U.S. Physics Team Members Selected to Participate in the 2025 International Physics Olympiad
Brian Zhang, Agastya Goel, Joshua Wang, Allen Li, and Feodor Yevtushenko
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 9, 2025, College Park, MD—Five students have been selected to represent the U.S. Physics Team at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) to be held July 17–25 at PALAISEAU, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, where they will compete with student scholars from over 80 nations.
The five traveling team members of the 2025 U.S. Physics Team are:
- Agastya Goel
- Allen Li
- Joshua Wang
- Feodor Yevtushenko
- Brian Zhang
The alternate traveling team member is Raymond Feng.
The coaches for the 2025 U.S. Physics Team are Academic Director, Tengiz Bibilashvili; Coaches, Kellan Colburn, Natalie LeBaron, Rishab Parthasarathy, and Elena Yudovina; and Junior Coach, Evan Erickson.
The U.S. Physics Team is sponsored by the generous support of private donors, the American Institute for Physics and the member societies of the American Institute of Physics:
Acoustical Society of America
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Astronomical Society
ACA: The Structural Science Society
American Meteorological Society
American Physical Society
AVS: Science &Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing
Optica
The Society of Rheology
Hosting University:
University of Maryland
Corporate Sponsors:
Cambridge University Press
Citidel and Citidel Securities
D.E. Shaw Group & Company
Non-Trivial
Turnitin
About AAPT
AAPT is an international organization for physics educators, physicists, and industrial scientists—with members worldwide. Dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching, AAPT provides awards, publications, and programs that encourage teaching practical application of physics principles, support continuing professional development, and reward excellence in physics education. Founded in 1930, the Association is headquartered in the American Center for Physics at College Park, Maryland.
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