Kevin’s Top 30, Under 30.

#1

Graduated from Engineering Physics with Distinctions while also having a minor in Honors Mathematics.

#2

Built* a cyclotron in highschool.
*might not have been super functional (yet).

#3

Was touted a GOAT in first year Engineering. It was widespread knowledge that even the First Year Engineering submission for film fEUSt had you in there.

#4

Hiked Clouds rest in Yosemite one day!

#5

Learned and went though the process of founding a company: Equationary.
https://www.facebook.com/eqnry/

#6

First-authoring a paper, available now, for the world, on Arxiv: “Quantum limits of superconducting-photonic links and their extension to mm-waves”.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14501

#7

Accepted into Stanford (roughly 3-4% acceptance rate) for a PhD program in Physics.
https://irds.stanford.edu/data-findings/doctoral-admissions

#8

Won the PGS D (63,000 big Canadian ones over 36 months!).

#9

#10

Survived malaria.

#11

Won the $200k grant from Q-farm to pursue a post doc at Stanford.

#12

Learned to crochet to make another person happy.

#13

Survived his first backpacking trip with only two instant noodles bowls and a six-pack of beer— and continues to stay positive and optimistic about backpacking.

#14

Ran a half marathon with only a month of training.

#15

Given a talk at Cornell, among the league of other professors

#16

Nearly got stabbed but used fighting skills to get out of the situation while teaching a hooligan too be better.

#17

Picked up his life to live somewhere else and adapted, overcome, and improvise at least 4 times (India > Germany > Canada > Japan > USA).

#18

Grew his hair out for giggles with buddies and the flow became killer.

#19

Knows how to make stellar mead.

#20

Can drive from Stanford to Vancouver in one day

#21

Was asked to be a Chemistry touter for high school students, and still continues to motivate and be a role model for students at Enver Creek, or graduated. To this day.

#22

Knows how to make the very things technology is built on, and can do so while wearing a bunny suit no less.

#23

A great listener and is someone who always has honest and earnest advice.

#24

While book smart, he is also athletic and was captain of the volleyball team.

#25

Knows how to beatbox like a G.

#26

Mentored a number of individuals that look up to him.

#27

Has several other publications spanning fields from quantum device physics, to accelerator physics, to statistical methods for medical applications, and deep learning algorithms.

#28

Developed a personal electrolyte mix #biohacking.

#29

Was treasurer of the Stanford Radio club.

#30

Champion of fun things like a 30 km run for his 30th birthday!