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GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL Math Science Awards Ceremony May 22 2023

MATH AND SCIENCE AWARDS THE SANDERSON MEMORIAL AWARD PRESENTED BY SHAWN HOYT Presented to a senior who has shown excellence in the study of science and in the teaching of science to others Archer Manning THE PETER CHURCH MEMORIAL AWARD PRESENTED BY JON AND JEFF CHURCH Presented to a student who has creative ability and inventiveness in mathematics Theresa Dobbins THE ALEXANDER HOST AWARD FOR OCEANOGRAPHY PRESENTED BY SHAWN HOYT Presented to a student who has demonstrated enthusiasm excellence and initiative in the field of oceanograpy and or related environmental sciences It is intended to further the recipient s education in environmental science at an institution of higher learning Kevin Toepelt PERKINS SILVER CATALYST AWARD PRESENTED BY SHAWN HOYT Presented to a senior s for excellence in chemistry physics Stephanie Chang Yurika Sakai RENSSELAER MEDAL PRESENTED BY ANDREW BYRNE Founded in 1824 Rensselaer is the oldest technological institution in North America and it is located in the Capital Region of New York State This prestigious award has been awarded since 1916 to one student in any given high school and is designed to recognize that student s strength and success in the fields of mathematics and science Medalists who apply are admitted to and enroll at Rensselaer are awarded a scholarship worth 30 000 per year Isaac Dcruz GREENWICH HIGHSCHOOLMath, Computer Science & ScienceAwards CeremonyMay 23, 2024

2023 HONORS SCIENCE RESEARCH AWARDS 2023 CONNECTICUT JUNIOR SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM PRESENTED BY ANDREW BRAMANTE Oral Presenters Angelina Fogarty Rapid Visual Detection of Illicit Substances in a Variety of Environments Via Competitive Amine Responsive Fluorophores Honorable Mention Ambika Grover Design of a Novel Dual Functioning Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Factor XI Inhibiting Anticoagulant Therapeutic for Rapid Ischemic Stroke Treatment 1st Place Ashley Malkin Identification of Therapeutics for Neurological Disorders through Development of a Novel Machine Learning System for Predicting Drug Gene Interactions in the Glymphatic System Honorable Mention Naomi Park Concurrent Removal of Rising Soluble Ocean Carbon Dioxide and Oil inWater Contaminants via Multi Functional Remediation Framework 4th Place Poster Presenters Justin Bernstein Creation and Simulation of Function of Claramine Atorvastatin Coated Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles for Targeted Dissolution of Atherosclerotic Plaque 1st Place Audrey Lin Eco Friendly Removal of Eutrophication Initiating NH4 from Water via SAP Enhanced Activated Food Waste Biochar Adsorption Films 3rd Place

2022 2023 HONORS SCIENCE RESEARCH AWARDS 2023 CONNECTICUT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR CSEF PRESENTED BY ANDREW BRAMANTE Justin Bernstein Creation and Simulation of Function of Claramine Atorvastatin Coated Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles for Targeted Dissolution of Atherosclerotic Plaque winner of 2nd Place in Engineering Mitchell Goldstein Delivery of Epicatechin via Bovine Serum Albumin Based Nanoparticles In order to Reduce the Growth of Escherichia Coli of Ocimum Basilicum 2nd Honors Zara Haque Development of an Efficient and Easily Applicable Low Energy Process for the Degradation of PFAS winner of 1st Place in Future Sustainability and an invitation to this year s national GENIUS competition Ava Jackson Photocatalytic Degradation of Microplastics Found in Southwestern CT Drinking Water 2nd Honors Lucy Li Footprint Reduction of PET Fiber Waste in Refuse Environments via Non Toxic Ideonella Sakaiensis Degradation winner of 4th Place in Life Sciences Audrey Lin Eco Friendly Removal of Eutrophication Initiating NH4 from Water via SAP Enhanced Activated Food Waste Biochar Adsorption Films winner of 1st Place in Oceanology and an invitation to a summer NOAA oceanographic institute Maximillian Lu Development of a Rapid Alzheimer s Disease Diagnostic through Multilayered Comprehensive Statistical Analyses of Speech selected as a Fair Finalist Ashley Malkin Identification of Therapeutics for Neurological Disorders through Development of a Novel Machine Learning System for Predicting Drug Gene Interactions in the Glymphatic System winner of 3rd Place in Biotechnology and 5th Place in Life Sciences Madeline Minichetti Reversible Tunable Metal Electrodeposition on Pt Functionalized Indium Tin Oxide Transparent Electrodes for Thermal Regulating and Dynamic Optical Properties of Smart Windows winner of the Office of Naval Research Award the CT Architecture Foundation Award and the OTIS Elevator Excellence in Engineering Award Naomi Park Concurrent Removal of Rising Soluble Ocean Carbon Dioxide and Oil in Water Contaminants via Multi Functional remediation Framework winner of 1st Place in Engineering providing an opportunity to compete in the 2023 ISEF 3rd Place in Applied Technologies 3rd Place in Physical Sciences the Office of Naval Research Award and the Stockholm Junior Water Prize State Nomination Colin Reynolds A Zero Waste Product Pyrolytic Conversion of Walnut Shell Waste to Light Hydrocarbon Fuels Biopesticides and Valuable Soil Additives selected as a Fair Finalist Caitlin Tice Synthesis and Investigation of Metal Organic Frameworks for the Purpose of Atmospheric Water Harvesting winner of 1st Place in Applied Technology and an invitation to this year s national GENIUS competition Ryan Wadhwa Use of Cryptomelane Type Manganese Oxide Free Standing Membranes for Removal of Oil Contaminants in Water winner of the US Air Force Award Keira Young A Zero Waste Product Pyrolytic Conversion of Walnut Shell Waste to Light Hydrocarbon Fuels Biopesticides and Valuable Soil Additives winner of the Association of Women Geoscientists Award

2022 2023 HONORS SCIENCE RESEARCH AWARDS 2023 NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCIENCE FAIR PRESENTED BY ANDREW BRAMANTE Justin Bernstein Creation and Simulation of Function of Claramine Atorvastatin Coated Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles for Targeted Dissolution of Atherosclerotic Plaque 1st Place Fair Winner Hannah Dcruz EMS Implementation of Rhizobium Nitrogen Fixation to Increase Overall Crop Production and Inhibit Fusarium Wilt Zara Haque Development of an Efficient and Easily Applicable Low Energy Process for the Degradation of PFAS Ava Jackson Photocatalytic Degradation of Microplastics Found in Southwestern CT Drinking Water Lucy Li Footprint Reduction of PET Fiber Waste in Refuse Environments via Non Toxic Ideonella Sakaiensis Degradation Maximillian Lu Development of a Rapid Alzheimer s Disease Diagnostic through Multilayered Comprehensive Statistical Analyses of Speech Ashley Malkin Identification of Therapeutics for Neurological Disorders through Development of a Novel Machine Learning System for Predicting Drug Gene Interactions in the Glymphatic System 2nd Place Fair Winner Naomi Park Concurrent Removal of Rising Soluble Ocean Carbon Dioxide and Oil inWater Contaminants via Multi Functional remediation Framework Honorable Mention Fair Winner Colin Reynolds A Zero Waste Product Pyrolytic Conversion of Walnut Shell Waste to Light Hydrocarbon Fuels Biopesticides and Valuable Soil Additives Caitlin Tice Synthesis and Investigation of Metal Organic Frameworks for the Purpose of Atmospheric Water Harvesting Ryan Wadhwa Use of Cryptomelane Type Manganese Membranes for Removal of Oil Contaminants in Water Oxide Free Standing

2022 2023 HONORS SCIENCE RESEARCH AWARDS 2023 REGENERON SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH RSTS PRESENTED BY ANDREW BRAMANTE SCHOLARS 2000 per student Stephanie Chang A Multi Omics Approach to Host Microbe Interactions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Targeted Cell Type Discovery Angelina Fogarty Rapid Visual Detection of Illicit Substances in a Variety of Environments via Competitive Amine Responsive Fluorophores Isabella Gega Synthesis of Polysaccharide Encapsulated Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites To Stimulate Plant Growth and Promote Phosphorus Absorption Ambika Grover Design of a Novel Dual Functioning Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Factor XI Inhibiting Anticoagulant Therapeutic for Rapid Ischemic Stroke Treatment Ronit Gupta Design of a Rapid Lateral Flow COPD Diagnostic via Detection of Cyto Keratin 19 Biomarkers FINALISTS additional 25 000 per student Angelina Fogarty Rapid Visual Detection of Illicit Substances in a Variety of Environments via Competitive Amine Responsive Fluorophores Ambika Grover Design of a Novel Dual Functioning Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Factor XI Inhibiting Anticoagulant Therapeutic for Rapid Ischemic Stroke Treatment finished in 6th place overall awarded 82 000 in total 2023 NATIONAL JUNIOR SCIENCE HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM PRESENTED BY ANDREW BRAMANTE Justin Bernstein Ambika Grover Naomi Park 2023 NATIONAL STOCKHOLM JUNIOR WATER PRIZE PRESENTED BY ANDREW BRAMANTE Selected as the Best Water project for the State of Connecticut and invited to compete in the U S Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition Naomi Park Concurrent Removal of Rising Soluble Ocean Carbon Dioxide and Oil in Water Contaminants via Multi Functional Remediation Framework 2023 REGENERON INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR ISEF PRESENTED BY ANDREW BRAMANTE Naomi Park GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE RESEARCH AWARD PRESENTED BY ANDREW BRAMANTE Justin Bernstein Angelina Fogarty Ambika Grover JOSE MANUAL OTERO RESEARCH AWARD PRESENTED BY ANDREW BRAMANTE Audrey Lin Ashley Malkin Naomi Park

MATH AWARDS U S DEPT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SCIENCE BOWL PRESENTED BY MARIA BUONO Pierluca Balestra Isaac Dcruz Douglas Dozier Omar Jusino Planas Noah Kim Rexton Lu Thomas McKinney Theodore Rose Emil Schaumburg Alexander Tu Brandon Yu Alexander Zhao FAIRFIELD COUNTY MATH LEAGUE PRESENTED BY LORI MULLIGAN Stephanie Chang Shirley Chen Raye Dinovo Sabine Dinovo Isaac Dcruz Luka Dolgov Ella Ho Connor Hone Henry Jin Carolina Jones Noah Kim Molly Lowitt Max Lu Rexton Lu Thomas McKinney Brandon Nadel Kyle Nadel Natasha Samant Alan Shu Ryosei Tanakamaru Kenneth Wilber Annabelle Wu Brandon Yu Alexander Zhao Jason Zhong AMERICAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITIONS PRESENTED BY LORI MULLIGAN AMC 10 Alexander Zhao AMC 12 Jason Zhong AIM Qualifiers Stephanie Chang Isaac Dcruz Connor Hone Noah Kim Kyle Nadel Alan Shu Jason Zhong USAMO Qualifier Jason Zhong USAJMO Qualifier Ethan Shi MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MIT SCIENCE BOWL PRESENTED BY MARIA BUONO Pierluca Balestra Justin Bernstein Samuel Bier Nina Clark Douglas Dozier Angelina Fogarty Omar Jusino Planas Noah Kim Adam Kleshchelski Thomas McKinney Theodore Rose Emil Schaumburg Alexander Tu Brandon Yu Alexander Zhao

MATH ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENTS COMPUTER SCIENCE PRESENTED BY KATE BOLGER Sofia Aristizabal Sarah Arnott Genevieve Baske Alessia Chiesara Galiasso Cecilia Cho Isabella Crasto Isaac Dcruz Calvin Donat Lauren Judge Evan Kostin Michael McClammy Rohan Mittal Brandon Nadel Axel Persson Alexander Stranzl Jake Tisler Xinran Sharon Ye ALGEBRA I PRESENTED BY MICHELLE BASKE GEOMETRY PRESENTED BY MICHELLE BASKE Jazmin Avelar Agustin Cerliani Jeff Clermont Delfina Dabbadie Charlie Dash Thomas Fabiani Pontes Alessandro Furano Evelyn Ganan Leonard Goes John Hamel Eleanor Herman Jimmy Krasniqi Ava Krumlauf Jamyshiva Lagout Leda Lindsay Francisco Luzuriaga Emilia Mardones Nicholas Martschenko Mia Medeiros Cristina Perez DeLeon Frutos Christopher Phillips Alex Raybin Isaiah Solomon Norah Sullivan Lebron Timothy Diana Valdez Jamie Valencia Camilla Vegna Leila White Scarlett Allegro Emilia Arroyo From Guy Cartwright Ricardo Cejudo Renee Chin Dayanna Clavijo Guayllas Lyndsey Colavito Gabriel Dunleavy Harriet Franks Sofia Jackman William McCarthy Anna Mulligan Belle Nichols Clara Ojea Quintana Martina Ortuno Anthony Panarella Matthew Rogliano Jack Smith Kasey Tierney Julia Trotman Jacoby Weiner Jenny Yang

MATH ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENTS ALGEBRA II PRESENTED BY JENNIFER VOCCOLA PRE CALCULUS PRESENTED BY ROBERT BROWN Samantha Altidor Jada Brewington Reese Bennett Clark Ava Cocozza Lilian Davis Alexander Flook Chelsie Glines Harrison Heiman Joshua Herman Rain Jhaf Morales Omar Jusino Planas Marina Lombardi Cooper Magnotta Andres Mardones Guerrero Blake Martin Riona McKersie Alexandra Mosakowski Alan Pajer Robert Parry Sonia Patel Darwin Rivera Verdesoto Alberth Rodriguez Jimenez Skylar Seides Sophie Steinbeck Khalil Touliopoulos Sophie Trudeau Ryan Wadhwa Annabelle Wu Elizabeth Baxendale Venna Boccardi Isabel Borrego Garcia Cancho Julianne Calvar Fabiana Cerna Maguina Antonio Ciccarelli Cameron Clark Gabriella Collazo Ivan Cornejo Thomas Erensen Ciara Herrera Ashley Hopper Lauren P Huang Samantha Johnson George Keelan Aaliya Khanna ELECTIVES PRESENTED BY MICHELLE BASKE Skylar Flood Gonzalo Gil Brisa Kaneko Bardalez Heli Patel Gabriel Prado Nicolai Rodriguez Lorena Silva Samantha Negron Michael Orrico Karla Perez DeLeon Frutos Madeleine Phillips Shafi Reilly James Ritchie Naomi Rosell Fernanda Salazar Nathan Stanislavsky Zachary Vitanza Sarah Wick Maximilian Willott Lauren Windels Marilyn Yaguana Zerach Zou STATISTICS PRESENTED BY ROBERT BROWN Christina Brunetti Aiden Bucaria Joshua Coelho Victoria Ford Daryl Furno Peter Gabriel Qianxue Ge Emma Kelly Lana Korsun Tessa Laffan Maximillian Lu Luke Mazzullo Michelle Miranda Christopher Nostro Madelyn Peel Sofia Pelle Tara Saraf Alan Shu Jane Stempien Grace Trager Timothy Valenton CALCULUS PRESENTED BY MARYANN FRANCHELLA Esme Daplyn Isaac Dcruz Julia Doss Kate Friedman Daryl Furno Megan Geiger Sabrina Hobert Ryan Kaufman Matilda Mancini An Suzuki Sarah Tocci Shuya van Dooijeweert Jeslyn Vieira

PHYSICAL SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENTS SILVER FLASK AWARDS CHEMISTRY PRESENTED BY ELLEN LEWIS Jad Alkadry Zachary Allegro Michael Asprinio Justin Bernstein Emily Elizabeth Cabanero Aaliyah Cardenas Ethan Cooper Kathryn Curtin Julia De Moraes Silva Calvin Donat Katherine Duff Annabelle Edgell Evelyn Ganan Faith Franceschini Alyssa Gath Bettina Gunnerson Hannah Hochman Lauren Huang PHYSICS ASTRONOMY PRESENTED BY ELLEN LEWIS Cody Baker Kassidy Bonney Annabelle Elkin Kate Friedman Lachlan Gray Sophia Gilson Emil Harlem Emma Harvey Zarah Hillman FORENSICS PRESENTED BY ELLEN LEWIS Peter Aysseh Charlotte Fields Sydney Freder Samantha Johnson Dylan Judice Peter Kilgallen Gunther Krieg Sarah Maitland Daniel Martinez Isaiah Solomon Hannah Wolff Julia Macri Jessica Ruggiero Deven Manasan Jonah Smith Alexa Mariscal Christopher Suter Thomas McKinney Kasey Tierney Lucas Meinelt Abigail Vandervoorn Olivia Mitchell Isabelle Ojjeh Katherine Perez Rosario Jacklyn Pizzella Martin Rocca Naomi Rosell Katharina Rosenkrantz Topholt Ryan Kaufman Jackson Kim Lucy Li Audrey Lin Emily Lin Marina Lombardi Emily Melendez Hope Reinoso Ryosei Tanakamaru Diana Valdez Joshua Velozo Victoria Ware George Weiksner Kenneth Wilber Chloe Wilkinson

LIFE SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENTS LIFE SCIENCE PRESENTED BY SARAH MEYERS Kathryn Avesato Scarlett Allegro Emilia Arroyo Thiago Camargo Shelsea Carrenard Victor Castillo Renee Chin Amelie Dellascenza Anna Dobbins Michael Donovan Rachel Finchler Angelina Fogarty Nicolas Galindo Megan Geiger Joy Greco Alexandra Gusinski Sofia Jackman Kristen Jacks Dominika Jakab Sydney Jee Helena Ruth Kennedy Leif King Hanna Klingbeil Ava Krumlauf Anna Louise Lenschow Audrey Lin Leda Lindsay Mia Lupinacci Nicholas Martschenko Norah Mendelsohn Orla Muir Ariana Najarro Bojorquez Sonia Patel Cristina Perez DeLeon Frutos Amber Rivera Ian Shum Fayah Tornij ENVIRONMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY PRESENTED BY SARAH MEYERS Allysa Alfonso Dedra Annakie Sarah Boside Jada Brewington Sophia Buccieri Luca Chiappetta Amelia Cichy Gabriella Collazo Samantha Craven Annabelle Elkin Devon Falco Sasha Forman Ava Gabrielle Nicolas Gigliani Alcantarilla Tyler Grant Connor Grant Katherine Janis Giada Lin Sofia Luksic Iggy Pietryka Ashley Quicano Kyle Roy Cecelia Tauber Hannah Wahl Mariama Touray Coreen Valbrun Jeslyn Vieira Elizabeth Wallace Jacoby Weiner Marley Wies Madeline Wilber James Whiteside Parker Young

GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL MATH COMPUTER SCIENCE Program Administrator Andrew Byrne Learning Facilitators Michelle Baske Robert Brown Lori Mulligan Maryann Franchella and Jennifer Voccola Program Associate Mathematics Lori Mulligan Program Associate Computer Science Kate Bolger Faculty Jordan Ambrogio David Angelo Jennifer Arango Michelle Baske Elizabeth Black Kate Bolger Michael Brennan Robert Brown Kelly Buch Maria Buono Susanna Daniel Philip Chew Lauren Edwards Maryann Franchella Dr Erik Gundel Taner Karakas Ambroise Katundu Jennifer Lee Marybeth Liu Jory Lockwood Lauren Love Shannon McKenna Lori Mulligan Jean Pointdujour Amanda Pugliese Jaclyn Quinn Daniel Robinson Alexandria Robles Jennifer Voccola Julia Vyskocil Brian Walach Peter Watson Kristin Wilhelm Mary Zarra Support Staff Math Administrative Assistant Patricia Lewis Math Instructional Aide Ken Byrne Math Permanent Substitute Vicky Shirley Grimmett Math Permanent Substitute Josh Guzman GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY Interim Program Administrator Shawn Hoyt Learning Facilitators Sarah Meyers Charles DiSapio Faculty Benjamin Alander Athena Apazidis Debbie Baran Shirley Barban Richard Baxley Daniel Bloom Aimee Bolash Andrew Bramante Angela Bylo Stephen Collins Robert Conlan Charles DiSapio Aimee Farnum Richard Felten Laura Fox Benjamin Gawle Genta Gusho John Jones Ellen Lewis Paul Ludwig Sarah Meyers Colin Nanavaty Dr Jayanti Nerurkar Oliver Probst Dr Beena Ramachandran Marinella Scicchitano Tracey Tortorello Katherine Upright Dr Cindy Vartuli John Vellardito Jerusha Vogel Alexandra White Sarah Zeegen Support Staff Science Administrative Assistant Susan Herrmann Science Professional Assistant Dr Radhika Patel Science Permanent Substitute Vicky Sieradzki Science Permanent Substitute Joseph Vellardito