AO Mentors
Among the best and brightest, AO Mentors are happy to share their amazing stories to inspire you on your path towards success.
UC Berkeley
M.E.T.
Mod is pursuing the Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) program at UC Berkeley, double majoring in Computer Science and Business. At ISB, Mod founded and led several organizations focussing on tech innovation and service through tech. Mod’s interest in the intersection of tech and business naturally led him to the startup ecosystem, where interned at a startup accelerator and an educational-technology startup, further inspiring him to now co-found his own.
Mod
Todd
Harvard University
Todd is currently studying Applied Mathematics and Economics at Harvard, where he heads the largest finance organization as CIO and also leads the oldest student-run public equity fund. Outside of school, Todd has experience in private equity having worked at Stagwell Group in Washington D.C. and Lakeshore Capital in Bangkok. Next summer, he will be working at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Investment Banking.
Prin
HarvardUniversity
Prin is currently pursuing computer science and neuroscience on the mind, brain and behavior track at Harvard. In high school, her interest in the intersection of technology and health care led her to develop Parkinson’s Pen Pal, a rehabilitation app for Parkinson’s disease patients based on research by Ramathibodi Hospital.
Schwinn
Stanford University
Schwinn enjoys spending his time-solving problems using computer science and statistics. He ranked fifth in Thailand's qualifier for the International Olympiad in Informatics and co-developed a new programming education platform for the Ministry of Education. During his gap year, Schwinn is working as a full-time data scientist at one of Thailand's top data analytics and AI consulting companies. He enjoys playing jazz piano and singing opera arias in his free time.
Pat
Yale
University
Pat's area of expertise is robotics. He has built a drone from scratch, authored a scientific paper proposing a control system for robotic exoskeletons and created a mechanized walker that that was selected to represent Thailand's National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) at the prestogious i-CREATe 2019 Conference.
UPENN
Nae Nae
A recipient of the 2019 EARCOS Global Citizenship Award, Nae Nae is a self-motivated and impact-driven scholar. At ISB, she led numerous service initiatives,
co-founded the Inter-School Technology Conference, was a TEDx Speaker and representative at international MUN conferences. She has published a chemistry paper on ISJOS and was a Research Assistant at the Department of Economics of Chulalongkorn.
Before entering U.Penn, Nae Nae joined an EdTech and Social Impact Startup accelerator, fully immersing herself in the fast-paced world of venture capital.
Titan
UC
Berkeley
Titan specializes in data science, machine learning, and deep learning and their application on real world data. Titan has done research on bioinformatics and human-computer interaction and with this work qualified as a finalist at the Regeneron 2020 International Science and Engineering Fair and was invited to publish his findings
on IEEE Xplore's library.
Peak
Stanford University
Peak is majoring in Mathematical &Computational Science and minoring in History at Stanford. He was the 2018 Bronze Medalist in the International History Olympiad and won the Cambridge University Fitzwilliam Humanities Research Competition. Peak captained the ICS Men’s Varsity Soccer Team and enjoys poker among many other activities
Peak strongly believes that it is possible to excel academically and intellectually while doing things that teenagers enjoy! He feels that having fun during high school with friends is as important as succeeding in college admissions.
Bomb
Princeton University
Bomb is passionate about healthcare and enjoys improving medical processes through engineering. For his research on water treatment optimization through nanoparticle purification, he was invited to present at an international academic conference at Oxford University and was a global finalist of the prestigious Google Science Fair.
He enjoys playing the piano, saxophone, as well as the kalimba. Inspired by his internship at a major financial institution, Bomb is studying computer science, statistics, and finance at Princeton University.
Nash
Stanford University
Nash is currently studying computer science
at Stanford University, focusing on artificial intelligence, object-oriented programming, and algorithm design and analysis. While interning at a major global tech company, he developed his own search engine prototypes as well as explored applications of high-performance computing (specifically in c++).
Matrix
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Matrix is passionate about creating new technologies to support better health, which is why he is studying in a combined M.D. + M.Eng program at Ramathibodi Hospital and Mahidol University.
This interest arose as his little sister’s brain cancer inspired him to conduct research on human cell cultures at the Chulalongkorn MRC Nanomedical Research Lab. Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice, a documentary about his sister’s fight against cancer, was awarded
“Best International Documentary” at the Canadian International Documentary Festival.
He has conducted independent research on developing an ergonomic face shield to prevent Covid-19 transmission, haptic glasses to help the blind safely navigate the environment, and a method to check the ripeness of premium organic durians grown on his family’s farm.
Princeton University
Por
As a student at Shrewsbury in Bangkok, Por placed in the top-Five of the Thailand Economic Olympiad and represented his country at the International Econmic Olympiad, where he was the highest scoring Bronze medalist from Thailand. At Princeton University, Por is exploring both social science and science based subjects.
Pear
Stanford University
Pear is majoring in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford, where she has also been a class representative in the student government since her Freshman Year. She serves on the board of Stanford Women in Business and is the publicity chair of her dance team. Pear played a principal role in an all-campus theater production with the Stanford Opera Company. Pear is the founder of H.E.R. (Health. Equity. Respect.), a menstrual equity nonprofit that she continues to lead remotely at Stanford. Pear was a 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Impact.
UPENN
Matthew
Matthew is pursuing the Systems Engineering Major at U.Penn, where he is passionate about creating assistive technologies and designing systems that will make that technology accessible to the public. This passion has led him to become the inventor of the Boost-Walker, a smart and low-cost physical therapy device. Committed to hands-on social impact, he co-founded the national chapter of GoBabyGo in Thailand. His interest in engineering and business led him to be involved with the startup ecosystem at U.Penn, and he has been appointed the Chief Product Officer of Jalan Journey, an ed-tech startup based in Singapore.
Dartmouth
Kris
Kris is double majoring in Computer Science and Economics at Dartmouth College, where he is an active member of the Scholars of Finance, which strives to integrate ethical conduct with financial insights for market impact. Additionally, Kris has gained experience through mentorship programs with a top U.S. financial institution. Kris has interned at the Thailand Development Research Institute where he worked on leveraging Big Data and AI to aid in developing public policies. Outside the classroom, Kris is a cellist with the Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra and a member of the University's badminton team.
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Northwestern
Att
Att excels as both a scholar and a leader. He won a Bronze Medal at the Thailand Economics Olympiad and as Captain of the BPS Soccer Team, he founded multiple initiatives to promote inclusivity in athletics for underserved areas. Att's innovative spirit led to the invention and patenting of the HandyDesk backpack, a versatile and affordable solution for rural communities. His impactful contributions to the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security earned him the Thailand National Outstanding Youth Award. At Northwestern University, Att plans to major in Economics and obtain an undergraduate business certification from the Kellogg School of Management.
University of
Virginia
Thomas
Thomas plans to pursue Finance at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. His achievements include winning the 2023 Thailand Economics Olympiad and securing Gold in the 2023 International Economics Olympiad. As the founder and president of Off the Grid, Thomas developed and tended solar-powered incubators for ducks that are used as natural pest-predators, reducing the need for chemical pesticides. He also created the Anti-Tremor Spoon for Parkinson's patients, which was a finalist in the 2022 Conrad Challenge, recognized by NASA. An avid martial artist, Thomas has claimed 1st place in international competitions such as the AFG Open, Siam Cup, and Thailand National Championship, maintaining an undefeated submission grappling record of 6-0, and has experience in the NCAA freestyle wrestling recruiting process.
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Kawin
UC Berkeley
M.E.T.
Kawin is double majoring in Industrial Engineering and Business Administration at UC Berkeley’s Management Entrepreneurship and Technology program. He is passionate about developing technologies to make the world safer for people, animals, and plants. This led him to create ‘Find-Zheimer,’ a social enterprise to trace missing persons via iron-on QR labels, and his Power Generator Module for Wildlife GPS trackers using renewable energy, among other patented innovations. Kawin's love for engineering and business drew him to Berkeley’s MET program, and he seeks internships that combine these fields. His innovation, ‘The Anchor,’ won the Environmental Sustainability Award at The Diamond Challenge 2023, earning him a scholarship from the 2023 YOUNGA assembly.