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 is currently a student at Yale University and has led the International Biology Bowl since 2024. His favorite biology subjects include the anatomy of both plants and animals, but he also has a passion for politics and the role law plays in defining human liberty. In Warren’s ever decreasing free time, you can find him playing volleyball, eating a delicious pizza, or falling down the latest rabbit hole he has discovered.

Director of Content

Arjun Deshpande

Arjun Deshpande is a rising senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. He participates in USABO, Science Olympiad and Science Bowl at his school. Arjun's favorite biology subjects are physiology and molecular genetics, but he also has a passion for computational biology and bioinformatics. When he is not studying biology, you can find Arjun playing Science Bowl, exploring his interests in computer science, reading, or chatting with his friends.

Director of Logistics

Edward Lin

Edward Lin currently attends Stuyvesant High School, where he is a board member of the Stuyvesant Biology Club. He also participates in USABO and Science Olympiad. Over the weekends, he helps out at his local pharmacy. Edward loves everything molecular with his favorite disciplines being biochemistry and molecular genetics. He spends his pastime at home reading the Molecular Biology of the Cell or chalkboarding mechanisms from his organic chemistry textbook.

Director of Logistics

Daniel Zou

Daniel Zou is a student at Stuyvesant High School. He is one of the leaders of Stuyvesant Biology Club and also participates in USABO, Ranked Tetris and Science Olympiad. His favorite subjects include anatomy & physiology and chemistry. In his free time, you can find him playing basketball, badminton, or searching for the next exciting A&P topic to study.

Director of Technology

Sam Xie

Sam is currently a student at Los Osos High School in California. He has always been around computers, which naturally led to his interest in programming. He has explored various subfields of programming, such as robotics, game design, web development, and computer vision. In his free time, he enjoys eating food, playing games, and hanging out with friends.

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.

Content Team

The IBB content team is responsible for writing questions for all of our tournaments.

Anamika Tomer

Content

Anisur Rahman

Content

Raymond Sun

Content

Lawrence Luo

Content

Ethan Sun

Content

Anish Kurra

Content

Narayan Chutkay

Content

Vo Han

Content

Pearl Lin

Content

Outreach Team

The IBB outreach team is responsible for managing digital marketing campaigns and acquiring sponsorships.

Rahul Azam

Outreach

Teo Chao Jie

Outreach

Cheang Poh Hooi

Outreach

Ronuk Gadamsetty

Outreach

Daiki Morikami

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.

Sam Xie

Tech

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