Evelyn Teng Qiao Yun

Year 13 IBDP Student | Non-Trivial Fellow

Nexus International School Malaysia: 2024 - Current

St. Joseph's Institution International School Malaysia: 2020 - 2024

Novel technologies

Effective Altruism

Brain-Computer Interfaces

Neurodegeneration and Neuroscience in general

Debating ethics

The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Malaysian Biology Olympiad 2025 - 2nd Place Nationwide

UKMT 2024 Senior Challenge - Gold

SASMO 2025 - Bronze, and qualified for Team Malaysia

AMO 2024 - Bronze

Kuala Lumpur Engineering Science Fair 2024 - Special Award

International Youth Neuroscience Association Ideathon 2024 - First Place

Immerse Education Essay Competition - Merit Scholarships

• 50% for Medicine summer program at Cambridge (2025) - writing about neuroprosthetics
• 30% for Medicine summer program at Cambridge (2024) - writing about bias and how it affects patient care
• 20% for Medicine summer program at Cambridge (2023) - writing about wearable technology and its impact on the capability to care for patients remotely

John Locke Essay Competition 2024 - Finalist

• Discussed the basis of moral intuitions and our reasons to trust and distrust them

Pivotal Essay Competition 2023

• Wrote about mitigating the existential risks of AI and ranked in the top 1% of ~10k registrants
• Competition was partnered with Oxford University's Global Priorities Institute

Cambridge Upper Secondary Science Competition 2023 - Gold Award

• Worked with a team to win the Gold Award, investigating the effects of different natural antimicrobials on bacteria.

World Scholar's Cup 2022 Junior Division Regional Round in Kuala Lumpur

• Ranked 1st Overall Champion Scholar and 1st Overall Champion Team
• 1st in Science and Tech Challenge Subject
• Asimov Award (highest scoring scholar in the competition)
• 6 gold medals in Scholar’s Challenge
• 1st in Team Debate
• 1st in Collaborative Writing
• 2nd in Individual Debate
• 2nd in Individual Writing

World Scholar's Cup 2022 Junior Division Global Round in Bangkok

• Ranked 1st Overall Champion Scholar and 1st Overall Champion Team
• 1st in Team Debate
• 1st in Team Writing
• Top 10 Challenge (4 gold and 1 silver medal)
• 2nd in Individual Writing
• 8th in Individual Debate
• 5th in Team Challenge

World Scholar's Cup 2022 Junior Division Tournament of Champions at Yale University

• Ranked 1st in Team Debate
• 4th Overall Champion Scholar
• Top 10 Overall Champion Team
• 3rd in Individual Debate
• Top 20 in Challenge (5 gold medals)

World Scholar's Cup 2023 Senior Division Regional Round in Kuala Lumpur

• Ranked 1st Overall Champion Team and 2nd Overall Champion Scholar
• 1st in Team Debate
• 2nd in Scholar’s Challenge (5 gold and 1 silver)
• 1st in Team Bowl
• 7th in Individual Debate
• Top 15 in Team Writing

Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition Regional Winner 2022

• Ranked Top 5 amongst Southeast Asian participants in the Creative Essay category
• Qualified for the global rounds

Nexus IBDP Scholarship Holder

Non-Trivial Fellow

• 1 of 168 out of 10,000 selected for the fellowship
• Working to tackle the most pressing global issues and produced a proposal on implementing new regulations in private biolabs worldwide.

Y11 Head of School Award

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award

ABRSM Grade 8 Violin - Distinction

ABRSM Grade 5 Piano - Merit