March 14th, 2026: 2026 Michigan Brain Bee
2026 Winner
Arjun is a sophomore at Canton High School and plans on pursuing neuroscience in college. He enjoys learning about the brain and how it works, especially in regard to neurodegenerative diseases. Other things he likes to do include playing tennis, swimming, and playing the violin. He aspires to be a physician-researcher specializing in neuroscience.
March 8th, 2025: 2025 Michigan Brain Bee
2025 Winner
March 9th, 2024: 2024 Michigan Brain Bee
2024 Winner
Anvi is currently a Junior at Canton High School and aspires to pursue a career in medicine. She has a deep passion for neuroscience, and especially finds reward pathways and clinical neuroscience to be fascinating. In her free time she enjoys hanging out with her friends, reading mystery thrillers, and making various paper crafts.
March 11th, 2023: 2023 Michigan Brain Bee
2023 Winner
Ammar is a senior at DCDS and plans on pursuing neuroscience in college. It's fun for him to dive into the brain and learn about how our brain controls the different mechanisms of our body. Some other passions of his are soccer, coding, and foreign languages.
March 19th, 2022: 2022 Michigan Brain Bee
2022 Winners
First Place -- Abhinav Raghu, Salem High School
Abhinav is a sophomore at Salem High School. He wants to go into the medical field because he has always wanted to help others and understand how our bodies work. The brain is by far the coolest and most complicated machine in the universe. His other interests include reading, music, and martial arts.
Second Place -- Kush Parikh, Troy High School
Kush Parikh is currently a sophomore at Troy High School. At school, he's especially involved with clubs like HOSA, Science Olympiad, and TSA. When he's not using his brain to learn about itself, he loves playing basketball, riding his bike, and hanging out with his friends. Kush is particularly fascinated with brain behavioral research and deep learning. Kush's superpower is procrastination.
Third Place -- Vishnav Ramesh, Troy Athens High School
Vishnav is currently a freshman at Troy Athens High School. In his free time, he likes to talk and hang out with his friends or read biology textbooks. He loves learning about the brain and neurons; his favorite topics include neurodegenerative diseases and neural synapses. In addition to biology, he is immensely interested in math, specifically calculus. He also loves to learn chemistry in his free time by reading Atkins.