Four Rockefeller Science Outreach students are finalists in Intel Science Talent Search

Four out of the 10 Science Outreach students who reached the semifinalist stage in the Intel Science Talent Search, have been named finalists: Evan Fink, Adam Kahn, Chrisann Kyi and Eugene Simuni. Only 40 finalists are named each year. In March the finalists will travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in a week-long competition. Ten winners will be announced at a black-tie dinner on Mon., Mar. 13, and will receive scholarships ranging from $20,000 to $100,000. The remaining 30 finalists will each receive a $5,000 scholarship.

Bonnie Kaiser, director of the Science Outreach Program will travel to the awards ceremony to cheer the students on. “I’m thrilled with the students’ performance in the contest. It is wonderful when these students who love science so much are also rewarded for their efforts,” says Kaiser.

Fink, who attends Stuyvesant H.S. and was mentored by Postdoctoral Associate Stefan Heller, will present his research on “Error-Resistant Codes for Transmission over Media Subject to Conditional Noise.” Kahn’s paper is “Population Dynamics of Plasmid Based Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.” He attends Hackley School and was mentored by Professor Emeritus Robert Schoenfeld. Kyi, of John Jay H.S., wrote about “Macrophage Uptake of b VLDL and Its Possible Role in Atherosclerosis.” She was mentored by Associate Professor Jonathan Smith of the Breslow lab. Simuni’s research paper is “Role of Interdomain Interactions in the Activation Mechanism of the G Proteins.” He was mentored by Ethan Marin of the Sakmar lab.