About
Our Mission
Through regional and international competitions, the IBB aims to enrich the lives of hundreds of its competitors by spreading the value of curiosity and collaboration. By creating thought-provoking, inspiring questions, the IBB aims to stimulate curiosity in biology and promote further exploration of this field. Moreover, by allowing participants to participate in teams, the IBB instills the values of collaboration and teamwork into competitors - an ideal characteristic utilized often in the research and medical community.
To support this main mission statement, the IBB firmly believes in incorporating both regional and international biology tournaments. The regional tournaments serve to give more personalized experiences to competitors on a smaller scale to compete and collaborate, while the international competition serves as a culmination of multiple regional tournaments, bringing the season to an end with hundreds of participants exploring and competing in biology.
Finally, the IBB believes in the accessibility of its tournaments, which is why we will always provide cost-free tournaments to participants. Moreover, to award excellence and to stimulate incentive, the IBB offers cash prizes. Over the past two years with multiple regional and international competitions, the IBB has given several thousands of dollars to award students all around the world.
We hope you will join us on a successful IBB season!
who we are
Executive Directors
Comprised of biology enthusiasts from around the world, our team is committed to increasing interest in biology among high-school students.
Director of Content
Warren Wang
Warren Wang currently attends Wayzata High School. He is a lead for the Chemistry Club and actively involved in Science Bowl as well as USABO. Warren has found his passion in spreading the joy of biology through free and accessible education. He loves the inner workings of the human body and the impact that plants have on the human world. In his spare time, you can find him playing volleyball or listening to music.
Director of Logistics
Hongyi Wei
Hongyi Wei is a student at Dougherty Valley High School. In addition to participating in the USABO and Science Bowl, he is actively involved in his school's Biology Club. He hopes to make biology both fun and accessible to all, and firmly believes that it is the best science. Outside of biology, Hongyi is an avid philosophy enjoyer and leads his school's Ethics Bowl team and Philosophy Club. In his free time, you can find him binge watching his math teacher's calculus videos or catching up on sleep.
Director of Technology
William Chen
William is interested in the fields of biology and computer science. At school, he is actively involved in USABO as well the robotics team. He hopes to explore this intersection and share his love for biology. In his free time, you can find him swimming or playing tetris.
Director of Outreach
Akhil Vasudevan
Akhil Vasudevan is a student at Seven Lakes High School. In addition to the USABO, he conducts research in neuroscience, and pursues unique projects blending biology with technology. Outside of biology, Akhil is seen leading local blood drives and volunteering in his community. During his free time, he enjoys playing card games with friends or completing movies on his watch list.
Director of Outreach
Tien Thai
Hey! My name is Tien. I am a student from Florida and I am passionate about public health and science! I love STEM education and spreading opportunities for students, I work in a science lab called the Suncoast Science Lab and I love working with my community! Working with others and my community is crucial in my values of bringing opportunities to many demographics! I love icecream and trying new foods!!
Tournament Director
Daniel Liu
Daniel Liu is a Tournament Director this year. He has excelled in biology, becoming a USABO 2023 finalist. Outside of Biology, he also is a president of MSJ Biology Club and an officer of MSJ Youth for Climate and MSJ Earth and Space. In addition, outside of school, he is a executive director for International Biology Bowl and performs various service activities. During his free time, he can be found flipping through Fox Physiology or Raven's Biology of Plants as well as playing table tennis and skiing.
Tournament Director
Tess Chan
Tess Chan is a student at Roslyn High School. She enjoys learning biology with others and is one of the captains of Roslyn’s Science Olympiad Team. Tess is also interested in using data science to solve biological problems and pursues her passions through computational biology research. In her spare time, you can find her reading a good book or experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen.
Tournament Director
Haochen Wang
Haochen Wang is a student at Jordan High school. He is a 2x USABO top 50 qualifier, the president of the Science Olympiad club and the copresident of the Biology club. In his free time, you can find him playing soccer or listening to music.
Tournament Director
Bob Zhou
Bob Zhou is a student at Los Osos High School. In addition to biology, he enjoys nlp semantic analysis. Outside of Biology, Bob is the president of Rotary’s Club and leads various volunteer service in his area. In his free time, you can find him catching up on sleep or working on his side projects.
Content Team
The IBB content team is responsible for writing questions for all of our tournaments.
Sophia Chen
Content
Sophia Guo
Content
Abhinav Gutha
Content
Ricarda Xu
Content
Shloke Kamat
Content
Lee Yiu Sing
Content
George Liao
Content
Melody Liu
Content
Dhairya Mathur
Content
Eric Morshed
Content
Kalp Poladia
Content
Bhuvan Sanga
Content
Ian Savino
Content
Patrick Shi
Content
Pannathorn Siri
Content
Raymond Sun
Content
Ganesh Sai Talluri
Content
Krutharth Vaddiyar
Content
Outreach Team
The IBB outreach team is responsible for managing digital marketing campaigns and acquiring sponsorships.
Majdi Alameddine
Outreach
Aahana Das
Outreach
Joey Ding Jie Yi
Outreach
Ronuk Gadamsetty
Outreach
Shawn Li
Outreach
Tien Thai
Outreach
Annie Zhou
Outreach
Tech Team
The IBB tech team is responsible for maintaining the website and developing BioSphere, our incoming one-stop shop for learning and practicing for biology competitions.
Michael Do
Tech
Lucas Fan
Tech
Roger Wang
Tech
Past Leadership: Aneesh Swaminathan (Content), Evan Lan (Logistics), Tanishk Natu (Tournaments), Jonah Xu (Tournaments), Samuel Li (Tournaments), Sritan Motati (Tech), Emelie Nguyen (Outreach), Rohan Kalahasty (Founder), Srihan Balaji (Founder), Omkar Kovvali (Finance)
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