicago Invitational: 5th, 6th, and 11th place
- 2019-2020
- Carnegie Mellon University Invitational: 4th, 5th, and 6th place
- University of Mary Washington Regional: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
- University of Pennsylvania Invitational (SOUP): 4th place
- Chemistry Lab, 6th place
- Circuit Lab, 5th place
- Codebusters, 5th place
- Disease Detectives, 1st place
- Experimental Design, 1st place
- Geologic Mapping, 5th place
- Solar Power, 2nd place
- Sounds of Music, 3rd place
- Wright Stuff, 1st place
- 2018-2019
- Duke University Invitational: 4th, 5th, and 6th place
- Charlottesville Regional: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
- Cornell University Invitational: 4th place
- Virginia State: 1st place
- National: 12th place
- Circuit Lab, 1st place
- Codebusters, 5th place
- Environmental Chemistry, 3rd place
- Fossils, 4th place
- Mission Possible, 6th place
- Sounds of Music, 5th place
- Thermodynamics, 2nd place
- 2017-2018
- Virginia Tech Invitational: 1st place
- Fairfax Invitational: 1st, 2nd, and 4th place
- Charlottesville Regional: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
- Virginia State: 1st place
- National: 26th place
- Codebusters, 1st place
- Disease Detectives, 1st place
- Dynamic Planet, 1st place
Past Teams
2019-2020
Full Team
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Bhavya Boddu | Akshan Sameullah | Aaliya Hussain |
Brian Hu | Alvin Meng | Amy Wang |
Dinan Elsyad | Andy Wang | Ashwin Rajesh |
Eli Lang | Arnav Kadam | Diego Valencia |
Eugene Choi | Cathy Liang | Hudson Gould |
Grace Guan | Emma Cox | Isabelle Deng |
Lauren Spehlmann | Evan Guo | Jerry Li |
Olivia Ma | Gaurav Mantri | Michelle Du |
Omkar Bhalerao | Havish Malladi | Samhita Vinay |
Richa Gupta | Manav Bharath | Sarah Wang |
Richa Misra | Marian Qian | Shreyas Mayya |
Rohan Voddhi | Miina Anvelt | Sreenidhi Sankararaman |
Siddharth Krishnakumar | Patrick Gilles | Sunwoo Lee |
Sneha Iyer | Pulak Dugar | Varun Chilukuri |
Sydney Szabos | Thomas Lu | Yana Patel |

States Team
Members | Alternates |
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Aaliya Hussain | Manav Bharath |
Alvin Meng | Miina Anvelt |
Cathy Liang | Patrick Gilles |
Eugene Choi | Varun Chilukuri |
Gaurav Mantri | |
Jerry Li | |
Marian Qian | |
Olivia Ma | |
Omkar Bhalerao | |
Samhita Vinay | |
Sarah Wang | |
Shreyas Mayya | |
Sydney Szabos | |
Thomas Lu | |
Yana Patel | |

2018-2019
Full Team
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Aishani Patnaik | Akash Jagdeesh | Aaliya Hussain | Rolina Qu |
Alex Downey | Akhil Marapaka | Akshan Sameullah | Sruthi Sankararaman |
Alvin Meng | Clara McAllister | Anna Hsu | |
Anvita Anumolu | Eli Lang | Arjun Jagdeesh | |
Bhavya Boddu | Havish Malladi | Eugene Choi | |
Cathy Liang | Keertana Yalamanchili | Jerry Li | |
Elaine Li | Medha Gaddam | Lauren Spehlmann | |
Gaurav Mantri | Olivia Ma | Matthew Cox | |
Isabelle Deng | Rohan Voddhi | Onkar Bhalerao | |
Marian Qian | Siddharth Krishnakumar | Sarah Wang | |
Rachel Eom | Sneha Iyer | SJ Kachru | |
Samhita Vinay | Sydney Szabos | Sophia Troshynski | |
Shreyas Mayya | Thomas Lu | Sreenidhi Sankararaman | |
Sibtain Hussain | Vagul Mahadevan | Tammy Ding | |
William Chen | Vikram Arunachalam | Yana Patel | |

States Team
Members | Alternates |
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Aaliya Hussain | Marian Qian |
Alvin Meng | Shreyas Mayya |
Cathy Liang | Thomas Lu |
Gaurav Mantri | Yana Patel |
Jerry Li | |
Matthew Cox | |
Olivia Ma | |
Rachel Eom | |
Samhita Vinay | |
Sarah Wang | |
Siddharth Krishnakumar | |
Sydney Szabos | |
Vagul Mahadevan | |
Vikram Arunachalam | |
William Chen | |

2017-2018
Full Team
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Aaliya Hussain | Athilesh Thanigai | Alex Downey |
Anvita Anumolu | Jiny Cho | Alvin Meng |
Aryan Joshi | Khushi Chawla | Cathy Liang |
Chris Yuan | Megan Li | Eugene Choi |
Faaiz Memon | Olivia Ma | Jerry Li |
Gaurav Mantri | Omkar Bhalerao | Jocelyn Liu |
Havish Malladi | Paarth Jain | Katherine Du |
John Krause-Steinrauf | Rohan Voddhi | Marian Qian |
Matthew Cox | Sheral Patel | Nina Chung |
Nate Joachim | Sherry Guo | Rachel Eom |
Rishubh Kaushal | Sneha Iyer | Sarah Wang |
Rohan Puvvada | Sydney Szabos | Thomas Lu |
Rushil Joshi | Sylesh Suresh | Vagul Mahadevan |
SJ Kachru | Vikram Arunachalam | William Chen |
Yoseph Mak | Vishnu Nair | Yana Patel |

States Team
Members | Alternates |
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Alvin Meng | Matthew Cox |
Anvita Anumolu | Olivia Ma |
Cathy Liang | Sydney Szabos |
Chris Yuan | |
John Krause-Steinrauf | |
Jerry Li | |
Jocelyn Liu | |
Katherine Du | |
Marian Qian | |
Nina Chung | |
Omkar Bhalerao | |
Rachel Eom | |
Sarah Wang | |
Vikram Arunachalam | |
William Chen | |

2016-2017
Full Team
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Gaurav Mantri | Aadith Vittala | Akshay Balaji | Alex Ahn |
Jerry Wu | Aaditya Singh | Alex Downey | Chris Bi |
Hannah Kim | Abhishek Allamsetty | Cathy Liang | Kayla Krieger |
John Krause-Steinrauf | Brian Hu | Chris Yuan | Kyle Whitt |
Katherine Du | Faaiz Memom | Eric Liu | |
Katie Ahn | Julia Martinez | Havish Malladi | |
Matthew Cox | Karthik Prasad | Jayant Subramanian | |
Medha Boddu | Katherine Wu | Jiny Cho | |
Nina Chung | Keerthi Puvvada | Jocelyn Liu | |
Nitya Agrawal | Omkar Bhalerao | Kavya Kopparapu | |
Rachel Eom | Pranab Krishnan | Megan Li | |
Rushil Joshi | Radhika Agrawal | Nakul Dar | |
Sarah Luthra | Vishal Bhasin | Paarth Jain | |
Stephanie Do | Vishnu Nair | Rohan Puvvada | |
Vikram Arunachalam | Yash Shekar | Sydney Szabos | |
States Team
Members | Alternates |
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Aadith Vittala | Kathy Wu |
Akshay Balaji | Matthew Cox |
Alex Downey | Sydney Szabos |
Brian Hu | |
Cathy Liang | |
Chris Yuan | |
Hannah Kim | |
John Krause-Steinrauf | |
Katherine Du | |
Katie Ahn | |
Nina Chung | |
Paarth Jain | |
Pranab Krishnan | |
Rachel Eom | |
Vikram Arunachalam | |
2015-2016
Full Team
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Aadith Vittala | Aaditya Singh | Andrew Ahnn | Rachel Eom |
Abha Agrawal | Christopher Yuan | Elise Ong | William Musk |
Akshay Balaji | Diana Zavela | Hannah Kim | |
Alex Downey | James Ma | Jessica Nguyen | |
Chelsea Li | Jayant Subramanian | Ji Ying | |
Eric Liu | Julia Martinez | John Krause-Steinrauf | |
Jerry Wu | Katherine Du | Katherine Ahn | |
Kavya Kopparapu | Michael You | Keerthi Puvvada | |
Neeraj Prasad | Mira Sridharan | Nitya Agrawal | |
Pranab Krishnan | Nakul Dar | Radhika Agrawal | |
Rohan Puvvada | Nina Chung | SJ Kachru | |
Siona Prasad | Ryan Gottwald | Tiger Zhang | |
Srinidhi Krishnamurthy | Sashank Thupukari | Vishal Bhasin | |
Stephanie Chen | Stephanie Do | Vishnu Nair | |
Vikram Arunachalam | Tarun Punnoose | William Chen | |
2014-2015
Full Team
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Abha Agrawal | Aadith Vittalla | Chelsea Li | Adam Yee |
Akshay Balaji | Andy Zhao | Diana Zavela | Aditya Sarkar |
Billie Males | Ethan Wu | Eric Liu | Emily He |
Hannah Kim | Jerry Wu | Katherine Du | Nitya Agrawal |
Jake Cui | Haicheng Zhao | Kavya Kopparapu | |
Janice Ong | Jayant Subramanian | Ming Ray Xu | |
John Park | Jessica Nguyen | Mira Sridhan | |
Maya Chung | Jiying Qi | Nakul Dar | |
Michael You | John Krause-Steinrauf | Nina Chung | |
Neeraj Prasad | Justin Zhou | Paarth Jain | |
Richard Oh | Katie Ahn | Philip Carr | |
Ryan Gottwald | Keerthi Puvvada | Pranab Krishnan | |
Sashank Thupukari | Matthew Guo | Shreya Ramesh | |
Tarun Punnoose | Sayan Paul | SungJoon Won | |
Tiger Zhang | Vishal Bhasin | Winston Ou | |
2013-2014
Full Team
Blue | Red | White | Alternates |
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Abha Agrawal | Alvand Moini | Akshay Balaji | Andrew Li |
Andy Zhao | Claire Fuller | Archis Bhandarkar | Biloliddin Tulamirza |
Billie Males | Gerry Wan | Chelsea Li | David Liu |
Christine Nguyen | Haicheng Zhao | Christina Oh | Hongyi Guan |
Emma Puranen | Hannah Kim | Eric Liu | Peter Zhao |
Jake Cui | Katie Ahn | James Ma | Ragavi Murali |
Janice Ong | Lucia Tian | Keerthi Puvvada | Renee Wah |
John Park | Maya Chung | Matthew Guo | |
Jonathan Lee | Michael You | MingRay Xu | |
Richard Oh | Nakul Dar | Naveen Ambati | |
Ryan Gottwald | Nandan Srinivasa | Nidhi Manu | |
Sashank Thupukari | Neeraj Prasad | Nikhil Shirolkar | |
Sparsh Gupta | Pranab Krishnan | Sarah Zhou | |
Tarun Punnoose | Vishal Bhasin | Saroj Chintakrindi | |
Tiger Zhang | Wonseok Song | SunLee Stechuk | |
2012-2013
Full Team
Blue | Red | White | Alternates |
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Alec Brenner | Aly Luckett | Abha Agrawal | Faazilah Mohamed |
Amy Chen | Chelsea Li | Arno Chang | Naveen Ambati |
Andy Zhao | Christine Nguyen | Faazilah Mohamed | Paul Dumitrescu |
Austin Ralls | Daniel Suzuki | Gerry Wan | Rohan Pandit |
Ava Lakmazaheri | Gabriel Margolis | Henry Wang | Stav Nachum |
Avand Lakmazaheri | Haarika Chalasani | Jake Cui | Will Ryu |
Billie Males | Matthew Guo | John Park | |
Emma Puranen | Matthew Hwang | Jordan Ganley | |
Hillary Liu | Rishi Pramod | Julia Casazza | |
Janice Ong | Sashank Thupukari | Lucia Tan | |
Jonathan Lee | Sayan Paul | Michael You | |
Katie Hsia | Sunlee Stechuk | Richard Oh | |
Owen Gray | Tarun Punnoose | Rishabh Mazmudar | |
Ryan Gottwald | Valentina Lohr | Satvika Kumar | |
Sparsh Gupta | Vijay Chinnam | Yunkyu Bae | |
2011-2012
Full Team
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Alec Brenner | Anirudh Sharma | Alexis Gilmore | Aishmarya Nugooru |
Amy Chen | Christine Nguyen | Amelia Malone | Anirudh Surumpudi |
Austin Ralls | Daniel Kwun | Andrew Kim | Coco Chen |
Avand Lakmazaheri | Faazilah Mahamed | Arjun Balaji | John Park |
Billie Males | Jessica Shen | Edi Danalache | Matthew Barbano |
Cyrus Tabrizi | Jung Huh | Eunice Wu | Melissa Wu |
Daniel Jang | Lucia Tian | Janice Ong | Nidhi Manu |
Emma Puranen | Nur Bonu Simsek | Jonathan Lee | Parth Chopra |
Eve Chase | Paraq Shukla | Justice Suh | Pavan Krishnan |
Hillary Liu | Rafa Rahman | Madison Suh | Priya Chandrasekaran |
Hope Flaxman | Scott Liu | Neha Agrawal | Rahul Ramraj |
John Chae | Shankar Balasubramanian | Nithin Bala | Rishabh Mazmudar |
Katie Hsia | Solomon Shewit | Saehee Jung | Roy Rinberg |
Margaret Hu | Tarun Prabhala | Sonia Thakur | Sparsh Gupta |
Peter Ahnn | Tiffany Duong | TA Nguyen | Vikram Sardana |
2010-2011
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Alec Brenner | Cyrus Tabrizi | Christine Nguyen |
Amy Chen | Daniel Kwun | Connie Huang |
Avand Lakmazaheri | David Zhao | Connor Phillips |
Chris Hughes | Dylan Vu | Cynthia Li |
Daniel Chun | Emmelyn Liu | Eve Chase |
Daniel Jang | Evan Morris | Hayden Chun |
Emma Puranen | Hillary Liu | Karishma Popli |
Eunice Wu | Hope Flaxman | Kwan Lee |
John Chae | J.C. Panagides | Lily Gu |
Lisa Yang | Jung Huh | Margaret Hu |
Parker Won | Katherine Au | Priya Krishnan |
Sei Young Jang | Katie Hsia | Rafa Rahman |
Suganya Sridharma | Lucia Tian | Sayed Malawi |
Thuc Tran | Pritha Bhattacharyya | Sparsh Gupta |
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2009-2010
Full Team
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Alec Brenner | Allie Meng | Amanda Ko |
Andrew Tao | April Hyon | Austin Ralls |
Chris Au | Bianca Kim | Chris Carey |
Christine Lucky | Cecelia Vollbrecht | Curt Kim |
Deanna Zhu | Chris Hughes | Daniel Chun |
Hope Flaxman | Eve Chase | Hayden Chun |
John Chae | Gloria Duan | Jillian Wen |
Kevin Au | Hillary Liu | Joseph Park |
Kimee Moore | Isabelle Liu | Katie Ho |
Pritha Bahattacharyya | Jee In Seo | Luke Cheng |
Roman Enson | Kira Guth | Monica Liu |
Suhas Patel | MingMing Hu | Peter Ahnn |
Virginia Hsu | Thomas Lee | Priya Krishnan |
Yena Kim | Tvissha Goel | Sei Young Jang |
Zola Bridges | Venkat Manne | Sherie Zhou |
States Team
Members | Alternates |
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Peter Ahnn | Sei Young Jang |
Chris Au | Curt Kim |
Kevin Au | Austin Ralls |
Alec Brenner | |
John Chae | |
Daniel Chun | |
Hope Flaxman | |
Virginia Hsu | |
Amanda Ko | |
Priya Krishnan | |
Thomas Lee | |
Seung Young Park | |
Suhas Patel | |
Andrew Tao | |
Deanna Zhu | |