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StemJUMP teachers are extremely qualified and experienced in a variety of subjects, and they are dedicated to hosting events and teaching classes in order to provide valuable experiences to all students.

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Malachi Dawson

Malachi Dawson is a junior attending Seven Lakes High School. He is a captain of the Seven Lakes Science Olympiad team, having 4+ years of Science Olympiad experience and more than 90 medals from various tournament levels, including 6 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze from the Science Olympiad National Tournament and 12 Texas State medals. Being passionate about biology, he is a 2026 USA Biology Olympiad Finalist and bronze medalist. He also is the President of Seven Lakes Science Bowl, the Vice President of the Seven Lakes Biology Club, and a former Beckendorff JH Science Olympiad captain.

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Christopher Quiroga

Christopher is currently a sophomore at Seven Lakes High School. He has won multiple awards in the past, including 2nd place in his elementary school’s spelling bee. As for TMSCA, he has been in Beckendorff’s math and science team for 3 consecutive years. Christopher has placed in the top 10 many times and scored a near perfect in science at regionals. He has also been an officer of the SLHS chapter of the Technology Student Association, and placed 8th at state in Team Engineering Design in 2025. Christopher also has achieved the Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts, and is working towards earning all the available merit badges. Some of his hobbies include visiting museums, graphic design, learning about history, and photography.

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Elizabeth Jiang

Elizabeth Jiang is a junior attending the Texas Academy of Math and Science next year. She has a passion for coding and art. She is currently in the USACO Silver Division, and has participated in multiple Computer Science UIL activities, placing 10th at a competition in Taylor High School and serving on the leadership team of Girls Who Code. Elizabeth also enjoys playing piano and drawing, earning a Judges Choice award in Scholastic her first year, and passing Level 9 in the Royal Music Conservatory Piano Exams. In her free time, she likes to draw and read.

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Nevin James

Nevin James is currently a junior at Seven Lakes High School. He joined the Seven Lakes Junior High School Science Olympiad team, and has been a part of the Science Olympiad since then. He has received several medals at the invitational, regional and state level in Division B, in events like Meteorology, Solar System, and Crave the Wave. He has medaled 1st in Meteorology and Solar System at the state level and continues to participate throughout his high school career. He also is an active member of the SLH FRC team, as well as SLHS orchestras. In his free time, he likes to play basketball and work out.

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Hanzhi Zhang

Hanzhi Zhang is a sophomore at Seven Lakes High School and was a member of the 2023-2024 Science Olympiad team. In the 2023 SPBCN (Spelling Bee of China), he placed 4th place in Chengdu’s city spelling bee, which led him to the national spelling bee contest. He has shown a lot of interest in biology, anatomy especially, and chemistry. In his spare time, he likes to play the violin, play tennis, play with his dog, Ellie, or do photography, especially bird photography. He has volunteered in the Maldives and the Cinco Ranch Alzheimer’s Special Care Center, and had a great time in doing so. He has been playing the violin for 5 years, being in the Beckendorff Honors Orchestra and Seven Lakes Symphony Strings and being in the all-region orchestra two times.

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Shivani Mukkamala

Shivani Mukkamala is a junior at Seven Lakes High School. She has been a part of the Beckendorff SciOly and MST team and is currently apart of the Seven Lakes High School SciOly team. She has 4 years of experience competing in Science Olympiad, having won countless medals at State and Invitational tournaments, including a National medal in Crime Busters. She was chosen to be captain of the Beckendorff SciOly Team, with their team getting 3rd place overall at Nationals. Shivani is passionate and loves learning about all areas of chemistry, and in her free time she enjoys baking and going on long bike rides.

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Celina Gao

Celina Gao is a sophomore at Seven Lakes High School. This will be her third year competing in Science Olympiad, a former captain of the Beckendorff team and now a member of the SLHS team, with numerous state and national medals including a national gold medal for Write It Do It. She is also an active athlete, competing on the Seven Lakes Varsity Tennis team and was part of the Katy Rope Warriors team for three years, earning over 10 medals in the 2025 AAU Junior Olympics and 2024 IJRU Nationals. She also excels at art, having received two gold keys and an honorable mention in the Scholastic Art competition. In her free time, she enjoys drawing and spending time with friends.

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Sreejit Mukherjee

Sreejit Mukherjee is a junior at Seven Lakes High School. His academic accomplishments include National placements in Quiz Bowl, 3rd and 4th at Solar System and Dynamic Planet at Scioly Nationals, and, mathematics, where he placed 15th in state math kangaroo, and 21st nationally.  He has also consistently near-perfect scored in TMSCA. He enjoys solving Rubik's cubes, and learning to code in his free time.

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Grace Xie

Grace Xie is a junior at Seven Lakes High School. She has a passion for art and debate.  Grace debated for Huaxia Chinese School Houston and won multiple awards, including a tournament win and several breaks. She competed at the national level at MSTOC. Grace has two blue ribbons in KatyISD's rodeo art program, and KatyISD exhibited her work at their first livestock show art exhibition. She also placed third in Houston Rodeo's junior high quick draw competition. In her first year competing in the Scholastic Art and Writing competition, Grace earned two silver keys. She enjoys drawing and reading in her free time.

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Technology Assistant

Samuel Xie

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Ray Chen

Ray Chen is a sophomore attending Seven Lakes High School. He has competed in many AAU tournaments as well as winning 2nd and first in several competitions. He has also participated in AoAA Speech and Debate as well as participating in many science, stem, and engineering classes and programs. He is also currently studying coding as well as practicing his art, building, and creative skills. He competed in the 2022-2023 TMEA Region Orchestra and placed in the top orchestra. Ray likes to play video games, read, and play his instruments in his free time.

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Alan Yue

Alan Yue is a junior at Seven Lakes High School, and has had previous experience with Science Olympiad, winning 1st in WICI at Nationals and 1st in WIDI, 2nd in Crave the Wave, and 3rd in Road Scholar at Regionals this year. Also very interested in math,  he has participated in TMSCA since 5th grade, gone to Mathcounts State Round twice, and Math League Nationals this year, placing 13th in the whole nation. Some of his hobbies include violin, soccer, and chess.

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Anvi Mathur

​Anvi Mathur is a sophomore at Seven Lakes High School. She has earned numerous Science Olympiad medals at invitational, regional, and state levels in events such as Road Scholar, Rotor Egg Drop, and Sounds of Music. Anvi enjoys earth science, physics, geography, and building things in general. She has also competed at the national level for science bee, geography bee, and robotics. In her free time, Anvi loves swimming, hanging out with friends, building lego, traveling, and trying new foods.

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Josiah Wardhana

Josiah Wardhana is a sophomore at Seven Lakes High School. He is part of the Seven Lakes High School Science Olympiad team, and is in his 3rd year of Science Olympiad, having won multiple medals from both build and study events. He is also part of the SLHS Technology Student Association, where he placed 8th in Engineering Design at state in 2025. He is also actively part of his Taekwondo school, winning multiple gold medals at various competitions. In his free time, he enjoys playing the violin, birdwatching, and gaming.

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Brendan Liu

Brendan Liu is a sophomore at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory. I mainly do debate as I also attend Huaxia Chinese School for it. I have gotten several top finishes in the Houston area as well as maintaining a 90% win rate for debate. On top of those, I have broke every single tournament for debate that I have attended too. I have also gotten to the top 8 best debaters in the whole United States. On top of that, I actively play tournament baseball and basketball. 

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Yule Kim

Yule Kim is a current sophomore at Seven Lakes High School, where he is a part of the Symphony Orchestra, placing first for the viola in his class during his freshman year. He is actively involved in the medical field, placing first in Medical Innovation at regionals and partaking in the state-level competition at HOSA. He volunteers at Memorial Hermann, giving him the opportunity to shadow doctors and nurses from a vast number of fields, and he is also an officer in the Seven Lakes High School Cancer Research Society. He has founded a volunteer system within his Korean school, supporting over 200 students on the weekends. During his free time, he enjoys playing tennis with friends as well as working out at the gym.

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Aryan Adappa

Aryan Adappa is a sophomore at Seven Lakes High School. He is a member of the Seven Lakes High School Olympiad team and competes in biology and build events. He has been in science Olympiad for 3 years and has 30+ medals. He is also extremely passionate about biology and is a sophomore representative of the biology club. In his free time, he plays soccer, table tennis, and watching clips the goat Lionel Messi.

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Srikar Reddy

Srikar Reddy is a sophomore at Seven Lakes High School. He has a strong academic record and active participation in academic competitions, including top placements in UIL Spelling and SciOly. Experienced in tutoring peers in math, biology, and Java, mainly from Mu Alpha Theta, and volunteering for organizations, such as SLJH Band. Passionate about biology and Java, and aims to pursue a career in Biotechnology. Active participant in many organizations and competitions, and primarily focuses on USABO. Enjoys reading fiction; playing pickleball and basketball; exploring biology and Java; and writing essays that challenge perspectives.

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Erika Tang

Erika Tang is a freshman at Seven Lakes High School. She was the captain of the MathCounts team that won 1st place at the state competition in Colorado in 2025. She was awarded the Honor Roll of Distinction for AMC8. In her two years of Science Olympiad, she has earned multiple medals including four State gold medals and six Regional gold medals, in the events Codebusters, Dynamic Planet, Optics, Ecology, and Experimental Design. She was the captain of the Science Bowl team in middle school and they won the State championship and competed at Nationals. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, drawing, playing tennis, and playing piano.

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Evan Feng

Evan Feng is a current sophomore at Seven Lakes High School and competed in Science Olympiad with the Seven Lakes Junior High and High School teams for over three seasons, earning more than 50 medals. In the 2024-2025 season, Evan was a captain for the Seven Lakes Junior High Science Olympiad team. Evan has an interest in physics and geology, and enjoys reading books and playing video games in his free time.

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Ethan Parasseril

Ethan Parasseril is a current freshman at Seven Lakes High School. During his junior high years, he was an active member of the Science Olympiad team for two years at Beckendorff JH where he has earned many medals, participating in events such as Dynamic Planet and Meteorology. Aside from these events, he especially enjoys earth science, environmental science, and geography. Other than his participation in the Science Olympiad, during his time in the BDJH Orchestra program, he was a two-year varsity violinist that was part of the orchestra that won TMEA as well as the 25-26 group that performed in San Antonio for the 2026 TMEA convention. Additionally, he was accepted into the Region 23 Orchestra as a Symphony violinist. As of now, he is a part of Student Council and Seven Lakes HS Orchestras. He enjoys listening to music, reading, researching topics that interest him, drawing, and spending time with his friends. 

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Srisaanvi Govardhanagiri

Srisaanvi Govardhanagiri is a freshman at Seven Lakes High School. She is part of the Seven Lakes Science Olympiad team, and this is her 3rd year of competing in scioly, having also competed with the Beckendorff Science Olympiad team in her 7th and 8th grade years. In her two years, she participated in numerous events such as Disease Detectives, Dynamic Planet, Crime Busters, and Heredity, and has also earned many medals. Aside from scioly, Srisaanvi has a very deep interest in biology and loves reading about and studying biology. She is actively in the process of writing and hopefully publishing biomedical research. She also loves running, and is an experienced hurdler and long distance runner. Srisaanvi enjoys volunteering and can often be seen volunteering for multiple programs and organizations with her friends. In her free time, she loves going on random side quests, playing tennis and volleyball with her friends, playing the violin, and watching sunsets. 

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