Whiz Kid of the Week: Kathleen DiNapoli

Name: Kathleen DiNapoli

Age: 17

School: Dunwoody High School

Accomplishment: Kathleen won the Grand Prize for the 2011 Dekalb County Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

Key to Awesomeness:  

Inspired by previous programs at Fernbank Science Center, the support of the DHS science department and her love of ecology, Kathleen’s winning science project studies the use of one plant to inhibit the growth of another. Focusing on the effect that Dusty Miller has on the growth of the highly invasive English Ivy, this experiment has a practical application in areas where pesticides cannot be used to remove invasive plant growth.  

Kathleen is currently preparing for the state competition at University of Georgia on April 1st where she hopes to win a placement to go to the International Science Fair in Los Angeles, California in May. Good luck, Kathleen!

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