Hello, my name is Ross Lancaster and for the majority of my life I have resided in Lincoln, RI. I attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology in May 2021 and a Master of Science in Business Analytics in May 2022. Throughout the rest of this website you can find ample information about my experience and skills. However, in order to get to know each other better, on this page I would like to share some more personal details. I’ll go first.

My main hobby outside of work is curling. For many years I helped to run the RPI Curling team. Serving terms as president, vice president, public relations chair, and fundraising chair taught me every single aspect of running the team. During those terms I booked nationwide travel with Concur, planned and ran events with 100+ attendees, handled the club’s budget, acted as the club’s representative to the USCA, ran multiple social media accounts, and sold slushies in the pouring rain. On the ice, RPI Curling was the number one ranked college curling team in the nation 3 out of 5 of the years I was a member. In 2022 I skipped the team at the College Curling National Championship where we ended in a tie for fifth place. I was also a part of the College Curling Virtual National Championship winning team in 2020 when in person play was suspended for Covid. After graduation I went on to coach the team to five bonspiel wins and another fifth place finish at the national championship. I have also continued my career as an amateur curler. In both of the past two years I have been two games away from featuring in a national championship.

Another fun fact about me is that I am incredibly flexible. While others may struggle to touch their toes at all I can touch mine with my elbows. However, I make sure to only use this power for good. Beyond stretching, other less important talents of mine include having the skills to be a professional Disney vacation planner when necessary and being a top 100 ranked player in the obscure video game Cloudberry Kingdom.

Speaking of Disney, my newest hobby is speedrunning theme parks. My friends and I will attempt to ride every single ride in as many as four parks in one day as fast as possible. This involves ample planning and what some of my friends have described as my “dissertations on theme park transit theory.” When I go on vacation I am not there to relax and any vacation day where I do not get at least 30,000 steps is just not acceptable.

You will also find that I am a huge fan of the TV show Survivor. From time to time I even make appearances on the Survivor Buffs podcast to discuss the show. The remainder of my television habits mainly revolve around the English Premier League or whatever game show happens to be on at the time.

Occasionally in my free time I will work towards getting certifications that one might find to be less than applicable to most of life’s challenges. Examples include being certified to identify the difference between black bears and grizzly bears by the state of Montana, being certified in landmine and explosive remnants of war safety by the United Nations, and being certified to officiate weddings in 47 states (sorry New York, North Carolina, and Virginia). However, in order to return to some semblance of seriousness I will end with a list of some of my more relevant accomplishments.

Awards

• RPI 4.0 Award Winner
• RPI Datathon Winner- $1,500 prize
• RPI Dean’s Honor List
• Rensselaer Math and Science Medal
• RPI Outstanding RA Award Fall 2019
• National Merit Scholar
• National AP Scholar
• Harvard Book Award
• 2017 University of Rhode Island Calc Bowl Second Place
• Rhode Island Science and Engineering Fair First Grant for my project The Artificial Pancreas
• Rhode Island Mathematics League Top in School Award
• National Honor Society
• Rhode Island Honor Society
• Lincoln High School Class of 2017 Valedictorian
• Lincoln High School Outstanding Achievement in Physical Science Award
• Lincoln High School Outstanding Achievement in Social Studies Award
• Lincoln High School Outstanding Achievement on the LHS Math Team Award