Alumni
BUGS is a recent club at NYU but has amassed a long, interesting (and sometimes rocky!) history. Listed here are the alumni who have contributed to this club or have been a part of it in some way.
David Mo (2025):
David was former BUGS Event Coordinator. David is a junior studying CS at CAS. He’s New York born and raised and is interested in the intersection between programming and design.
Joshua Le (2025):
Joshua was former BUGS Project Lead. Joshua is a third-year undergraduate at CAS studying CS. He’s interested in everything: Software Engineering and UI/UX. Outside of school and work, he enjoys playing chess.
Aneesh Maganti (2024):
Aneesh was former BUGS President. He is a senior studying CS at Tandon. He really enjoys contributing to and playing with emulators, rock climbing, and occasionally doing music production 🦔.
Calvin Tian (2024):
Calvin was former BUGS Project Lead. He is a senior studying CS at Tandon. Born in California, he enjoys automation and cats 😺!
Laurel Xiang (2024):
Laurel was former BUGS Treasurer. She a senior studying CS and DS at CAS. In her free time, she enjoy cycling, climbing, and contributing to projects.
Yuchen Liu (2023):
Yuchen studied CS and Data Science at CAS. He likes to eat ramen, watch movies, meet new people, and work on fun projects. Yuchen was a former full stack developer.
Julius Nedzinskas (2023):
Julius was former BUGS Project Lead. Julius graduated NYU in 2023, and is currently a graduate student studying Computing, Entrepreneurship and Innovation; he enjoys various competitive sports like basketball and table tennis, he also enjoys New York’s pizza and cultural life offerings.
Eric He (2022):
Eric was BUGS' Secretary. He was at Stern and majored in Business and Mathematics and minored in Computer Science. He likes to play basketball, listens to music and read about philosophy.
Vishal Vanam (2022):
Visuhal was a Graduate Student at Information Systems at GSAS. He hails from Hyderabad (India) and love traveling and exploring new places. He is usually spotted listening to music and engaging in debates with friends. He was a former event coordinator.
Evan Silverman (2022):
Evan studied CS at CAS. In his free time, he enjoys working on too many side projects, expanding his record collection, and making memes for @nyumsfbt. Evan was a former full stack developer.
Bruce Jiang (2022):
Bruce is from China and studied Computer Science and Mathematics. Outside of class, he is crazy in soccer (especially in Chelsea) and basketball. He spends tons of time playing FIFA (most of the time playing Chelsea). Besides, he likes listening to music, reading about history, and travelling. Bruce was the former secretary.
Sonia Jain (2022):
Sonia double majored in Computer Science and Media, Culture, and Communications. She is interested in game design, art, and loves animals. In her free time, Sonia works with a variety of organizations to help find dogs and cats' homes. She also loves painting and digital art so when she is not working with animals, she is creating. Sonia was the former director of marketing & communications.
Khanh Nguyen (2022):
Khanh was the former BUGS president. Khanh is from Vietnam and studied Computer Science. BROCKHAMPTON is his all-time favorite boyband. Outside of school, he enjoys trying out good food, exploring the city and contributing to projects.
Edmond Shao (2021):
Edmond was BUGS' Director of Communications. He was at CAS and majored in Computer Science and minored in Business Studies. He likes cars, being a foodie and traveling.
Jiayue (Joanna) Zhang (2021):
Joanna was BUGS' Director of Marketing. She was at CAS who majored in Mathematics and Computer Science. She enjoys working on machine learning research, supporting local restaurants, capturing NYC through her lens, and taking a walk at sunset.
Albert Liu (2021):
Albert was BUGS' Vice President. He was at CAS and majored in Computer Science. He has worked on Schedge, an API for NYU course data, as well as HumanToHuman, an application to help researchers study human interaction patterns. In his free time, he enjoys going on long walks and taking longer naps.
Ami Nachiappan (2021):
Ami was BUGS' Event Coordinator from 2018 to 2020. She is from California and studied Computer Science and minored in Web Design. In her free time, she loves spending time with family, running, and of course, coding!
Shelly Cao (2021):
Shelly Cao was BUGS' Director of Outreach in 2019 and majored in Computer Science with minors in Math and Business Study. She comes from a small city in China called Jingzhou and even her Chinese friends are clueless as to where it is. In her free time, she loves to explore the different boroughs in the city and try food from different cultures.
Veena Arvind (2021):
Veena was BUGS' president from 2018 to 2020 and studied Computer Science in CAS. She loves to talk about code with other people. In her free time, Veena goes to the gym, makes jewelry, and plays card games.
Samuel Lin (2021):
Samuel was at CAS majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Web Design and Game Design. He was born and raised in Taiwan, but studied in Singapore for high school before coming to New York. He is a big foodie and enjoys trying foods from different cultures. Samuel was a former event coordinator.
Aaditya Mehta (2021):
Aaditya studied Economics and Mathematics and spent way too much time in Stern (#IAmStern). In his free time he likes to listen to music, take long walks, and read Econ papers, sometimes simultaneously. Aaditya was the former treasurer.
Brian Shih (2020):
Brian was BUGS' webmaster from 2018 to 2020. He was at CAS and majored in Computer Science and minored in Cyber Security, Web Development, & Studio Art. You can find him working a variety of things including custom IOT devices, simple CNN for puzzle solving, home automation programs, and building mobile/web apps.
Candice Shen (2020):
Candice Shen was BUGS' Director of Communications in 2019. She was at Steinhardt and majored in Media, Culture, and Communication and minored in Web Design. If you cannot find her outside of class, Candice is traveling or planning for her 23rd country to visit.
Deanna Tran (2020):
Deanna was BUGS' Director of Communication in 2019. She was at CAS and studied Computer Science with minors in Web Design and Linguistics. Outside of school, Deanna can be found at a local restaurant or art museum.
George Ma (2020):
George is from Singapore and majored in Computer Science and Business. He likes reading, writing, coding, and gaming.
Bradley Brecher (2019):
Bradley is from Woodmere, New York and studied Computer Science. You can find him coaching hockey at a local high school.
Julie Cestaro (2019):
Julie is from Connecticut and majored in Computer Science and minored in Business Studies and Math. You may also have found her on campus doing work for CAS Student Council.
Ananditha Raghunath (2018):
Ananditha was one of the Founders of BUGS and studied Math and CS at Courant. Having started to code only after she arrived at NYU, she is excited to mentor new members that may not know how to make their ideas translate into tangible code based projects!
David Klein (2018):
David was one of the Founders of BUGS. He is from California, studied Biology with three minors, and loves both carbon based life and silicon based life to equal extents.
Nadira Dewji (2018):
Nadira was one of the Founders of BUGS and studied Computer Science in CAS. Originally from Tanzania, Nadira loves travelling, scuba diving and wildlife. She’s excited about open source principles and making impactful contributions.