Meet the Instructors
Pleiades Academy was started by 7 MIT students looking to provide elite STEM tutoring for high school students. Read below to learn a little bit more about the instructors' past experience, accomplishments, and qualifications!
Abhay Bestrapalli
- MIT Class of 2026; majoring in Physics and Math, minor in Writing
- USA IOAA Team 2022 (Bronze) and 2021 (Silver)
- 2x Indian IMO Training Camp Qualifier
- 2x Indian Physics Olympiad Qualifier
- IISc KVPY All India Rank ~140s
- IIT Guwahati Technothlon All India Rank 1
Mason Fang
- MIT Class of 2026; majoring in Math + CS and Physics
- 2021 IPhO Alternate, 5x USAPhO Semifinalist
- 2021 MOP, 5x USA(J)MO qualifier
- 2020 AIME Perfect Scorer
- 2022 Putnam Top 200
- USACO Gold
- 2022 CMIMC: 2nd place in Algebra/NT, 8th place overall
Orion Foo
- MIT Class of 2026; majoring in Math + CS and Physics
- USA IOAA Team 2022 (Bronze) and 2021 (Bronze)
- 2020 Physics Unlimited Premier Competition Bronze Medalist
- 2022 Regeneron STS Semifinalist
- 2022 ISEF Finalist Grand Award 3rd Place (Physics and Astronomy)
- USACO Gold
- American Computer Science League 3x Finalist
Ram Goel
- MIT Class of 2026; majoring in CS and Math
- USA IMO Team 2022 (Bronze)
- 2022 USAMO second place nationwide (Gold)
- 2022 Regeneron STS Semifinalist
- 2022 ISEF Finalist Grand Award 3rd place (Mathematics)
- USAPhO 3x semifinalist, Honorable Mention
Aarush Gupta
- MIT Class of 2026; majoring in Physics and CS, minor in Math
- USA IOAA Team 2021, Gold Medal
- USAPhO 2x Semifinalist, Honorable Mention
- Science Olympiad National Tournament Qualifier and 2x Medalist
- 20+ Science Olympiad medals at invitational tournaments held by MIT, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Cornell, etc.
- USACO Silver
Theo Jiang
- MIT Class of 2026; majoring in Bioengineering and CS
- 2022 Regeneron STS Finalist
- 2021 Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finalist
- 2022 ISEF Finalist Grand Award 3rd Place (Computational Biology)
- 2021 Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge Finalist
Rishab Parthasarathy
- MIT Class of 2026; majoring in EECS and Physics, minoring in Math
- USA IPhO Team 2022, 6th place in the world, Gold Medal
- 3x US Physics Team, 5x USAPhO semifinalist
- 2022 Regeneron STS Finalist
- USACO Platinum Division
- 6x USA(J)MO Qualifier, 2022 USAMO Silver Medal
- 2022 Putnam Top 100
- 2020, 2022 USNCO High Honors