Our Staff
These talented individuals will be assisting you alongside your assigned academic mentor as you complete your Horizon Project. The Horizon Academic Research Program's team oversees the logistical aspects of our high school research program. We run Horizon's in-house writing center, oversee scheduling matters, and provide ongoing advice and support for students as they engage in the process of academic research.
Our team collaborates with (and is distinct from) our 83 academic instructors from universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, MIT, Dartmouth, Cambridge, Oxford, and Columbia. You can view a list of some of our academic instructors here.
David Weeks
B.A. from Swarthmore College
Global Outreach Lead
Nika Hajikhoda-verdikhan
MSc from LSE
B.A. from U.C. Berkeley
Program Director
Qasim Mahimwala
B.A. from York St. John University
Program Associate
Charlotte de Vaulx
MSc from UCL
B.A. & B.S. from University of PennsylvaniaEnvironmental Science Course Assistant
Dr. Daniele Cassese
Mead Research Fellow and College Lecturer, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
Economics Course Assistant
Davida Kollmar
M.S. from NYU
B.A. from Yeshiva University
Data Science & Machine Learning Course Assistant
Jerred Chen
B.A. from Georgia Tech
Computational Neuroscience and Data Science & Machine Learning
Course Assistant
Shan Liu
B.A. from Juniata College
Technology Lead
David Choi
B.A. from University of Pennsylvania
Writing Assistant
Emma DePanise
M.F.A. from Purdue University
Writing Assistant
Zhanar Irgebay
B.A. from University of Pennsylvania, M.A. from University of Chicago
Program Associate
Romina Shirazi
B.S. from U.C. San Diego
Seasonal Interviewer
Niusha Hajikhodaverdikhan
B.A. from U.C. Berkeley
Seasonal Interviewer
