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General

Name Adam Cheong
Goal Identify the most important problems of our times in healthcare and biomedical sciences, and harness collective intelligence and robotic resources to solve them for the betterment of humankind.
Email adam@cheong.net
Phone (650) 593-8322
Url https://adamcheong.com
Summary Inventive high school student with a strong interest in science, math, engineering and robotics; founding intern of seed-stage robotics startup in San Francisco; winner of multiple STEM fair awards and a Masason Scholar.

Education

  • 2023.08 - 2027.06

    San Francisco, California

    High School
    Proof School
    For Kids Who Love Math
    • 11th: Classic Literature: The Essay
    • 11th: Quantum Mechanics
    • 11th: Medicinal Chemistry
    • 11th: Anatomy & Physiology
    • 11th: Linear Algebra
    • 11th: US History & the American Essay
    • 10th: Literary Arts: Graphic Narrative
    • 10th: Generating Functions
    • 10th: Calculus A, B, C & D
    • 10th: Physics
    • 10th: Chemistry
    • 10th: Latin 2
    • 9th: Latin 1
    • 9th: Biology
    • 9th: Advanced Literature
    • 9th: Exponents/Log/Trig A & B
    • 9th: Euclidean Geometry 3
    • 9th: Number Theory 2
    • 9th: Graph Theory 1
    • 9th: Studio Art: Paper
  • 2017.08 - 2023.06

    Portola Valley, California

    Elementary to Middle School
    Woodland School
    3rd to 8th Grade
    • Capstone Project: Hydroponics
    • Mathcounts, AMC 8, and STEM Fairs

Experience

  • 2023.07 - 2027.06

    San Francisco, California

    Robotics Intern
    Watney Robotics
    Assemble robot arms and controllers that allow humans from halfway around the world to teleoperate a robot; perform data labeling and train machine learning models.
    • Robot Arm Controller Assembly
    • Data Labeling
    • ML Models Training

Volunteering

  • 2022.07 - 2022.07

    Portola Valley, California

    Camp Counselor
    Woodland Summer Adventures
    Supervised students and gained first hand experience teaching small groups of students a new skill.
    • Leadership Development
    • Safety Training
    • CPR, AED & Basic First Aid Certified

Awards

  • 2026
    Ellison Scholar (Semi-Finalist)
    Ellison Institute of Technology
    2026 cohort selected through a highly competitive process and will contribute to the mission of EIT to discover, develop and deploy science and technology in pursuit of solving some of humanity’s most challenging and enduring problems.
  • 2025.07
    Masason Scholar
    Masason Foundation
    9th generation cohort of 32 youths with high aspirations and exceptional talents selected to develop their skills, and contributing to the future of humankind.
  • 2025.07
    AP Scholar with Honor
    Calculus BC, Physics C: Mechanics, Chemistry, and Biology
    Recognizes exemplary college-level achievement, having attained a score of 5 on all four AP exams taken.

Projects

  • 2025.01 - 2025.12
    Monte Carlo Simulation of Somatic Twist in Ancient Marine Worms
    Research Purpose: run Monte Carlo simulation to recreate evolutionary events inside a computer and see how the first digital worm evolves in silico to become the ‘first fish’ with a dorsoventrally inverted body plan after a somatic twist.
    • Computational Biology
    • OpenWorm
    • Sybernetic
  • 2023.01 - 2023.03
    The Cliffhanger Project
    A novel mountain climbing aid that brings a new mechanical advantage to mountaineers by means of a simple lever mechanism — inspired by a physics demo harnessing a setup of three toothpicks to carry a payload hanging off the edge of a table.
    • Mountain Climbing Aid
    • Mechanical Advantage
    • Type 2 Lever

Science fairs

Contests

  • 2025.04
    Cum Laude (Honorable Mention)
    National Latin Examination
    Annual recognition of student accomplishment in Latin language learning and the study of Greco-Roman culture.
  • 2025.03
    Honorable Mention
    USA Biolympiad (USABO)
    The most prestigious biology education and testing program for US high school students, participated by approximately 10,000 talented students annually.
  • 2024.04
    Maxima Cum Laude (Silver Recognition)
    National Latin Examination
    Annual recognition of student accomplishment in Latin language learning and the study of Greco-Roman culture.

Posters

  • 2025.06.28
    Monte Carlo Simulation of Somatic Twist in Ancient Marine Worms
    25th International Worm Meeting, UC Davis
    Progress report on design aspects of evolutionary modeling for a digital worm and computational challenges encountered.
  • 2025.02.28
    A Twist on Decussation
    Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, San Francisco State University
    A comparative study of morphological models from ancient marine worms to the first fish inside an aquarium.

Papers

  • 2025.02.28
    Why Do Vertebrates Have Decussated Corticospinal Tracts?
    Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, San Francisco State University
    A comparative study of morphological models from ancient marine worms to the first fish inside an aquarium.
  • 2025.01.25
    The Rise of Homo Roboticus
    Thesis Submission, Masason Foundation
    10 years later, how will artificial intelligence be further developed and what kind of changes will it bring to the world?
  • 2023.06.30
    People Get Essays Wrong
    Global Essay Competition, John Locke Institute
    What is something important, about which nearly everybody is wrong?

Courses

The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
UC Berkeley Pre-College Scholar 2025-06
The Mathematics of Competitive Behavior
Johns Hopkins Center of Talented Youth 2024-08
Engineering and Robotics Workshop at MIT Campus
National Geographic Student Travel 2024-07
The Concord Review History Camp
The Concord Review 2024-06
Logic: Principles of Reasoning
Johns Hopkins Center of Talented Youth 2023-07

Societies & clubs

Genetics Society of America
(2025—present) K-12 member of an international community of 6,000 biologists from 50 countries advancing the field of genetics.
Berkeley Math Circle
(2015–2025) Intermediate level II member; attend evening math lectures by professors at UC Berkeley campus every Wednesday.
Benchmark Climbing
(2023–present) Member of afterschool climbing club; practice 2 to 3 times a week at an indoor bouldering gym in San Francisco.
Clock Tower Music
(2023–present) Taking guitar lessons with a local musician afterschool; practice new songs in the evenings.
24 Hour Fitness
(2024–present) Member of a neighborhood gym where I workout regularly in the evenings and on weekends.

Skills

Hardware
Robot Arm Controller Assembly
Circuit Board Soldering
PC Assembly
Software
Python
Data Labeling
Machine Learning Models Training
DIY
Hydroponics
3D Printing
Origami
Investment
Trading Strategies
Trading Tools
Risk Management

Languages

Latin
learning (2 years)
Japanese
limited phrases
Mandarin
limited phrases
Spanish
conversational (6 years)
English
native speaker fluency

Assessments

SAT (10th Grade)
Score: 1510 (730 EBRW, 780 Math)
SCAT (8th Grade)
CTY High Honors (484 Verbal, 501 Math)
STB (8th Grade)
CTY High Honors (Score: 625)
WISC-V (2nd Grade)
Extremely High (138 Full Scale, 146 Verbal)

References

Dr. Michael Yetman
Director of Science Curricula and Programs, Proof School
Ryan Gannon
Co-founder and CEO, Watney Robotics, Inc.