According to Greek mythology, Pandora's box was a magical artifact that trapped a multitude of all troubles and sorrows in the world, which were released upon opening of this box, leaving only hope trapped inside. Knowledge, in a similar way, could bring advancement and peace to society, or also trouble — if used by the wrong hands. At Pandorax, we teach the knowledge one needs to fulfill their dream in STEM, setting them up for a path to realize their potential and impact the world as future scientists and innovators. With nearly 1,000 pages of written guides and numerous bootcamps, our own Pandora's box is here to guide you to your potential. As for how you use this newfound knowledge, that we leave up to you.

Executive Team

Aiden Pan

Founder & CEO

Aiden Pan

Aiden led the recruitment and development of the Olympiad Guides. Without a mentor, he is a published biomed researcher, ISEF finalist in Physics, USESO national finalist, VEX Robotics World Championship Top 20, and captain of his high school's nationally-ranked science olympiad team, who (emotionally) claimed the title of NY state champions in 2021.

Amit Saha

Chief Operating Officer

Amit Saha

Amit leads the development of the mentorship program of Pandorax. Previously, he pursued research at multiple university laboratories and was recognized as a Regeneron STS Scholar and Grand Award winner at ISEF. As COO of Pandorax, Amit seeks to combine his expertise in research with his passion for scientific education to bring research to all students.

Arjun Krish

Chief Technology Officer

Arjun Krish

Arjun was the sole coder of the Pandorax website. He placed in the USABO Top 50 as a freshman and conducts research in neuroscience and ophthalmology at Stanford University. He leads his school's Science Journalism club and is the biology main of their science bowl team that (hopes) to go to nats again.

David Zhou

Chief Marketing Officer

David Zhou

David qualified for the US International Earth Science Olympiad Team in 10th grade, where he placed 2nd internationally on the individual test and received a gold medal. He also loves to compete in STEM competitions, captaining his high school's science bowl team, which he led to become national champions in 2023.

Aryan Bora

Chief Human Resources Officer

Aryan Bora

Aryan has been fascinated by STEM throughout his entire life. As an incoming freshman at MIT, he is a USABO National Finalist, USAJMO winner, USACO Platinum Division competitor, USNCO Honors awardee, USAPhO Bronze Medal recipient, and is currently conducting research in math at MIT PRIMES-USA. As the CHRO at Pandorax, Aryan hopes to share his love of STEM with other science enthusiasts.

Content Writers

Ong Zhi Zhang

Calculus Primer (Head)

  • IPhO silver medalist
  • IOAA gold medalist
  • MIT '28

Faraz Siddiqui

USAAAO guide

  • IOL silver medalist
  • India IOAA training camp
  • USAAAO silver medalist

Austin Chen

USAAAO Guide

  • MIT '27
  • IOAA bronze medalist
  • USAPhO bronze medalist

Nijat Abbasov

USAAAO Guide

  • IPhO bronze medalist
  • IOAA silver medalist

Brian Amaro

USESO Guide

  • Stanford '24
  • IESO qualifier

Aiden Jeong

Calculus Primer

  • USA(J)MO honorable mention
  • 2x AIME qualifier

Logan Reich

USAAAO Guide (Head)

  • IESO alternate
  • USAAAO top 10

Aashray Chegu

USESO Guide

  • Stanford '28
  • IESO gold medalist
  • SciOly national champion

Michael Chen

USESO Guide

  • Caltech '27
  • USESO national finalist
  • Regeneron STS scholar

Emmanuel Zhang

USESO Guide

  • IESO qualifier
  • Nationl SciBowl qualifier

Sara Lia

USESO Guide

  • IESO gold medalist
  • IChO qualfier

Leo Li

USESO Guide

  • IESO gold medalist

Henry Ding

Calculus Primer

  • 2x USAPhO gold medalist

Andrey Nikitin

USABO Guide

  • USABO top 50
  • USAPhO silver medalist
  • USAAAO semifinalist

Ashwin Narayanan

Calculus Primer

  • JHU '27
  • Published ML researcher

Zelmay Jan

USABO Guide (head)

  • 2x USABO top 50
  • USMDO gold medalist

Eric Lin

USESO Guide

  • IESO gold medalist

Katherine Yi

USESO Guide

  • IESO gold medalist
  • Scioly national champion

Blaise Mo

USESO Guide

  • University of Cambridge '25
  • IESO gold medalist

Harsh Ambardekar

USAAAO Guide

  • Berkeley '28
  • USAAAO bronze medalist
  • SSP alum
  • AIME qualfier

Ronit Kapur

USAAAO Guide

  • Duke '28
  • ISEF finalist in Physics
  • USAAAO semifinalist
  • AIME qualifier

Alex Pan

USABO Guide

  • JHU '28
  • USABO top 50

Arjun Krish

USABO Guide

  • 2x USABO top 50
  • 2x USABO semifinalist

Abheek Dhawan

USAAAO Guide

  • Yale '28
  • USAAAO bronze medalist
  • SSP alum

Derek Minn

USABO Guide

  • JHU '27
  • USABO semifinalist/li>

Andy Hou

USABO Guide

  • Princeton '28
  • USABO top 125
  • NACLO semifinalist
  • USNCO semifinalist

Leon Lian

Calculus Primer

  • USACO gold
  • AIME qualifier

Vedang Singhal

USESO Guide

  • UNC '27
  • USESO national finalist
  • USABO top 125

Rishabh Vakil

USESO Guide

  • USESO national finalist

Vivian Ye

USABO Guide

  • Cornell '28
  • USABO semifinalist
  • USMDO bronze medalist

Emily Zhao

USESO Guide

  • USESO national finalist

Surya Donath

USESO Guide

  • IESO qualifier
  • 2x USESO national finalist

Laurie Wang

USABO Guide

  • MIT '28
  • USABO top 125
  • AIME qualifier

Alexandra Duan

USABO Guide

  • Columbia '28
  • USABO semifinalist
  • Scioly national medalist
  • AIME qualifier

Brandon Kim

USABO Guide

  • 2x USABO top 125

Sylvie Kang

USESO Guide

  • Scioly national 11th place

Rebecca Ives

USESO Guide

  • Scioly national 2nd place
  • USESO LEES

Rithik Sogal

USABO Guide

  • USABO semifinalist
  • National SciBowl qualifier

Andrew Ung

USABO Guide

  • USABO semifinalist

Arpit Mittal

Calculus Primer

  • MATHCON nationals qualifier

Bootcamp Instructors

Ong Zhi Zhang

USAPhO Bootcamp

  • IPhO silver medalist
  • IOAA gold medalist
  • MIT '28

Henry Ding

USAPhO Bootcamp

  • 2x USAPhO gold medalist

Logan Reich

USAPhO Bootcamp

  • IPhO silver medalist
  • IOAA gold medalist

Yufei Chen

USNCO Bootcamp

  • MIT '28
  • IBO top gold (ranked #1)
  • IChO alternate
  • IESO gold medalist (ranked #5)

Phoenix Wu

USNCO Bootcamp

  • MIT '27
  • 2x IChO medalist
  • 4x USNCO national finalist

Anant Asthana

USNCO Bootcamp

  • 2x USNCO national finalist
  • National Scibowl top 5
  • AIME qualifier

Fu Xing Chen

USABO Bootcamp

  • MIT '27
  • USABO national finalist

Carolina K.

USABO Bootcamp

  • USABO bronze (top 12)
  • 2x USABO national finalist
  • Scioly national medalist

Zelmay Jan

USABO Bootcamp

  • USABO top 50
  • USMDO gold medalist

David Zhou

USESO Bootcamp

  • IESO gold (ranked #2)
  • National SciBowl champion

Aashray Chegu

USESO Bootcamp

  • Stanford '28
  • IESO gold medalist
  • Scioly national champion

Leo Li

USESO Bootcamp

  • IESO gold medalist

Malachi Noel

USESO Bootcamp

  • IESO qualifier
  • Scioly national 2nd place

Amit Saha

ML Research Bootcamp

  • Gatech '27
  • ISEF 4th place in Computational Bio
  • Regeneron STS scholar

Ankit Biswas

ML Research Bootcamp

  • ISEF 3rd place in Physics
  • Davidson Fellow

Vincent Huang

ML Research Bootcamp

  • ISEF 2nd place in Material Science
  • AIME qualifier

Backend Team

Ankit Biswas

Director of Design

  • ISEF 3rd place in Physics
  • Davidson Fellow

Emily Zhao

Social Media Manager

  • USESO national finalist

Vincent Huang

Video Production

  • ISEF finalist in Material Science
  • AIME qualifier

Leo Li

Outreach

  • IESO gold medalist

Alex Pan

Outreach

  • USABO top 50

Aashray Chegu

Outreach

  • Stanford '28
  • IESO gold medalist
  • Scioly national champion