Alumni
NZYPT Alumni are invited to join our mailing list to stay up to date with the Tournament and the Trust that now supports it.
We are a registered charity but we do NOT target Alumni for funding directly, although we may ask you to introduce us to your employer’s corporate sponsorship team. We hope you will be our ambassadors. This is a particularly important role as we host IYPT to Auckland in 2027.
Please use this form to join our Alumni group and receive our very occasional email newsletter
Check out our honours board of NZ representatives at IYPT
Team NZ (physics) from 2003 to the present day.
ACCELERATE!
A collection of stories showing how participation in the International Young Physicist’s Tournament can accelerate careers.
Jed Bien 2008 Croatia – Fintech analytics and data modelling for Citadel Securities
Donald White 2008 Croatia – quantum computing engineer at Q-CTRL
Gemma Potaka 2009 China – geophysicsist, paddler and emergency volunteer
Jennifer Randle 2010 Austria – principal public health practitioner at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in Wales.
Eric Coufmann 2017 Singapore – process analyst with the Civil Aviation Authority
Otis Rae 2017 Singapore – spacecraft operations engineer at Dawn Aerospace.
Luke Roven 2018 China – avionics Designer at Reaction Dynamics
Amy Cui 2019 Poland – process engineer at Aurecon
Daniel Shi 2019 Poland – product development engineer at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and an Aerospace Engineering Master’s graduate at the University of Auckland Space Institute
Benjy Smith 2022 Online – junior research scientist at OpenStar Technologies, IYPT mentor, juror and one of two team leaders accompanying the team to IYPT in Zurich 2026
Gavin Jennings – a dedicated accelerator! Gavin is Chair of the Trust and has volunteered for IYPT for over twenty years. Find out why IYPT is so important to him as a teacher.
Huge ngā mihi nui to our volunteer profile interviewer and writer Divina Paredes.