YHS Science Research Students Win Awards at WESEF

Congratulations to our talented YHS Science Research students who recently presented at the Regeneron Westchester Science & Engineering Fair (WESEF)! We are incredibly proud to announce the achievements of our students in various categories:

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Science Champion Award: Elizabeth Kratenstein (Behavioral and Social Sciences)

• Yale Science and Engineering Association Award: Chinmayi Goyal (Computer Science)

• Excellence in Medical Research Award: Makayla Winslow (Cellular and Molecular Biology)

• Momentive Solutions for a Sustainable World Award: Olivia Biggs (Biochemistry)

• Momentive Women in Science Award: Vaishnavi Ravindranath (Computational Bio/Biochemistry)

• Excellence in Computer Science and Mathematics Award: Domenick Fedele (Mathematical Sciences)

• Visionary Engineering Award: Amani Gupta (Computer Science), Aidan Hirsch (Engineering)

• Carl Zeiss Microscopy Award: Sophia Luo (Medicine and Health Sciences)

• Leason Ellis Team Project Award: Ryan Lee and Cameron Moreno (Computer Science)

• Creative Approach to Research Award: Melanie Pujols (Behavioral and Social Sciences)

• Fourth Place Awards: Alisha Choudhury (Behavioral and Social Sciences), Emma Howard (Behavioral and Social Sciences), Isabella Depole (Computational Bio/Bioinformatics), Eric Song (Computer Science), Karen Yang (Engineering), Sofia Nastasi (Environmental Sciences), Kaitlyn Sheehy (Medicine and Health Sciences), Adriana Pici (Medicine and Health Sciences)

• Third Place Awards: Johan Kavanal (Behavioral and Social Sciences), Akshyasree Ravi (Behavioral and Social Sciences), Amani Gupta (Computer Science), Abhishek Nair (Engineering)

• Second Place Awards: Melanie Pujols (Behavioral and Social Sciences), Chinmayi Goyal (Computer Science)