Founded in 2017, the University of Michigan Science Olympiad Invitational is the premier Science Olympiad Invitational in the State of Michigan. It features quality competition using the University’s top-notch facilities and resources and tests written by top Science Olympiad competitors, while simultaneously being a stone’s throw away from many of the top and up-and-coming teams in Michigan. We recognize that having to cross state borders to attend competitive Invitationals is taxing on the already small budgets of the many teams and our Invitational solves this by providing a high caliber of competition at the nation’s top public university.

This Invitational was developed with the intention of providing an arena of play for the many teams in Michigan who cannot afford to compete in states like Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, but can make the trip down to beautiful Ann Arbor. We have consulted with other collegiate Science Olympiad groups and used the tips and advice that they offered us to ensure that this competition will be successful. 

We are confident that the University of Michigan Science Olympiad will host a successful invitational every year, and allow students to receive exposure to the many exciting disciplines in the sciences. With your support, we can make this an Invitational one that teams will continue coming back to.

2025-2026 Board

Major: Biochemistry and Biological Physics

Favorite Event: Green Generation / WIDI

Grace Lee

Executive Director

Major: Computer Engineering

Favorite Event: Codebusters

Vishal Dattathreya

Operations Co-Lead

Major: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Favorite Event: Rocks and Minerals

Evelyn Jiang

Test Evaluation

Major: Computer Science

Favorite Event: Codebusters

Prabhleen Pawar

Test Evaluation

Major: Biochemistry

Favorite Event: Anatomy

Sarah Dong

Test Evaluation

Major: Neuroscience

Favorite Event: Microbe Mission

Akash Agrawal

Finance

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Favorite Event: Experimental Design

Tanay Dakarapu

Internal Vice Executive

Major: Actuarial Math and Statistics

Favorite Event: Ornithology

Nicholas Sheppard

Operations Co-Lead

Major: Computer Science

Favorite Event: Experimental Design

Gokul Sankar

Test Evaluation

Major: Data Science and Financial Math

Favorite Event: Codebusters

Rohan Athreya

Test Evaluation

Major: Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

Favorite Event: Chem lab!

Summer Wu

Test Evaluation

Major: Undecided

Favorite Event: Crime Busters, Chemistry, Forensics

Binita Jui

Secretary

Major: Neuroscience

Favorite Event: Lean Mean Meme Machine or Disease Detectives

Jinyoung Jeong

External Vice Executive

Major: Computer Science

Favorite Event: Forensics

Serenity Metzger

Human Resources

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Favorite Event: Air Trajectory!!!

Peter Wang

Test Evaluation

Major: Neuroscience

Favorite Experimental Design

Saif Shami

Test Evaluation

Major: Psychology

Favorite Event: Road Scholar

Ganesh Palaniappan

Outreach

Major: Cognitive Science (Phil Track) & Biological Physics

Favorite Event: Disease Detectives

Jane Ryu

Marketing & Media

 

Alumni

2025

Pooja Yalavarthi

Anna Klinger

Delaney Snead

Lin Yang

Sumegha Ponnaluri

Kaleb Ott

Jinay Shah

Jason Brown

Tony DiMeglio

Jennifer Meng

Elaine Qu

Aishani Moradia

2024

Nisha Patel

Manish Venumuddula

2023

EmJ Rennich

Robert Bakal

Clara Huggins

Saad Shami

Larry Wang

Erica Santos

2022

Sahil Tolia

Allister Ho

Trent Stegink

Noella Holmer

Alyssa Anderson

2021

Maiya Yu

John Hemmerling

2020

Maiya Yu

Daniel Hoekwater

Scott Hadley

Felix Griffin

2019

Nicholas Ettinger

Audrey Zhang

Madison Payne

Adam Shen

Aya Fattah

Geet Antani

Nikita Patel

2018

Omar Al-Ejel

Ranganath Kathawate

Harsh Jhaveri

Connor Todd

Jason Fernando

Casey Wong

2017

Kevin Huang

Adam Rubinstein

Andrea Lin

Kenny Wang

Rahil Ukani