2007
SIMONS FELLOWS
SIMONS
STUDENT - RESEARCH SUPERVISOR / RESEARCH GROUP
Simone
Agha (Herricks HS) - Drs. John
Noé and Harold Metcalf
(Laser Teaching Center / Physics & Astronomy)
Matthew
Alpert (Lawrence HS, N. Woodmere) -Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich (Garcia Center/Materials Science)
Elie
Bochner (Yeshiva Univ. for Boys) -Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich (Garcia Center/Materials Science)
Jaime Campos (Brentwood HS) - Dr.
Carlos Simmerling (Chemistry)
Michelle Celestrin (Brentwood HS)
- Dr. J. Peter Gergen
(Biochemistry)
Ashok Chandran (Smithtown HS East) - Dr.
Marian Evinger (Pediatrics)
Paul Chang (Plainview Old Bethpage
JFK) - Dr. John True
(Ecology & Evolution)
Chuan Hao (Alex) Chen (Manhasset HS)
- Dr. Bassem Allam (Marine
Sciences Research Center)
Abraham Chien (Stuyvesant HS) - Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich (Garcia Center/Materials Science)
Chris Cluett
(Earl L. Vandermeulen HS, Port Jefferson) - Dr.
Brian Colle (Marine Sciences Research Center)
Adam
Fields (Jericho HS) - Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich (Garcia Center/Materials Science)
Sheila Firoozan
(Herricks HS) - Dr.
James Bliska (Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)
Robert Hackett
(Sanford Calhoun HS, Merrick) -Dr.
Iwao Ojima (Chemistry)
Shikha Kaji (Lowell HS, Lowell, MA)
- Dr. David Thanassi
(Molecular Genetics & Microbiology)
Kenny Kao (George School,
PA) - Dr. Miriam
Rafailovich (Garcia Center/Materials Science)
Brittany Katz (Roslyn
HS) - Dr.
Nancy Hollingsworth (Biochemistry)
Amanda Kersen (Randolph HS,
Randolph, NJ) - Dr.
Benjamin Chu (Chemistry)
Daniel Minkin (Portledge School, Locust
Valley) - Drs. John Noé
and Harold Metcalf (LTC / Physics
& Astronomy)
Christopher Mirasola (Gen. Douglas MacArthur HS, Levittown)
- Dr. Nicholas Fisher
(Marine Sciences Research Center)
Lukasz Mosakowski (Manhasset HS)
- Dr. Danny
Bluestein (Biomedical Engineering)
Siddharth Ninan (Paul D.
Schreiber HS, Port Washington) - Dr.
Stella Tsirka (Pharmacology)
Samuel Panzer (Great Neck North
HS) - Dr. Jie Gao (Computer
Science)
Fahmi Quadir (New Hyde Park HS) - Dr.
James Dilger (Anesthesiology)
Alex Ramek (HAFTR HS, Cedarhurst)
- Dr. Miriam Rafailovich
(Garcia Center/Materials Science)
David Rosengarten (Great Neck North
HS) - Dr. Martin
Rocek (Physics & Astronomy)
Perry Schein (Southside HS, Rockville
Center) - Dr.
Dimitris Samaras (Computer Science)
Janelle Schlossberger (Plainview
Old Bethpage JFK) - Dr.
Iwao Ojima (Chemistry)
Viraj Shah (Hicksville HS) - Dr.
Carlos Simmerling (Chemistry)
Hamsa Sridhar (Kings Park HS)
- Drs. John Noé and Harold
Metcalf (Laser Teaching Center / Physics & Astronomy)
Ryan TerBush
(Smithtown HS) - Dr. David
Green (Applied Mathematics & Statistics )
Brad Turow (Solomon
Schechter HS, Glen Cove) - Dr.
Thomas Hemmick (Physics & Astronomy)
To
read more here about 2007 research projects,
click here.
2007-2008
Siemens Competition semifinalists and/or regional finalists include: Matthew
Alpert, Elie Bochner, Abraham Chien, Adam Fields & Alex Ramek who worked with
Prof. Rafailovich in Materials Science & Engineering; Ashok Chandran who worked
with Prof. M. Evinger in Pediatrics; Lukasz Mosakowski who worked with Prof. Bluestein
in Biomedical Engineering; David Rosengarten who worked with Prof. Rocek in Physics
& Astronomy; and Janelle Schlossberger who worked with Prof. Ojima in Chemistry.
Click here for a listing of Siemens Competition awardees/mentors. Update
12/3: Simons
Fellow Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Marinoff, both from Plainview
Old Bethpage JFK HS, just
named national winners of the team competition in the Siemens Competition in Math,
Science, and Technology.The two will share the competiton's top prize of $100,000. More
info here.
 Intel STS Competition semifinalists include: Matthew
Alpert, Elie Bochner, and Kenny Kao who worked with
Prof. Rafailovich in Materials Science & Engineering; Ashok Chandran who worked
with Prof. M. Evinger in Pediatrics; Robert Hackett who worked with Prof. Ojima in Chemistry; David Rosengarten who worked with Prof. Rocek in Physics
& Astronomy; Hamsa Sridhar who worked with Drs. Noe and Metcalf in the Laser Teaching Center; and Ryan TerBush who worked with Prof. David Green in Applied Mathematics & Statistic.
Click here for a listing of Intel Competition awardees/mentors. Update 1/30. Four Simons Fellows selected as Finalists - including Ashok Chandran, Kenny Kao, David Rosengarten, and Hamsa Sridhar! David Rosengarten wins 6th place! Congratulations all! More here.
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