Eric Zhan

Hello! I am a first-year student at MIT pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (course 6-5). My research interests generally lie in machine learning and quantum computing, although I am quite open at the moment. For fun, I enjoy playing the piano, singing acapella (go Next Sing!), and cracking puzzle hunts.

My high school background was primarily built around competition math and physics. I won USAMO Bronze (problem 4 haunts me to this day) and USAPhO Silver (removing the mechanics question was truly a travesty). More exciting was competing in Science Bowl; I lead my school's Science Bowl team to the National competition my junior and senior year. I write questions for the annual MIT Science Bowl as well.

I also enjoy teaching. During high school, I led a local volunteering group teaching various classes outside the traditional school curriculum. I also taught classes for Professor's Loh's LIVE program for two years - super fun and most likely the closest experience I'll ever have to being a livestreamer.