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Henry Ding
Co-Chair
Henry is currently studying Physics at Princeton University and loves everything about physics and science. He hopes to share the joys of science to more people and tackle social barriers to make science more accessible for everyone. Henry's favorite physics field is condensed matter physics, which he hopes to research in the future. In Princeton, he placed 1st in the Qiskit FallFest Quantum Computing Competition and received the Manfred Pyka Memorial Physics Award. During high school at Choate, he placed 1st nationally and 2nd internationally in PUPC, earned two gold medals in the USA Physics Olympiad, competed in the Science Bowl National Tournament, and advanced to the national exam of the United States National Chemistry Olympiad.
He loves swimming and drawing.
Lilian Gan
Co-Chair
Lilian is a freshman at MIT. She has always been interested in STEM subjects, particularly chemistry and math. In her STEM related extracurriculars and even just in her classes, she noticed that there were a lot less girls than boys. This imbalance prompted her to think about the underrepresentation in STEM fields, which is why Ascending STEM initially started off as an organization meant to promote women in STEM. Now, AscSTEM's mission is much broader, and she believes it is important to find a way to help everyone explore their interests in STEM fields while educating them.
Jialian Gan
Jialian is a 10th-grade student of Orange County School of Arts and also serves as the President of Ascending STEM as well as the President of the OCSA branch. She has had a passion for Aerospace Engineering inherited by a great deal of exploration in her youth. She is inspired by the idea of traveling in space and the finer details of space in general. There are also so many other sectors of STEM that pique her interest, leading her to join and lead the organization.
Michelle Cheng
Michelle is a freshman at Northwood High School and currently serves as Vice President of Ascending STEM. She is interested in STEM-related subjects, specifically Biology. In middle school, she participated in her school’s Science Olympiad team in which she competed for both 2 years and succeeded at national tournaments for one. She consistently won medals over the year for studying microbiology while at Science Olympiad Nationals 2024, she won 1st for flight/building a plane with the most successful fly time and placed 6th place for her physics tower build. Apart from academic achievements, she loves to be involved within a community and be surrounded by people that have similar interests to her.
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