Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• 4x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

• Swam in four meets
• Finished in seventh in the 200 Breast against Amherst

• Competed in nine meets during the season
• Placed in the top 10 at seven meets

• Took 8th in the 1650 at the MIT Invite
• Swam lifetime bests in the 50 and 100 free at the BU Winter Open

• Competed in seven events during the season

2020-21:

• Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19

Before MIT

• A 2020 graduate of Winchester Thurston High School
• Earned four varsity letters in swimming and one in track and field
• Western Pennsylvania Positive Athlete Award
• Also swam for Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics (PEAQ at Pitt)
• Cum Laude Society
• Founder of the Winchester Thurston STEMinist Society
• Editor-in-Chief of the Winchester Thurston Sigma (STEM Journal)
• Assistant Coach of the Winchester Thurston MathCounts Team
• 4th Grade Sunday School Teacher at St. Mary Magdalene Parish
• City of Pittsburgh Proclamation (“Aria Eppinger Day,” December 20th)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Advancement
• Trib Total Media Outstanding Young Citizen Gold Medalist

Personal:

• Major is Computer Science and Molecular Biology
• UROP at MIT Teaching Systems Lab (created AI-based feedback systems to improve online learning and analyzed text responses using Natural Language Processing techniques)
• UROP in the Kellis Lab (analyzed the molecular basis of inflammation-related diseases using single-cell RNA sequencing data)
• Presented at the 2021 Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference and at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education
• Freshman Outreach Chair of the Tech Catholic Community
• Microbiome Club
• Data Science Intern at 3M
• Financial Operations Intern at D.E. Shaw Co.
• President of the MIT Tech Catholic Community
• Associate in the MIT Biotechnology Group
• HKN Computer Science Honor Society
• TBP Engineering Honor Society
• Systems Engineering Intern at D.E. Shaw
• MEng Thesis in the Laufenburger Lab

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student Athlete:

• Learning to shoot free throws

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:

• Swimming the mile and cheering for relays at the MIT Invite