Tian2 guides students through the world's most demanding science competitions and research — then publishes the books, worked solutions, and study libraries that make hard ideas feel reachable. For students, parents, and educators who believe a difficult thing, set well on the page, becomes a possible one.
A Cornell physics M.S. and Electrical & Computer Engineering Ph.D. whose own research spans plasma physics and superconductors at the Argonne, Fermi, and Sandia national labs. A judge for Regeneron ISEF, STS, Conrad, IYPT, iGEM, and PUPC — now devoted to guiding students through the world's hardest competitions, research, and STEM admissions, from high school to the PhD.
Read the full profile · About Tian2Two distinct tracks, coached to the standard the judges expect. Competition coaching — written contests (Physics Bowl, PUPC, USACO, olympiads) and research competitions (ISEF, STS, Yau, HiMCM). Mentored research — an original project shaped week by week from a first question to a defended paper.
See the programsEnd-to-end STEM admissions, high school to PhD. School lists built from the Common Data Set, universities weighed against a global meta-ranking, and the summers, essays, and timeline planned from a first question to an offer.
See the counselingFully worked solution books, typeset like prose — the long way shown, never hidden — plus a free study library covering every AP subject: units, free-response walk-throughs, lessons, and practice.
Browse the shelf & AP libraryAI built as craft, in service of teaching — Tian-Skills coaching tools, online question banks, a HiMCM modeling assistant, and a first-principles view of AI in education. Tools and teaching are Tian2's own work.
Open the AI deskNotes from the desk — essays on method, problems in progress, and what we are reading. Kept openly, updated often.
Read itA new venture from Dr. Tian — Jarad Higgs Online High School, an accredited, college-prep online school for grades 7–12, pairing real teachers with flexible full- or part-time enrollment. Enrolling Fall 2026. An intro that links out to its own site.
Meet the schoolTimed problem-set contests, coached to the exam clock — pacing, traps, and the mental models that make hard items quick.
Princeton University Physics Competition and the science olympiads — depth over speed, worked to the standard the setters reward.
Competitive programming from Bronze to Platinum — algorithms, contest strategy, and clean, provable code.
Fair-and-society research competitions — project shaping, data analysis, and board defense, read with a judge's eye.
The S.-T. Yau Science Award and HiMCM modeling — a tractable question carried to a written report and a defended result.
Browse every competition → · Competition coaching is distinct from a mentored research project — an original study guided from a first question to a published paper. · Student work is shown only as anonymized archetypes — field, method, result, venue.
Astronomy, biology, business, chemistry, computer science, engineering, humanities, linguistics, mathematics, physics, and research — each with format notes, student and advisor guides.
Units, free-response walk-throughs, lessons, quizzes, and practice — original analysis across every Advanced Placement subject, set on cream.
A hard idea, set well on the page, becomes a reachable one.
— The Tian2 EditorsThe Notebook is where the work shows itself before it is finished — a problem half-solved, a paragraph rewritten three times, a passage worth marking. It lives on Notion, and you are welcome to read along.
The living notebook continues on Notion at notion.tian-2.com.
