STONY BROOK, NY, Januuary 12, 2012
Twenty-six (27*) high school students who worked with Stony Brook faculty were named yesterday among the 300 semifinalists in the national 2012 Intel Science Talent Search competition. The mentors come from a range of departments and disciplines throughout SB, including: Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Ecology & Evolution, Geosciences, Materials Science & Engineering, Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Neurobiology & Behavior, Pharmacological Sciences, and Physics & Astronomy.
The semifinalists will each receive awards of $1,000; their schools will also receive $1,000 for each Intel semifinalist named. The Intel STS finalists will be announced on January 25 and will compete for additional awards in Washington, D.C. in March.
A number of the Intel STS semifinalists participated in summer research programs at Stony Brook, including the Garcia Center: Polymers at Engineered Interfaces - Research Scholar Program, and the Simons Summer Research Program. Twenty-one of the 22 semifinalists who worked with SB mentors are from NY (Long Island had 61 semifinalists); other semifinalists working at Stony Brook included students from California (3), Massachusetts, and Michigan.
A listing of Intel awardees who worked at SB, with project titles/mentors, is available at:
http://www.stonybrook.edu/simons/intel and includes:
Emily Bai, William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY
Mentor: Dr. Peter Tonge, Chemistry
Sean Ballinger, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Mentor: Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering
Asia Brown, Sanford Calhoun HS, Merrick, NY
Mentor: Dr. Ellen Li, Medicine
Sarah Chapin, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park , NY
Mentor: Dr. Iwao Ojima, Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery
Juliana Coraor, Huntington HS, Huntington , NY
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Dawber, Physics & Astronomy
Rachel Davis, Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY
Mentor: Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering
Samantha Garvey, Brentwood HS, Brentwood, NY
Mentor: Dr. Dianna Padilla, Ecology & Evolution
Hannah Kenagy , Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY
Mentor: Dr. Carlos Simmerling, Chemistry
Savina Kim, Commack HS, Commack, NY
Mentors: Dr. David Talmage , Pharmacological Sciences; Dr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology & Behavior
Claire Leibowicz, John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY
Mentor: Dr. Lilianne Mujica-Parodi, Biomedical Engineering
Ryan Lindeborg, Dana Hills HS, Dana Point, CA
Mentor: Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering
Neil Mehta, Jericho HS, Jericho, NY
Mentors: Dr. David Talmage , Pharmacological Sciences; Dr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology & Behavior
Rocco Morra, Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY
Mentor: Dr. Iwao Ojima, Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery
Jin Pan, Henry Gunn Sr. HS, Palo Alto, CA
Mentor: Dr. Bruce Futcher, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Eric Parigoris, Kings Park HS, Kings Park , NY
Mentor: Dr. Clinton Rubin, Biomedical Engineering
Sagar Rambhia, Jericho HS, Jericho, NY
Mentors: Dr. Danny Bluestein, Biomedical Engineering
Kunal Sangani, Fayetteville-Manlius HS, Manlius, NY
Mentor: Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering
Anna Sato, Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY
Mentors: Dr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao, Chemistry
Evan Schneider, Roslyn HS, Roslyn Heights, NY
Mentor: Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering
Shubha Sekar,Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY
Mentor: Dr. Rob Johnson, Computer Science
Nithin Tumma, Port Huron N. HS, Port Huron, MI
Mentor: Dr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet, Medicine
Shannon Wetzler, Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY
Mentor: Dr. Roy Lacey, Chemistry
Susan Wu, John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY
Mentor: Dr. William Holt, Geosciences
Jesse Xing, Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY
Mentors: Dr. Benjamin Chu, Dr. Benjamin Hsiao & Dr. Barney Grubbs, Chemistry
Garima Yadav, Sachem HS North, Lake Ronkonkoma , NY
Mentor: Dr. Iwao Ojima, Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery
Alissa Zhang, Saratoga HS, Saratoga , CA
Mentor: Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering
Jack Zhou, Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY
Mentor: Jonathan Liu, Biomedical Engineering
Link to Intel STS site: http://www.societyforscience.org/STS
Links to Newsday stories:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/one-intel-semifinalist-in-homeless-shelter-1.3445896
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/61-li-students-named-intel-semifinalists-1.3445093
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/meet-long-island-s-2012-intel-semifinalists-1.3444710
*Please contact me if you have any additions to the list. Please note that the official press release(s) do not list mentor names, and we rely on your help to complete our listing of high school researchers mentored at Stony Brook.
Congratulations to all our mentors!