Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award

Dudley Herschbach, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard UniversityThe winning finalists will receive an all-expense paid trip to attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award is a multi-disciplinary seminar highlighting some of the most remarkable achievements by young scientists from around the world. The students have the opportunity to visit scientific institutes, attend the Nobel lectures and press conferences, learn more about Sweden and experience the extravagance of the Nobel festivities. The SIYSS is a multi-disciplinary seminar highlighting some of the most remarkable achievements by young scientists from around the world.

This award is named for Dudley R. Herschbach, Harvard Professor and 1986 Nobel Laureate in chemistry. He is Emeritus Board Chair of Society for Science

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Winners of the Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award

Backstage at the Grand Awards Ceremony - the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, Los Angeles, CA, May 17, 2024: Anna Oliva, 17, of Houston, TX received the Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award, which provides finalists an all-expense paid trip to attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

2024

Anna Oliva, Carnegie Vanguard High School, TX, United States of America

MATH002 — Symmetry, Fixed Points and Quantum Billiards: A Confluence of Ideas

Backstage at the Grand Awards Ceremony - the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, Los Angeles, CA, May 17, 2024: Shuhan Luo, 18, of Worcester, MA, received the Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award, which provides finalists an all-expense paid trip to attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

2024

Shuhan Luo, Worcester Academy, MA, United States of America

PHYS057 — A Novel Hadronization Model Explaining Charm-Quark Hadronization in Different Collision Systems Through Yet-Unobserved Excited States and Cluster Volume Dependence

Backstage at the Grand Awards Ceremony - the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, Los Angeles, CA, May 17, 2024: Ria Kamat, 17, of Hackensack, New Jersey received the Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award, which provides finalists an all-expense paid trip to attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

2024

Ria Kamat, Bergen County Academies, NJ, United States of America

BMED033 — The Relationship Between Tumor-Induced Osteoclastogenesis and Osteoprotegerin

ISEF 2023 Award Ceremony, Dallas Texas - top award winners: Daniel Levin, Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, PA, United States of America -Winner of the Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award

2023

Daniel Levin, Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, PA, United States of America

MCRO050 — Biosynthetic Engineering of Novel Multifunctioning Electroactive Bacterial Cellulose-Carbon Nanotube Therapeutic Bandages for Rapid Clearance of Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus

 

ISEF 2023 Award Ceremony, Dallas Texas - top award winner: Winners of the Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award: Daniel Levin, Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, PA, United States of America

2023

Alexander Plekhanov, Portland, OR, United States of America

PHYS062 — Optical System for Optometry of Astigmatism

 

2019 ISEF Shicheng Hu

2019

Shicheng Hu, Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU, China

EGCH005 — Highly-dispersed Ni Supported by N-doped Carbon Derived from Silk for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

 

2019 ISEF Adrien Jathe, Metropolitan School Frankfurt gGmbH, Germany

2019

Adrien Jathe, Metropolitan School Frankfurt gGmbH, Germany

MATS003 — The Flash Shade: Directional Darkening Technology

 

2019 ISEF Adam Kelly, Skerries Community College, Ireland

2019

Adam Kelly, Skerries Community College, Ireland

SOFT049 — Improved Gate Level Simulation of Quantum Circuits

 

2018 ISEF Award winner Muhammad Abdulla, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, FL, United States of America

2018

Muhammad Abdulla, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, FL, United States of America

MATH006 — A Fine Classification of Second Minimal Odd Orbits

2017 ISEF Award WInner Karina Movsesian, Prvni Ceske Gymnazium v Karlovych Varech, Czech Republic

2017

Karina Movsesian, Prvni Ceske Gymnazium v Karlovych Varech, Czech Republic

BCHM005 – The Role of RAD51 Mutation in Cancer Development

2017 ISEF Award Winner Prathik Naidu, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America

2017

Prathik Naidu, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America

CBIO025 – DNALoopR: A Novel High-Performance Machine Learning Predictor to Identify Genome-Wide 3D DNA Interactions in Cancer

2016 ISEF SIYSS Award Winners on stage: Swetha Revanur, Wyatt Martin Pontius, Dennis Adrian Drewnik

2016

Swetha Revanur, 17, Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, California

CBIO047 – A Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Omics Discovery and Characterization of Gene Co-Alterations Impacting Disease

Wyatt Martin Pontius, 18, Academy of Science, Sterling, Virginia

ENEV049 – Reinventing the Leaf: A Manufactured Biohybrid Photosynthetic System

Dennis Adrian Drewnik, 17, Sisler High School, Winnipeg, Canada

PLNT044 – Comprehensive RNA Profiling Identifies Novel Blackleg Resistance Genes in Canola

2015 ISEF SIYSS Award Winners: Carly Elizabeth Crump, Arne Hensel, Abdul Jabbar Abdulrazaq Alhamood

2015

Carly Elizabeth Crump, 18, Episcopal School of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida

MCRO006I —  Proteomic Characterization of Mosquito Host Cell Glycoproteins during Dengue Virus Egress

Arne Hensel, 18, Bundesprasident Theodor-Heuss-Schule, Homburg/Efze, Germany

CHEM016I — Cavity: Analysis and Application of Nanostructures in Aluminumoxide

Abdul Jabbar Abdulrazaq Alhamood, 18, Dhahran Schools, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

PLNT018I — Efficient Viral-Mediated Genome Editing Technique In Tobacco noctiana and Arabidopsis thaliana Model Plants Using CRISPR/Cas9

2013 ISEF SIYSS Award Winners on stage: Savannah Joy Tobin, Hannah Constance Wastyk, David Masao Zimmerman

2013

Savannah Joy Tobin, 18, West Salem High School, Salem, Oregon

BI011 — Analysis of Fel d 1 Allergen Transcripts in Felis catus Saliva using Reverse Transcription Quantitative
Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR)

Hannah Constance Wastyk, 17, Palmyra Area High School, Palmyra, Pennsylvania

CB017 — Discovering a Metabolic Weakness in Melanoma through Targeted Gene Inhibition

David Masao Zimmerman, 18, Brentwood School, Los Angeles, California

MI039 — Site-directed Mutagenesis of the Metal-reducing Bacterium S. oneidensis MR-1: A Novel Strategy for
Genetic Engineering in Recalcitrant Microorganisms

 

2012 ISEF Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award winners on stage: Huihui Fan, Adam Joel Noble, Raghavendra Ramachanderan

2012

Huihui Fan, 17, Stuyvesant High School, New York City, New York

PS038 Root Nutrient Foraging: A Morphometric Approach to Quantifying the
Developmental Plasticity Space of Arabidopsis Ecotypes in Laboratory

and Natural Environments

Adam Joel Noble, 18, Lakefield District Secondary School, Lakefield, Ontario, Canada

EM039 Euglena: The Solution to Nanosilver Pollution

Raghavendra Ramachanderan, 17, St. John’s International Residential School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

CH042 Visible Light Deoxygenation

 

 

Intel ISEF 2011 Dudley Herschbach Award Recipients: Andrew Wooyoung Kim, Jinyoung Seo, Dongju Shin

2011

Andrew Wooyoung Kim, 18, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia

BE057Epigenetic Factors Influence Drosophila Brain Function and Aggressive Behavior, Phase V

Jinyoung Seo, 18, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Busan,
South Korea

Dongju Shin, 18, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Busan, South Korea

EV323Mimicking Wetting Behavior of Spider Silk: Studies on Water-Harvesting Efficiency According to the Fabrication of the Pattern of Wettability Gradient