Elliott Kauffman, Class of 2014

Name: Elliott Kauffman

Class Of: 2014

High School: North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics

College(s): Duke University 

Occupation: PhD student at Princeton University in Particle Physics

Currently Living In: Princeton, NJ

"I grew up in downtown Statesville and would walk to class with my two younger siblings every morning. At ARS I started to explore my interest in science mostly through participation in Odyssey of the Mind which showed me that I can apply creativity to scientific problems. Now I work for the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, where we search for new physics by colliding high-energy protons. I hope to finish my PhD in 2028." - Elliott Kauffman

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American Renaissance School is a K-8 public charter school in Historic Downtown Statesville, NC.

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