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Tristan Pang

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Tristan Pang
Born (2001-10-18) 18 October 2001 (age 24)
🏡 ResidenceNew Zealand
🏳️ NationalityBritish
💼 Occupation
University Student
🏡 Home townEast Grinstead and Auckland

Tristan Owain Pang (born 18 October 2001, East Grinstead, West Sussex, England), is one of the youngest university graduates in New Zealand.[1][2][3] He is currently pursuing postgraduate studies as a Kupe Leadership Scholar[4] at the University of Auckland. As a child prodigy[5][6][7], Tristan has excelled academically from an early age.

Education

Tristan started reading independently and doing high school maths at the age of two. He self-learned[8] and sat the Cambridge International Examinations IGCSE maths (Year 11 / O Level) and earned the top grade A* scoring 97% at only nine.[9]

By age eleven he top scored with A* at the Cambridge A level exams (Year 13), delivered a TED talk[10] and became one of the youngest speakers in the world.[11] He started his university studies at the University of Auckland by the age of twelve. In the same year, Tristan created a free online learning platform, Tristan's Learning Hub.[12] By age thirteen, he created his own weekly radio show, Youth Voices with Tristan Pang.[13] He also co-created Change Agents NZ, a Twitter chat group.[14]

Tristan was the youngest student[15] at the University of Auckland studying maths and physics.[16] He is also a former head boy at Ficino School.[17] Since he was young, he has been teaching himself in multi-levels on all subjects at home. He has always been fascinated by the relationships between light and energy, and is also interested in quantum physics and time travel, as well as how the human body and mind works. He is planning to be a science researcher in these fields.[18] His role models are Professor Eamonn O'Brien, Professor Cather Simpson,[19] Professor Roger Penrose and Professor Stephen Hawking.[10]

At the University of Auckland, apart from being a student, Tristan works at the Photon Factory, run by Professor Cather Simpson, as an undergraduate researcher.[19] At the age of 15, he became the 2017-2018 president of the University of Auckland Maths Club,[20][21] a club of maths and strategic board/card games.[22]

He has been named as one of the 25 most influential Kiwis[23] and one of the ten child prodigies who may change the world.[5]

In 2018, Tristan became one of the 29 semi-finalists of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge,[24] with his entry on emergence.[25][26]

At 16, Tristan graduated from the University of Auckland[27] as one of the youngest graduates. In 2019, he was awarded the Kupe Leadership Scholarship,[1] a scholarship established to support outstanding students, studying at a postgraduate level, who show leadership ability.[28] This scholarship was seeded by the Canadian philanthropist, John MacBain.[28]

Radio Show

Tristan Pang hosts a radio show called Youth Voices on PlanetFM 104.6FM. He shares inspirational talks, interviews, stories and quotes from a youth perspective.[29] It was aired every Saturday at 5:20 pm NZT from 7 March until 2 September 2015. Due to his heavy workload, Tristan now airs every first Wednesday of the month at 2:10 pm NZT.[30]

Production

Tristan has created websites including Tristan's Learning Hub[31] and Quest-is-fun.[31] Tristan's learning hub consists of educational videos while Quest-is-fun has inspirational material, including his radio shows.

He has also created a website for the 40th-anniversary conference of the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children.[32]

Media and Speeches

Tristan has done numerous speeches and interviews.[33] These include some overseas,[34] some to educators and some to students.

Media

News agencies have interviewed and done features on Tristan,[33] including the New Zealand Herald,[35][36][37][19] TV3,[15] India Today,[38] Radio Live,[8] Radio New Zealand,[39] TVNZ,[16] WTV,[11] The Dominion Post,[40] The Australian National Review [5] and at the Festival of Education.[41]

Magazines have also featured Tristan, including the Canvas Magazine of New Zealand Herald,[42] the Magazine of Mensa New Zealand,[43] and the magazine of the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children.[44]

Tristan has received rewards from different organisations including one from Shiva Ayyadurai.,[45] United States.

Speeches

He has also spoken at different institutes including the World Science Festival,[46] Auckland Primary Principals Association,[47] the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children's conference,[48] the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival 2015[34] in UAE, and at the Festival of Education.[49][50]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leahy, Ben (2019-05-02). "17-year-old maths whiz Tristan Pang among country's youngest uni graduates". ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  2. ↑ "University of Auckland student graduates at just 17 - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  3. ↑ "Meet New Zealand's youngest university graduate". TVNZ. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  4. ↑ "Tristan Pang | Biggar Family Kupe Leadership Scholar – New Zealand Leadership Institute". nzli.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "10 Child prodigies who may change the world". Australian National Review. Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  6. ↑ "Really Smart Kids: What Does That Even Mean?". Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Kiwi superbrain couldn't have done it without the internet". Innovationpartnership.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "12-year-old Auckland student to study maths at university".
  9. ↑ "Meet the maths brain of New Zealand". New Zealand Herald. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Quest is fun, be nosey: Tristan Pang at TEDxYouth@Auckland". YouTube. 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Tristan Pang on WTV. 28 April 2014 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ "About". Tristan's Learning Hub.
  13. ↑ "Youth Voices".
  14. ↑ "Change Agents". Change Agents.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Tennessee Mansford. "Bright future for trio of young Kiwis". Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Tristan for PM?". TVNZ.
  17. ↑ "Ficino School student Tristan Pang uses his unique talent to inspire his peers | Independent Schools of New Zealand". Isnz.org.nz. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  18. ↑ "The Creator". Quest Is Fun. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Morton, Jamie (March 23, 2017). "What's next for NZ's teen genius?". New Zealand Herald.
  20. ↑ "Committee Members (2008-2019)". November 24, 2017.
  21. ↑ "UoA Maths Club - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz.
  22. ↑ "UoA Maths Club aka Polygon Club". UoA Maths Club aka Polygon Club.
  23. ↑ "25 most influential Kiwis 25 and under". Archived from the original on 2015-09-16.
  24. ↑ Morton, Jamie (2018-09-10). "Kiwi whiz kid Tristan Pang's next big test". New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  25. ↑ "Breakthrough". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  26. ↑ "TODAY is last day to vote for Tristan Pang's video | New Zealand Association for Gifted Children". www.giftedchildren.org.nz. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  27. ↑ "Meet New Zealand's youngest university graduate". TVNZ. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Kupe Leadership Scholarships – New Zealand Leadership Institute". nzli.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  29. ↑ Interactive (http://www.nvinteractive.co.nz), N. V. "Youth Voices | Planet FM". www.planetaudio.org.nz.
  30. ↑ Youth Voices with Tristan Pang (talk with Jamie Beaton 1 of 2) @ Planet FM 104.6 - August 29 2015. 31 August 2015 – via YouTube.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 "QUEST IS FUN".
  32. ↑ "2018 NZAGC National Conference (Auckland) | New Zealand Association for Gifted Children". www.giftedchildren.org.nz.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 "MY MEDIA & SPEECHES & WORKSHOPS".
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 "Press / Releases".
  35. ↑ "Maths whiz's website helps others to learn". The New Zealand Herald.
  36. ↑ "Fonterra bottles fail boy's acid test". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  37. ↑ "Meet the maths brain of New Zealand". The New Zealand Herald.
  38. ↑ "5 Little Wonders you should know about".
  39. ↑ "Award-winning young scientist". Radio New Zealand. 10 September 2013.
  40. ↑ "New Zealand's biggest issues - your views". Stuff.
  41. ↑ Tristan Pang's Learning Hub. Vimeo. Archived from the original on 2014-07-20. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  42. ↑ "The Lorde generation: Kiwi teens taking on the world". The New Zealand Herald.
  43. ↑ "MENZED" (PDF).
  44. ↑ "NZAGC Magazine" (PDF).
  45. ↑ "Be The Light".
  46. ↑ "Tristan Pang 2017". World Science Festival Brisbane.
  47. ↑ "Newsletter : November 2014".
  48. ↑ "Tristan Pang".
  49. ↑ Youth Summit, Festival of Education 2014. 25 April 2014 – via YouTube.
  50. ↑ "Speech for the Festival of Education".

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