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American Meteorological Society Award Certificates are given to projects for creative scientific endeavor in atmospheric, oceanic and hydrologic sciences.

Animal Sciences Westlake High School Lee Cohen Animal Sciences Harrison HS Julia Kischkat Animal Sciences Sleepy Hollow High Stella Vercesi School Animal Sciences Ossining High School Julia Piccirillo-Stosser Sabrina Piccirillo-Stosser Kiara Taveras Engineering Yorktown High School Arjay Mirchandani

Environmental Pelham Memorial Bernadette Russo Sciences High School Morgan McLean Physics and Yorktown High School William Branca Astronomy WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 4

American Psychological Association Award Certificates are given to students for their outstanding research in psychological science.

Behavioral and Social Pelham Memorial Grace Anderson Sciences High School Behavioral and Social Harrison HS Julia Kindler Sciences Behavioral and Social Horace Greeley High Alexa Krugel Sciences School Behavioral and Social Byram Hills High Jenna Pfeffer Sciences School Behavioral and Social Ossining High School Mishal Zia Sciences WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 5

ASM Materials Education Foundation Award A certificate is awarded to recognize outstanding projects in materials engineering.

Engineering Horace Greeley High Nathan Huang School Engineering John Jay High School Amanda Huang

Engineering Eastchester High Juliet Liao School Engineering Somers High School Peter MacNeil

Engineering Scarsdale High Yingjue Sun School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 6

Association for Women Geoscientists Award A certificate will be awarded to female students whose projects exemplify high standards of innovativeness and scientific excellence in the geosciences.

Earth Science Edgemont High Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma School

Earth Science Ossining High School Anne Stein Environmental Carmel High School Shreya Chopra Sciences Environmental Somers High School Sarah Siemers Sciences Plant Sciences Harrison HS Cassidy Urban WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 7

Mu Alpha Theta Award The following students will be awarded a certificate for projects involving the use of mathematics in a challenging, original, thorough and creative investigation.

Behavioral and Social Harrison HS Haley Amann Sciences Computer Science Fox Lane High School Theodore Grossberndt

Computer Science New Rochelle High Nathaniel Roth School Engineering Briarcliff Manor High Benjamin Harris School Mathematics Hastings High School Elliot Riesman-Tremonte WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 8

NASA Earth System Science Award A certificate will be awarded to students whose projects offer insight into Earth's interconnected systems.

Chemistry New Rochelle High Jack Schlamkowitz School Earth Science Edgemont High Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma School

Environmental Pelham Memorial Andrew Terraciano Sciences High School Evan Sefchick

Plant Sciences Bronxville High Jay Burstein School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 9

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award A certificate will be given to projects whose research emphasizes NOAA's mission of Science, Service and Stewardship in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts.

Animal Sciences Fox Lane High School Natasha Heisenberg

Environmental Carmel High School Meghan Dillon Sciences Environmental Hastings High School Alexandra Noia Sciences Physics and Eastchester High Alya Campbell Astronomy School Physics and Putnam Valley High Dora Rippon Astronomy School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 10

Ricoh Sustainable Development Award The following students will receive a certificate for outstanding efforts in addressing issues of environmental responsibility and sustainable development.

Behavioral and Social Somers High School Aliza Hackmyer Sciences Cellular and Byram Hills High Brent Perlman Molecular Biology School Chemistry Scarsdale High Harrison Liu School Engineering Westlake High School Paul Gschneidner

Environmental Carmel High School Shreya Chopra Sciences WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 11

Society for In Vitro Biology Award The next award is a certificate for 11th grade students in recognition of their outstanding research in the areas of tissue or cell culture of plants or animals.

Cellular and Briarcliff Manor High Massimo Fante Molecular Biology School Cellular and Eastchester High Enzali Myint Molecular Biology School Medicine and Health Dobbs Ferry High Miraj Pithadia School Medicine and Health Ossining High School Tej Verma Neuroscience Fox Lane High School Prema Tareque WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 12

Stockholm Junior Water Prize The following students will receive a certificate and a nomination to enter the state water prize competition for their outstanding water science projects.

Animal Sciences Mahopac High School Max Haklay Animal Sciences Byram Hills High Ethan Jacobs School Animal Sciences Ossining High School Caroline Reed

Chemistry Harrison HS Danielle Bucci

Computational Irvington High School Anna Horowitz Biology/Bioinformatics Earth Science Croton-Harmon High Aadish Velmani School Engineering Ossining High School Deborah Johnston Environmental Pelham Memorial Lance Brady Sciences High School Environmental Pelham Memorial Lukas Glist Sciences High School Environmental Hastings High School Emma McCormack Sciences Environmental Yonkers Partners in Citlalli Rojas Huerta Sciences Education Environmental New Rochelle High Ruqiyah Syed Sciences School Environmental Mamaroneck High Jesse Ward Sciences School Environmental Peekskill High School Nicolas Holman Sciences Environmental Pelham Memorial Andrew Radvany Sciences High School Luke Diffley WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 13

Yale Science and Engineering Association Award One student in 11th grade will win a certificate and medallion for his or her top scores in the categories of Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, and/or Chemistry.

Engineering Mamaroneck High Oliver Rayner School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 14

United States Air Force Award A gift package will be given to top projects in the following categories: engineering, mathematics, computer science, life science and/or physical science.

Behavioral and Social New Rochelle High Jillian Stokes Sciences School Medicine and Health Ardsley High School Jaclyn Dron

Microbiology Yorktown High School Anna Kunz Neuroscience Port Chester High Savannah Langenbach School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 15

Innovations in Biological Sciences Research Award A certificate and $25 will be awarded to outstanding projects in the biological sciences. This award was donated by WESEF alumni.

Cellular and Valhalla High School Amy He Molecular Biology Cellular and Hastings High School Jiarui Hu Molecular Biology Cellular and Mamaroneck High Ali James Molecular Biology School Cellular and Scarsdale High Jenny Liu Molecular Biology School Cellular and Sleepy Hollow High Ella McGovern Molecular Biology School Cellular and Ossining High School Jacqueline Mundadan Molecular Biology Cellular and Horace Greeley High Sarah Platkin Molecular Biology School Cellular and Mamaroneck High Lisa Toudic Molecular Biology School Computational Ardsley High School Neha Goel Biology/Bioinformatics Computational Briarcliff Manor High Nathaniel Martinez Biology/Bioinformatics School Computational Edgemont High Amar Sandhu Biology/Bioinformatics School Medicine and Health Pelham Memorial Olivia Min High School Medicine and Health Peekskill High School Sarai Sales Medicine and Health Yorktown High School Sophie Vernik

Neuroscience Somers High School Robin Masterson WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 16

Mianus River Gorge Ecology Award A certificate and $25 will be awarded to outstanding projects that study ecosystems.

Animal Sciences John Jay High School Mikaela Marcotullio

Animal Sciences Hastings High School Catrina Spinozzi

Environmental Somers High School Ethan Cukaj Sciences Environmental Fox Lane High School Sara Parmet Sciences WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 17

Think STEAM Award The ThinkSTEAM award is awarded to 4 female students who have an outstanding project in science, technology, engineering, arts, and/or mathematics. ThinkSTEAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to bridge the gender gap in STEAM, through various initiatives including awarding student researchers at WESEF.

ThinkSTEAM has its upcoming all-day STEAM-A-THON next Saturday, March 23rd for any middle school girls in the crowd who are interested in attending. There will be various fun workshops, including one on drones.

ThinkSTEAM’s founder, Ms Jothi Ramaswamy from Lakeland High School, is a participant at WESEF this year!

The four $25.00 awards given today are…

Computational Putnam Valley High Karina Davis Biology/Bioinformatics School Computational Sleepy Hollow High Samantha Livingston Biology/Bioinformatics School Medicine and Health Edgemont High Sophia Guo School Medicine and Health Yorktown High School Nicole Pennella

Medicine and Health Yorktown High School Shrila Shah WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 18

Critica Behavioral Science Achievement Award This $25.00 award is donated by Critica, a community committed to making rational decisions about health and security, and is given to outstanding projects in the Behavioral Science category.

Behavioral and Social Ardsley High School Olivia Coca Sciences Behavioral and Social Mamaroneck High Caroline Allen Sciences School Behavioral and Social New Rochelle High Casandra Chen Sciences School Behavioral and Social Byram Hills High Alessandra Colella-Albino Sciences School

Behavioral and Social Yorktown High School Debra Dobransky Sciences Behavioral and Social Harrison HS Victoria Lendino Sciences Behavioral and Social Dobbs Ferry High Isabel Long Sciences School Behavioral and Social Somers High School Robert Lusthaus Sciences Behavioral and Social Irvington High School David Markowitz Sciences Behavioral and Social Ossining High School Jacqueline OBrien Sciences Behavioral and Social Horace Greeley High Aditi Singh Sciences School Behavioral and Social Walter Panas High Hannah Soloway Sciences School Behavioral and Social Briarcliff Manor High Isabella Wang Sciences School Behavioral and Social Scarsdale High Max Yang Sciences School

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Future of Medicine Award This award, also sponsored by Westchester Academy of Medicine, is given to projects for their outstanding medical research. Students win a plaque and $50.00.

Medicine and Health Mamaroneck High Liana Haigis School Medicine and Health Byram Hills High Renner Kwittken School Neuroscience Ossining High School Natalia Fel WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 21

Office of Naval Research A certificate, medallion and $50.00 gift card will be given to outstanding individual projects in science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics.

Cellular and Horace Greeley High Holly Cheng Molecular Biology School Cellular and New Rochelle High Jonny Ecker Molecular Biology School Cellular and Fox Lane High School Kyla Simkhai Molecular Biology Cellular and Mamaroneck High Thomas Wiesenberg Molecular Biology School Computational Somers High School Christopher Orzech Biology/Bioinformatics Computational John Jay High School Willem Stoll Biology/Bioinformatics Computational Westlake High School Faith Summers Biology/Bioinformatics Medicine and Health Sleepy Hollow High Maya Millstein School Microbiology Edgemont High Andrew Lopreiato School Neuroscience Hastings High School Raphaela Sills WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 22

The Dr. Samuel Klagsbrun Behavioral Health Award A certificate and $50.00 will be awarded to projects for excellence in the Behavioral Science category. This award is sponsored by Four Winds Hospital.

Behavioral and Social Sleepy Hollow High Elizabeth Grose Sciences School Behavioral and Social Yorktown High School Omar Tabanjeh Sciences WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 24

Momentive Inventing Possibilities Award This $50.00 award was donated by Momentive and is given to outstanding projects in the categories of chemistry, biochemistry and engineering.

Biochemistry Harrison HS Anna Cahn Biochemistry Ossining High School Claire Martin Biochemistry Somers High School Rosalie Murphy

Engineering Lincoln High School Jessica Abu Engineering White Plains High Joseph Cantori School Engineering Yorktown High School Spencer Schutz

Engineering John Jay High School Jordan Schwartz Engineering Pelham Memorial Catherine Taubner High School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 25

Cornell University Food Science Award Students will win $50.00 in recognition of research that applies methods from chemistry, biology, nutrition, physiology, biotechnology, and/or engineering to the study of food systems.

Animal Sciences Putnam Valley High Marissa Back School Animal Sciences Sleepy Hollow High Anna Lazin School Medicine and Health Mahopac High School Kathryn-Alexa Kennedy WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 26

Nutritional Science Award This $50.00 award is given to students who demonstrate outstanding research in nutritional science. This award was donated by WESEF alumni.

Behavioral and Social Briarcliff Manor High Ryan Bell Sciences School Yekaterina DiDonato

Neuroscience Yorktown High School Christopher Jewell WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 27

Dr. Rhea Jezer Energy 21 Student Scholar Prize One project will be the guest of Dr. Jezer at the Energy 21 Symposium in Syracuse, NY on April 12, 2019. Dr. Jezer will pay the $50.00 registration fee for this student to attend the symposium.

Engineering Mamaroneck High Nobuhide Ferval-Shioya School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 28

The Walter Kass Memorial Award for Excellence in Behavioral Science A plaque and $50.00 will be awarded to projects for their outstanding research in Behavioral Science. This award is sponsored by the Westchester County Psychological Association.

Behavioral and Social Byram Hills High Katherine Lev Sciences School Behavioral and Social Ossining High School Hana Lowenthal Sciences Behavioral and Social Yorktown High School Kayla Mariuzza Sciences Behavioral and Social New Rochelle High Liam McKay Sciences School Behavioral and Social Mamaroneck High Caitlin Rogoff Sciences School Behavioral and Social Harrison HS Noah Vass Sciences WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 29

Greg Horrace Creative Approach to Research Award This $50.00 award goes to projects whose work demonstrates a creative and innovative approach to research. This award is named in honor of Greg Horrace who we are sure is enjoying his retirement from the WESEF board and Somer's High School.

Cellular and Harrison HS Georgia Kiriakou Molecular Biology Cellular and Peekskill High School Samantha Saca Molecular Biology Computational Ossining High School Ariana Cardenas Biology/Bioinformatics Engineering Lincoln High School Peter Calabrese WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 30

Teatown Young Conservationist Award This award sponsored by Teatown Lake Reservation is given to projects that aim to protect natural habitats and/or ecosystems. Students win $50.

Animal Sciences Fox Lane High School Makenzie Boylan

Computer Science Horace Greeley High Nicolas Eichenberger School Environmental White Plains High Oscar Hutarra Sciences School Environmental Mahopac High School Kayleigh Dziuba Sciences Morgan Giannetta WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 31

Teatown Young Naturalist Award A certificate and $50 is awarded to outstanding projects that study animals in their natural surroundings, sponsored by Teatown.

Animal Sciences Walter Panas High Riti Bhandarkar School Animal Sciences Eastchester High Alexander Kim-Koutsis School Animal Sciences Scarsdale High Kathryn Koo School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 32

Leason Ellis Team Project Award Being part of a team requires skills such as organization and communication. This award, donated by Leason Ellis intellectual property attorneys, goes to team projects that exemplify working well together to achieve a goal. A certificate and a total of $150.00 will be awarded to each team.

Animal Sciences Hastings High School David Dayan Christian Healy

Behavioral and Social Pelham Memorial Lynn Dvorkin Sciences High School Philip Dulock

Medicine and Health Rye Neck High Rebecca Tenner School Anna Nakagama WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 33

The Environmental Perspiration Award Conducting field work requires a high level of perseverance and dedication. Students who demonstrate these qualities will each receive a certificate and a $100 award sponsored by Robert Weireter.

Animal Sciences Horace Greeley High Anabelle Johnston School Animal Sciences Somers High School Kayleigh Kenny

Animal Sciences Ossining High School Colleen Schmid Matthew Ippoliti

Environmental Hastings High School Wylie Feaster Sciences WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 35

Community Impact Award $100 is awarded to projects that strive to advance public good, sponsored by Westchester Youth Volunteers.

Behavioral and Social Carmel High School Isabel Leslie Sciences Environmental Fox Lane High School Daniel Zapata Sciences WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 36

Scientista Award Two female students who demonstrate a promising future in science will win this $100.00 award donated by Scientista.

Engineering Somers High School Rachel Joseph

Microbiology Yorktown High School Cheryl Luo WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 37

Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award The following students will each be awarded a certificate and $200.00 for their excellent work in computer science.

Computer Science Blind Brook HIgh Matias Goldfeld School Computer Science Dobbs Ferry High Zachar Hankewycz School Computer Science Yorktown High School Andrew Lu Computer Science Blind Brook HIgh Agustin Otero School Computer Science Briarcliff Manor High Charlotte Sendek School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 38

Ying Scholar Award Dr. Nelson Ying hopes to spur future scientists and engineers to contemplate how their work will benefit humanity and to be guided by the call to make the world a better place. One student will win $500 and their teacher will receive $100. The student will be eligible to compete for an additional $2000.00 scholarship.

Behavioral and Social Putnam Valley High Ratu Bolenaivalu Sciences School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 39

George Yancopoulos Young Scientist Award A plaque, $500 and a tour of Regeneron will be awarded to two student investigators whose passion for science may lead to the development of novel technologies or biological insights.

Biochemistry Ossining High School Magdalene Ford

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4th Place Awards The 4th place awards are sponsored by Westchester Academy of Medicine. The winners receive a medallion and $50.

Animal Sciences Hendrick Hudson Thea Barbelet High School Animal Sciences Somers High School Emma Jones Chelsea Brown

Animal Sciences Sleepy Hollow High Stella Vercesi School Animal Sciences Horace Greeley High Hannah Cohen School Behavioral & Social Westlake High School Stephen Donato Sciences Behavioral & Social Briarcliff Manor High Danielle Jacoby Sciences School

Behavioral & Social Pelham Memorial Quin Monaghan-Morris Sciences High School Anna Shampanier-Bowen

Behavioral & Social White Plains High Gurveen Dhallu Sciences School Behavioral & Social Putnam Valley High Michael Tompkins Sciences School Behavioral & Social Ardsley High School Samantha Blackman Sciences Caitlin Tavas

Behavioral & Social Rye Neck High Nicole Pereira Sciences School Behavioral & Social Byram Hills High Elizabeth DeGeorges Sciences School Behavioral & Social Mamaroneck High Abigail Bennitt Sciences School Behavioral & Social Mamaroneck High Kendall Psaila Sciences School Behavioral & Social New Rochelle High Micaela Cox Sciences School Behavioral & Social Ardsley High School Maanya Ravichandran Sciences

Behavioral & Social Dobbs Ferry High Andrew Schwabe Sciences School Behavioral & Social Croton-Harmon High Francis Fedora Sciences School Behavioral & Social New Rochelle High Maura Kelly-Yuoh Sciences School Biochemistry Sleepy Hollow High Helen Tejada School Cellular & Molecular John Jay High School Drew Sandler Biology Cellular & Molecular Byram Hills High Jonah Schwam Biology School Cellular & Molecular Edgemont High Akaash Saraf Biology School Cellular & Molecular John Jay High School Molly Siegel Biology Cellular & Molecular Mamaroneck High Tomas Grossmark Biology School Cellular & Molecular Ossining High School Raymond Liu Biology Cellular & Molecular Hastings High School Anya Van Hoogstraten Biology Cellular & Molecular Pelham Memorial Piers Upton Biology High School Camryn Jaeger

Cellular & Molecular Hendrick Hudson James Reilly Biology High School Cellular & Molecular Byram Hills High Hayley Siegle Biology School Chemistry Hastings High School Aaron Forman Computational Horace Greeley High Isha Puri Biology/Bioinformatics School Computational Yorktown High School Pranav Burugula Biology/Bioinformatics Computational Dobbs Ferry High Jolie McDonnell Biology/Bioinformatics School Computer Science Briarcliff Manor High Matthew Li School Computer Science Edgemont High Ananya Gurumurthy School

Computer Science Westlake High School Roman Raguso

Earth Science Croton-Harmon High Aadish Velmani School Engineering Croton-Harmon High Melissa Stok School Engineering Ossining High School Vikesh Subramanian

Engineering Horace Greeley High Massimiliano de Sa School Engineering Ossining High School Nikita Subramanian

Engineering John Jay High School Amanda Huang

Environmental New Rochelle High Ruqiyah Syed Sciences School Environmental Yonkers Partners in Citlalli Rojas Huerta Sciences Education Environmental Ossining High School Elliot Ocheltree Sciences Environmental White Plains High Lucia Rhode Sciences School Environmental Hastings High School Owen Routhier Sciences Mathematics Harrison HS Steven Wu

Medicine & Health Westlake High School Kenneth Dronzek

Medicine & Health Horace Greeley High Divya Kishore School Medicine & Health Pelham Memorial Nahian Ehtesham High School

Medicine & Health Pleasantville High Devin Juros School Medicine & Health Mamaroneck High Liana Haigis School Medicine & Health Somers High School Emily Heese

Medicine & Health Horace Greeley High Alan Gu School Medicine & Health Mamaroneck High Jackson Baker School Medicine & Health Pelham Memorial Daly Walsh High School Medicine & Health Ardsley High School Loren Yu

Microbiology Byram Hills High Julia Barnett School Neuroscience Hastings High School Raphaela Sills

Neuroscience Lincoln High School Tyra Santos Guadalupe Hernandez Ivan Garduno Romero Neuroscience Yorktown High School Alyssa Zhang

Neuroscience Pelham Memorial Vedika Basavatia High School Physics & Astronomy Ossining High School Tyler Shaw

Physics & Astronomy New Rochelle High Aaron Cohen School Plant Sciences Yonkers Partners in Emily Daly Education Plant Sciences Mamaroneck High Elizabeth Kaplan School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 42

3rd Place Awards The 3rd place awards are sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, and our winners receive a medallion and $75.

Animal Sciences Ossining High School Caroline Reed

Animal Sciences Ossining High School Julia Piccirillo-Stosser Sabrina Piccirillo-Stosser Kiara Taveras Animal Sciences Briarcliff Manor High Livia Marchese School Animal Sciences Westlake High School Lee Cohen

Behavioral & Social Pelham Memorial Hailey Nelson Sciences High School Julia ONeil

Behavioral & Social Briarcliff Manor High Willow Horowitz Sciences School Behavioral & Social Carmel High School Annalena Fusco Sciences Behavioral & Social Ardsley High School Olivia Shpak Sciences Behavioral & Social John Jay High School Angela Huang Sciences Behavioral & Social Sleepy Hollow High Casey Oppenheim Sciences School Behavioral & Social Briarcliff Manor High Finn Hossfeld Sciences School Behavioral & Social Sleepy Hollow High Emma Guarnieri Sciences School Behavioral & Social Ossining High School Pujita Sunder Sciences Behavioral & Social Byram Hills High Ellen Amico Sciences School Behavioral & Social Byram Hills High Matthew Gaetano Sciences School Behavioral & Social Yorktown High School Chabeli Martinez Sciences Arielle Maignan

Behavioral & Social Eastchester High Olivia Bishop Sciences School Behavioral & Social Somers High School Raghav Nathan Sciences Behavioral & Social Hastings High School Molly Gouran Sciences Biochemistry Ossining High School Vishnu Polkampally

Cellular & Molecular Scarsdale High Caroline Roberts Biology School Cellular & Molecular Westlake High School Colleen Bradley Biology Nicole Musial

Cellular & Molecular Ossining High School Elena Tomescu Biology Cellular & Molecular Mamaroneck High Thomas Wiesenberg Biology School Cellular & Molecular New Rochelle High Jake Egelberg Biology School Cellular & Molecular Fox Lane High School Madeleine Sleeman Biology Cellular & Molecular Yorktown High School Gayatri Ratakonda Biology

Cellular & Molecular Ardsley High School Samantha Feldbaum Biology Cellular & Molecular Mamaroneck High Ravi Bhalla Biology School Cellular & Molecular Horace Greeley High Holly Cheng Biology School Chemistry New Rochelle High Griffin Bates School Computational Horace Greeley High Alec Xiang Biology/Bioinformatics School Computational Ardsley High School Matthew Casey Biology/Bioinformatics Baldwin Chen

Computational Yorktown High School Snehal Dubey Biology/Bioinformatics Computer Science Ardsley High School Nirav Golyalla

Computer Science Briarcliff Manor High Gil Halevi School Computer Science White Plains High Eli Lichtblau School Earth Science Edgemont High Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma School

Engineering Hastings High School Grace Moon Engineering Yorktown High School Kieran Holmes

Engineering Byram Hills High Joshua Freedman School Engineering Mamaroneck High Oliver Rayner School Engineering Briarcliff Manor High Ryan Herh School Environmental Pelham Memorial Bernadette Russo Sciences High School Morgan McLean Environmental Irvington High School Aayushi Jha Sciences Environmental Peekskill High School Nicolas Holman Sciences Environmental Pelham Memorial Lance Brady Sciences High School Environmental Yorktown High School Kristen Ferguson Sciences Mathematics Hastings High School Elliot Riesman-Tremonte

Medicine & Health Edgemont High Joongoo Kang School Medicine & Health Scarsdale High Jessie Liu School Medicine & Health Mamaroneck High Katherine Lobue School Medicine & Health Ardsley High School Anya Mody

Medicine & Health Yorktown High School Samantha-Skylar Adjei

Medicine & Health Irvington High School Hannah Monack

Medicine & Health Edgemont High Mina Mohammadi School Medicine & Health Ossining High School Keyla Cabrera

Medicine & Health Yorktown High School Priya Karintholil

Medicine & Health Yorktown High School Nancy Luo

Microbiology Croton-Harmon High Raina Thomas School Neuroscience New Rochelle High Leora Segal School Neuroscience Hastings High School Mia Veefkind

Neuroscience Fox Lane High School Min Young Lee

Neuroscience Scarsdale High Adina Mistry School Physics & Astronomy Mamaroneck High Susanna Weber School Physics & Astronomy Byram Hills High Moses Zhang School Plant Sciences Westlake High School Caleb Levitt

Plant Sciences Harrison HS Sara McSweeney WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 43

2nd Place Awards The 2nd place awards are sponsored by Acorda Therapeutics. Winners receive a silver metal and $100.

Animal Sciences Byram Hills High Ethan Jacobs School Animal Sciences Harrison HS Sunjo Mainsah

Animal Sciences Harrison HS Julia Kischkat

Animal Sciences Blind Brook HIgh Lisa Brady School Behavioral & Social Ossining High School Florencia De Armas Sciences

Behavioral & Social Pelham Memorial Jamie Burke Sciences High School Behavioral & Social Yorktown High School Sayli Satpute Sciences Behavioral & Social Byram Hills High Leonardo Gagliardi Sciences School Behavioral & Social Ossining High School Carmen Mickelson Sciences Behavioral & Social Horace Greeley High Elizabeth Mortati Sciences School Behavioral & Social New Rochelle High Josh Berenbaum Sciences School Behavioral & Social Yorktown High School Brian Weir Sciences Colin Hannah

Behavioral & Social Yorktown High School Grace Chen Sciences Behavioral & Social Westlake High School Jake Szeszko Sciences Behavioral & Social Pelham Memorial Grace Liberatore Sciences High School Behavioral & Social Ossining High School Dylan Ortiz Sciences Behavioral & Social Pelham Memorial Matyas Spunberg Sciences High School Behavioral & Social Mamaroneck High Sydney Rosen Sciences School Behavioral & Social Sleepy Hollow High Tess Kaplan Sciences School Biochemistry Yorktown High School Saketh Anand

Cellular & Molecular Ossining High School Emma Montgomery Biology Cellular & Molecular Ossining High School Fanny Zhang Biology Cellular & Molecular Hendrick Hudson Buu-Hac Nguyen Biology High School Cellular & Molecular Edgemont High Anjali Nandakumar Biology School Cellular & Molecular Byram Hills High Amina Chace Biology School Cellular & Molecular Fox Lane High School Isabella Pansini Biology Cellular & Molecular Rye Country Day James Chen Biology School Cellular & Molecular Harrison HS Isabel OConnell Biology Cellular & Molecular Edgemont High Angie Jang Biology School Cellular & Molecular Ardsley High School James Park Biology Chemistry Harrison HS Danielle Bucci

Computational Yorktown High School Janani Rajadurai Biology/Bioinformatics Pooja Rajadurai Computational Byram Hills High Alan Chang Biology/Bioinformatics School Computational Horace Greeley High Chirag Kumar Biology/Bioinformatics School Computer Science Blind Brook HIgh Matias Goldfeld School Computer Science Yorktown High School Andrew Lu

Computer Science Dobbs Ferry High Zachar Hankewycz School Earth Science Westlake High School Christopher Bauco

Engineering Putnam Valley High Sarah Broas School Engineering Yorktown High School Arjay Mirchandani

Engineering Yorktown High School Spencer Zack

Engineering Yorktown High School Diane Yang

Engineering Somers High School Cassandra Paone

Environmental North Salem High Balch Julia Sciences School Environmental Yonkers Partners in Perpetua Uduba Sciences Education Environmental Pelham Memorial Andrew Radvany Sciences High School Luke Diffley

Environmental Mamaroneck High Jesse Ward Sciences School Environmental Mamaroneck High William Cook Sciences School Mathematics Somers High School Kevin Li

Medicine & Health Byram Hills High Elyse Kanner School Medicine & Health Dobbs Ferry High Abigail Bayer-Mertens Human School

Medicine & Health Yorktown High School Roopa Duvvi

Medicine & Health Yorktown High School Anna Prybylski

Medicine & Health Ossining High School Gabriella Strzeletski

Medicine & Health Yorktown High School Catherine McClay

Medicine & Health Ardsley High School Gillian Gold

Medicine & Health Ossining High School Justine Valentino Medicine & Health Irvington High School Elizabeth Lee

Medicine & Health Dobbs Ferry High Shirin Dadina School Microbiology Yorktown High School Justin Chee

Neuroscience Ossining High School Patrick Saint Ange

Neuroscience Byram Hills High Rachel Chernoff School Neuroscience Ossining High School Keven Victoria

Neuroscience Edgemont High Elizabeth Morton School Physics & Astronomy Ossining High School Michelle Lin Physics & Astronomy Yorktown High School Rohan Subramani

Plant Sciences Westlake High School Olivia Eng

Plant Sciences John Jay High School Will Hasapis WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 44

1st Place Awards Our first place awards are sponsored by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Winners receive a gold medal and $125.

Animal Sciences Sleepy Hollow High Molly Brennan School Animal Sciences Ossining High School Dylan Spedaliere

Behavioral & Social Yorktown High School Joseph Atherall Sciences Behavioral & Social Ossining High School Giovanni Santucci Sciences Behavioral & Social Ossining High School Kellen Cooks Sciences Behavioral & Social Briarcliff Manor High Christopher Li Sciences School Behavioral & Social Ossining High School Ryan Lynch Sciences Behavioral & Social Putnam Valley High Ratu Bolenaivalu Sciences School

Behavioral & Social Ossining High School Nina Foster Sciences Behavioral & Social Pelham Memorial Isabelle Anderson Sciences High School Biochemistry Ossining High School Magdalene Ford

Cellular & Molecular Yorktown High School Ryan Onatzevitch Biology Cellular & Molecular Byram Hills High Brent Perlman Biology School Cellular & Molecular Somers High School Sun Graham Biology Cellular & Molecular Byram Hills High Emma Lucchino Biology School Cellular & Molecular Pelham Memorial Francesca Di Cristofano Biology High School

Chemistry Ossining High School Brian Dockery

Computational Ossining High School Hammad Hassan Biology/Bioinformatics Computer Science Blind Brook HIgh Agustin Otero School Computer Science Briarcliff Manor High Charlotte Sendek School Earth Science Ossining High School Anne Stein

Engineering Somers High School Rachel Joseph

Engineering Ardsley / Hackley Isha Brahmbhatt Anastasia Popova

Environmental Ossining High School Romina Gamarra Sciences Environmental Hastings High School Emma McCormack Sciences Mathematics Somers High School Lily Laredo

Medicine & Health Yorktown High School Shrila Shah

Medicine & Health Ardsley High School Adeel Arif Amber Arif

Medicine & Health Byram Hills High Renner Kwittken School Medicine & Health Byram Hills High Isabelle Ilan School Medicine & Health Dobbs Ferry High Jamie Kramer School Microbiology Yorktown High School Cheryl Luo

Neuroscience Byram Hills High Samantha Abbruzzese School Neuroscience Dobbs Ferry High Jed Katzenstein School Physics & Astronomy Yorktown High School William Branca

Plant Sciences Scarsdale High Katherine Roberts School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 45

International GENIUS Olympiad Nine sophomore and junior projects will be selected to attend the GENIUS Olympiad, an international competition focused on environmental issues, held at SUNY Oswego from June 17th - June 21st. WESEF students will compete against 1200 students from 75 countries.

And the winners are....

Animal Sciences Sleepy Hollow High Molly Brennan School Behavioral and Social Pelham Memorial Isabelle Anderson Sciences High School Behavioral and Social Briarcliff Manor High Christopher Li Sciences School Cellular and Ossining High School Fanny Zhang Molecular Biology Computational Ossining High School Hammad Hassan Biology/Bioinformatics Computational Horace Greeley High Alec Xiang Biology/Bioinformatics School Medicine and Health Ardsley High School Gillian Gold Medicine and Health Yorktown High School Anna Prybylski

Neuroscience Hastings High School Mia Veefkind WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 47

ISEF Individual Winners And the Regeneron and Acorda WESEF Individual Finalists and Grand Prize Winners are....

Behavioral and Social Yorktown High School Joseph Atherall Sciences Behavioral and Social Ossining High School Kellen Cooks Sciences Behavioral and Social Ossining High School Giovanni Santucci Sciences Biochemistry Ossining High School Magdalene Ford

Cellular and Somers High School Sun Graham Molecular Biology Cellular and Yorktown High School Ryan Onatzevitch Molecular Biology Cellular and Byram Hills High Brent Perlman Molecular Biology School Engineering Somers High School Rachel Joseph

Medicine and Health Byram Hills High Renner Kwittken School Microbiology Yorktown High School Cheryl Luo

Neuroscience Byram Hills High Samantha Abbruzzese School Neuroscience Dobbs Ferry High Jed Katzenstein School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 48

ISEF Team Winners And the three winning teams are....

Computational Yorktown High School Janani Rajadurai Biology/Bioinformatics Pooja Rajadurai

Engineering Ardsley / Hackley Isha Brahmbhatt Anastasia Popova

Medicine and Health Ardsley High School Adeel Arif Amber Arif