The UBC Physics Olympics is organized jointly by the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education, and the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus.
The Organizing Committee is:
- Aaron Boley, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
- Andrzej Kotlicki, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
- Georg Rieger, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
- Janis McKenna, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
- Kirsty Dickson, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
- Marina Milner-Bolotin, Dept. of Curriculum & Pedagogy
- Mike Hasinoff, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
- Valery Milner, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
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2025 Physics Olympics Volunteers:
Fermi Questions / Judge: Sean McBride
Volunteers: Akshat Mishra, Dian Sheng, Goni Bebzuck Marom and Nane Vardanyan.
Quizzics / Judges and Emcee: Aaron Boley
Volunteers: Carter Boyd, Elena Timakova, Elys Jamieson, Felix bubbar, Joshua Chung, Maude Lariviere, Neil Jadav and Prajna Kumar.
Light Box Pre-build 1/ Judge: Valery Milner
Volunteers: Ben Scully, Beth Flanagan, Dinel Anthony, Elise Phelan, Enzo Oliveira, Jason Seo, Joshua Lerner and Wendy Pham.
Solar-powered boat Pre-build 2 / Judge: Andrzej Kotlicki
Volunteers: Aiden Magor, Austin Zhu, Cecilia Soroco, Grace Campbell, Laiken Hamming, Nam Bui, Raul del Rosario and Wayne Sudanartha.
Buoyancy Lab 1 / Judge: Mike Hasinoff
Volunteers: Aditya Chakraborty, Aram Lee, Emily Lau, Hajeong Kim, Jiaying Li, Katelyn Jewell, Kylie Krueger, Michelle Kunimoto, Niphitphon Sachdev, Pascale Luers and Zhiqian Li.
Mini-golf Lab 2 / Judge: Georg Rieger
Volunteers: Ali Bouzari, Anthony Rajkovi, Arnav Khandelwal, Aryan Tiwari, Bianca Caminada, Chloe Lawson, Derrick Lacoviello, Ethan Sahi, Jisong Han, Joey Townsend, Lorna Tu and Michelle Huang.
Finals: Aaron Boley
Volunteers: Airene Ajuha, Aram Lee, Eamon Sawada-Tse, Grace Campbell, Hajeong Kim, Jessica Wu, Laiken Hamming, Lily Lu, Mitchell Halajian, Zach Mitchell and Zoe Kartsonas.
Logistics: Kirsty Dickson & Lara Mancuso
Volunteers: Aiden Lytton, Alana Chan, Chloe Hess, Christina Zhou, Felix Chan, Grace Zhang, Hajeong Kim, Jerome Cho, Jessica Wu, Jiaying Li, Kasey Chen, Lily Lu, Mark Choi, Mira Roddy, Myles Norton, Samuel Koett, Shirley Chan, Taiki Shikele and Zoe Kartsonas.