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11 Bergen County Academies Students are Regeneron Semifinalists
11 Bergen County Academies Students Are Named Regeneron STS Semifinalists
January 9, 2018- Hackensack, New Jersey
Of the 20 New Jersey students who were selected as Regeneron Science Talent Search Semifinalist, 11 are from the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, NJ, which last year produced the top prize winner of $250,000, Indrani Das. The twenty students were from a field of 1818 entrants who are competing for $1.2 million dollars in total scholar awards. In addition to the distinct honor of being named a scholar, each of these students will receive $2,000, and an additional $2,000 will go to support science programs at their schools. These generous awards are only possible with the support of Regeneron, now in the second year of its 10-year, $100 million commitment as title sponsor of the Science Talent Search.
The 11 Bergen County Academies finalists are: Isabella Impalli of Hasbrouck Heights, Daniel Cho and Nicole Moiseyev of Closter, Katherine Dai of Glen Rock, Gene Lee of Tenafly, Julia Parsley of Ramsey, Kenneth Stier and Devarshi Vasa of Paramus, Clairisse Whang of River Vale, Nikhil Lohe of Fort Lee and Deena Shefter of Ridgewood. You can read about their projects and follow their progress at https://student.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts.
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On January 23rd, the 40 national finalists will be announced. Those students will go to Washington, DC where the winners will be determined. Finalists will spend an exciting week meeting other student scholars, presenting their research and discussing their projects with professionals from the scientific community.
The Regeneron Science Talent Search (Regeneron STS), a program of Society for Science & the Public (Society) is the nation’s most prestigious science research competition for high school seniors. Since 1942, first in partnership with Westinghouse, then with Intel 1998-2016, and now with Regeneron, the Society has provided a national stage for the country's best and brightest young scientists to present original research to nationally recognized professional scientists.
