About Us
Feel free to click on any of our profiles to learn more about us!
For any organization specific inquiries, contact us at: team@cerealcodes.org
Team Members
Mythreya Dharani
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Mythreya is the president of CerealCodes, and has been programming competitively for two years. He is in the USACO Gold Division and is an AIME qualifier. Outside of CerealCodes, he enjoys conducting research and playing soccer. He is excited to help create high quality experiences like contests for students from all backgrounds.
President
Founding Member
Jerry Yao
Favorite: Granola
Jerry is the Vice-President and Head of Web Development at CerealCodes. Besides competitive coding, Jerry has a diverse range of interests. He takes pleasure in creating websites, swimming, playing the piano, and embarking on research projects. His passion and enthusiasm drive him to create high-quality, unforgettable experiences for students worldwide.
Vice President
Head/Organizer
Web Dev
Founding Member
Eric Hsu
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Eric is a USACO Finalist who decided to join CerealCodes to contribute high-quality problems and encourage students to compete in programming competitions. He is excited to help organize a fun and enjoyable contest for the competitive programming community!
Head/Organizer
Problemsetter
Web Dev
Founding Member
Justin Huang
Favorite: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Justin is a senior who enjoys writing programs to make his life easier and (sometimes) competitive programming. Outside of computer science, he enjoys reading books and manga, cross country running, and listening to music. Sometimes, he likes making things for his friends!
Web Dev
Nicholas Tarsis
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Nicholas is a USACO Platinum division competitor and a freshman at Stanford University who is passionate about creating unique and challenging experiences in math and programming contests. In addition to his interest in competitive programming, he has an array of other hobbies. He enjoys playing chess, participating in gym activities where he has achieved a maximum bench press of 265, and taking on challenging programming tasks. His passion, dedication, and zest drive him to excel academically, and he looks forward to bringing this same energy and enthusiasm to contribute positively to the CerealCodes community and beyond.
Problemsetter
Aidan Lee
Favorite: Cheerios
Aidan is a junior at TJHSST and the head of logistics of CerealCodes. He is in the USACO Gold division and is an AIME Qualifier. More importantly he has experience in managing organizations such as the OIMC (Online International Math Contest). Outside of CerealCodes, he enjoys fencing and listening to music.
Head/Organizer
Outreach
Daniel Kim
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Daniel is a junior at Lynbrook High School and a USACO Finalist who joined CerealCodes to help create problems for others to solve and meet new people on the team. Outside of coding, he enjoys doing math, talking to friends, and playing piano. He hopes that you will enjoy the problems he creates!
Problemsetter
Tyler Bordeaux
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Tyler is a junior who enjoys web and app development, and is working his way through USACO guide. Outside of programming, he runs track and cross country, and plays Spikeball and pickleball with friends and family.
Web Developer
Outreach Coordinator
Jesse Choe
Favorite: Honey Bunches of Oats
Jesse is the founder of CerealCodes and currently a computer science student at UMD. He is a USACO Platinum competitor who's interested in algorithms, machine learning, natural language processing, and most importantly competitive programming. He decided to create CerealCodes in order to share his passion for computer science and competitive programming to students around the world, and he is a proud believer of spreading computer science to the youth. Outside of CerealCodes, he enjoys playing and watching soccer, hanging out with friends, shopping, and hitting push/pull day at the gym. Jesse founded CerealCodes in 2022, and although he is no longer directly involved in the organization, he hopes to serve as an advisor and help it grow.
Founder
Advisor
Mark Ma
Favorite: Cocoa Puffs
Mark is a co-head of problem development at CerealCodes. He is a USACO Platinum division competitor and a junior who has written problems for unofficial programming contests and tested and wrote problems for official Codeforces rounds, including Codeforces Round #887. Outside of CerealCodes, he enjoys playing GeoGuessr with his friends and studying GeoGuessr metas.
Head/Organizer
Problemsetter
Founding Member
Ryan Chou
Favorite: Cheerios
Ryan is a co-head of web development at CerealCodes and a USACO Gold division competitor. Outside of programming, he also enjoys graphic design and civic engagement. He's super excited to contribute to the CerealCodes community and beyond.
Head/Organizer
Web Dev
Founding Member
Brian Law
Favorite: Cheerios
Brian is a USACO Finalist who joined CerealCodes to help problemset and work on the website. Outside of programming, he likes to play games such as chess and minesweeper and spend time on BiliBili. Brian hopes to write problems that are enjoyable for others to solve!
Problemsetter
Web Dev
Allen Wu
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Allen is a USACO Finalist from Newport High School who joined CerealCodes to help create more opportunities for students to learn and grow. He hopes to help the community expand with his problems!
Head/Organizer
Problemsetter
Founding Member
Guoguo Gong
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Guoguo is a sophomore at Basis Independent McLean and a USACO Platinum division competitor who decides to join CerealCodes to help create more interesting problems that focuses more on the thought process instead of the implementation of the code itself. Outside of programming, he enjoys maths and hanging out with his friends.
Problemsetter
Jonathan He
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Jonathan is a USACO finalist and MOP participant from Stevenson High School who joined CerealCodes to help set problems with a more mathematical aspect. He hopes to continue contributing to the contest in the future and grow the community for the next few years.
Problemsetter
Former Members
Stanley Zhao
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Stanley was the head of frontend development and is a freshman at MIT. He is passionate about web development, cybersecurity, and competitive programming. He is also a web developer at CPI. Outside of web development, he enjoys playing volleyball.
Web Dev
Omkar Bajaj
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Omkar was a backend developer and is a freshman at the UT Austin Turing Scholars Program who is passionate about web development, competitive programming, and artificial intelligence. He has worked on projects and applications in several fields, including medical tech, NLP and more. He's also a big sports enthusiast up to date with the latest news of many sports.
Web Dev
Siddhant Sood
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Siddhant is the current director of operations at CerealCodes. Currently a senior at TJHSST, Siddhant has a passion for cloud computing, constraint programming, and academic research. His interest in competitive programming has grown over the past two years and he currently competes in the USACO Gold Division. Beyond his academic pursuits, Siddhant enjoys playing lacrosse, exploring the great outdoors, and listening to music. He is committed to creating an impactful and enriching experience for his fellow programmers at CerealCodes.
Head/Organizer
Outreach
Michael Liu
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Michael is the backend development lead and a founding member. He is a USACO Platinum division competitor and a two-time gold medalist in the ACSL International Finals. Outside of programming, he enjoys activities such as tennis and piano. He is very excited to help develop a fun and enjoyable contest for all.
Head/Organizer
Web Dev
Tina Wang
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Tina is a USA EGOI Team Gold Medalist and the head for frontend development at CerealCodes. She is currently a senior at Marquette High School and joined CerealCodes in order to give back to the competitive coding community and to combine her passions for web development and serving others. Besides competitive programming and web development, she also enjoys designing and drawing, doing math, playing the flute, gaming, and talking with the people she loves. She is always on the lookout for new, enriching opportunities, and she is committed to seeing the competitive programming community grow and provide opportunities for students across the world.
Head/Organizer
Web Dev
Artist
Nikita Gorshkov
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Nikita is a senior and an avid programmer who enjoys web development and competitive programming. In his free time, he enjoys playing the guitar, swimming, and coding. He is excited to help create a fun platform for everyone to enjoy!
Web Dev
Zechariah Frierson
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Zechariah is a high school senior who loves to program and solve problems. Outside of coding he likes to play soccer, swim, and play the violin. He is excited to develop a place for everyone to learn and have fun!
Web Dev
Patrick Deng
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Patrick is a USACO Finalist and a junior who is interested in competitive programming and has done various programming contests such as USACO and Codeforces, competing in the USACO Platinum division. He is also interested in writing competitive programming problems, and hopes to help organize a fun and enjoyable contest for the competitive programming community!
Problemsetter
Founding Member
Larry Xing
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Larry is a dedicated USACO Finalist who decided to join CerealCodes to contribute high-quality problems and encourage students to compete in programming competitions. He is excited to make interesting and high quality problems for everyone to enjoy.
Problemsetter
Thomas Liu
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Thomas is a USACO Finalist who wanted to join CerealCodes in order to have a platform for problem setting. He is excited to share his problems with you and hopes to help organize a fun and enjoyable contest for the competitive programming community!
Problemsetter
Eric Yachbes
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Eric Yachbes is a USACO Platinum division competitor and a rising freshman at Cornell University who enjoys writing and solving challenging competitive programming problems. He has created problems for various school-run competitions in the past and is excited to write unique problems for CerealCodes.
Problemsetter
Ian Zhang
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Ian Zhang is a USACO Platinum Division Competitor and a freshman at Duke University who enjoys writing problems and participating in math and programming contests. Outside of coding, he loves playing piano and cello and has participated in the NJ All-State Orchestra. He also enjoys playing tennis for his school team.
Problemsetter
Kelin Zhu
Favorite: Mystery Cereal
Kelin Zhu is a USACO Platinum contestant and USAMO Bronze medalist. His math competition problems have been enjoyed by over a thousand students since 2021, and he wishes to carry his creativity into problem-setting for CerealCodes. He is excited to explore new opportunities to engage in the competitive programming community as a CerealCodes team member.
Problemsetter