Tristan Pang

Tristan Owain Pang (born 18 October 2001, East Grinstead, West Sussex, England), is a child prodigy who excelled academically from an early age. In 2019, he has been named as one of the youngest university graduates in New Zealand. He is currently pursuing postgraduate studies as a Kupe Leadership Scholar at the University of Auckland.
Education
Tristan started reading independently and doing high school maths at the age of two. He self-learned and sat the Cambridge International Examinations IGCSE maths (Year 11 / O Level) and earned the top grade A* scoring 97% at only nine.
By age eleven he top scored with A* at the Cambridge A level exams (Year 13), delivered a TED talk and became one of the youngest speakers in the world. 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. By age thirteen, he created his own weekly radio show, Youth Voices with Tristan Pang. He also co-created Change Agents NZ, a Twitter chat group.
Tristan was the youngest student at the University of Auckland studying maths and physics. He is also a former head boy at Ficino School. 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. His role models are Professor Eamonn O'Brien, Professor Cather Simpson, Professor Roger Penrose and Professor Stephen Hawking.
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. a club of maths and strategic board/card games.
He has been named as one of the 25 most influential Kiwis and one of the ten child prodigies who may change the world., with his entry on emergence.
At 16, Tristan graduated from the University of Auckland as one of the youngest graduates. In 2019, he was awarded the Kupe Leadership Scholarship. This scholarship was seeded by the Canadian philanthropist, John MacBain 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.
Production
Tristan has created websites including Tristan's Learning Hub and Quest-is-fun.
Media and Speeches
Tristan has done numerous speeches and interviews. These include some overseas, some to educators and some to students.
Media
News agencies have interviewed and done features on Tristan, Radio Live, TVNZ, The Australian National Review
Magazines have also featured Tristan, including the Canvas Magazine of New Zealand Herald, the Magazine of Mensa New Zealand, and the magazine of the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children.
Tristan has received rewards from different organisations including one from Shiva Ayyadurai., United States.
Speeches
He has also spoken at different institutes including the World Science Festival, Auckland Primary Principals Association, the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children's conference, the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival 2015

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