Lawrence Sun is a 16 year old junior from Oregon who will matriculate to MIT this fall, forgoing his high school graduation.
Sun was one of only 20 students invited to participate on the 2012 United States Physics Team.
At the 2012 International Symposia on Multi-Valued Logic, Sun presented his published research on the use of robot programming techniques to find contradictions in laws governing police use of force.
Sun captained his team in the 2013 Winter Online Math Open, which placed first out of 119 competing teams. Sun plans to major in either physics, computer science, or mathematics at MIT. After MIT, he hopes to pursue a career in research, either in academia, or technology development.
Bios written by Molly Turner and Bradan Litzinger, Brilliant.org.