4 suburban students among 300 Regeneron science scholars
Four suburban students are among 300 high school seniors named as scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2025, the nation’s oldest science and math competition.
They are: Aarushi Tiwari and Qi Zhang of Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire; Shrikar Dulam of the Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora; and Amelia Hammersley of Oak Park and River Forest High School.
Scholars were selected from nearly 2,500 entrants from 795 high schools across 48 states, American Samoa, Guam, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and 14 other countries. Each scholar receives a $2,000 award with an additional $2,000 going to their respective school.
They were chosen based on their outstanding research, leadership skills, community involvement, commitment to academics, creativity in asking scientific questions and exceptional promise as STEM leaders demonstrated through submission of original, independent research projects, essays and recommendations. This year, research projects cover topics including medicine, health, computer science, and social science, according to a news release.
Tiwari’s project focuses on: “Novel Two-Stage Data Filtration System for Fast and Energy-Efficient Big Data processing using Optical Computing.”
Zhang’s project aims to: “Mitigate the Global Crisis of Colorectal Cancer: Identify Metagenomic Biomarkers and Develop a Machine Learning.”
Dulam’s project is about: “Analyzing Quantum Exceptional Point Invisibility for Experimentally Realizable Triple-Gaussian Potentials.”
And Hammersley’s project explores: “Neuroprotective Effects of a Combination of Natural Compounds on Acute Traumatic Brain Injury in a Drosophila.”
The 40 finalists chosen to compete in March will be announced on Jan. 23. They then will compete for more than $1.8 million in awards during a weeklong competition, March 6-12 in Washington, D.C. There will be a public exhibition of students’ projects on March 9. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 11.