14-year-old combines origami and physics to optimize foldable structures for disaster relief shelters; Wins $25,000 top award at Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Young innovators recognized with $100K for STEM research advancing science and tackling global challenges Thermo Fisher Scientific and Society for…
The winners of the 2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
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Catherine Havasi, NLC member 2
NLC member, Willie Reaves, 2021
STS finalist, Parisa Vaziri, used her bathroom at home as her lab.
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Adriane Thompson, the 8th pace winner in the Regeneron Science Talent Search
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alum Nathan Wang pictured in front of JHU
zoom grid of students from STS scholars event
Monika Schleier-Smith headshot
The 2021 STS Finalists, Grid Image
STS 2021 Scholars
New Honorary Board Members for 2021