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Awards for Website: 5/24/18 Longwood Uni. 1

Virginia Junior Academy of Science Research Symposium and 77th Annual Meeting

Longwood University

Farmville, Virginia

May 24, 2018

Official Awards Document for Public Release

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Section Awards

ANIMAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES

Honorable Mention Name(s)

School

Henry Allen

George H. Moody Middle School


School

Sam Lichtman


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Ellie Maruca

Sabot at Stony Point

Third Place Name(s)

School

Cameron Sharma


Second Place Name(s)

School

Anandita Sharma


First Place Name(s)

School

Meenakshi Ambati

Joseph T. Henley Middle School


BOTANY


School

Prabu Ashwin

Briar Woods High School


School

Jason Thurmond

Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School

Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Anna Williamson

Central Virginia Governor’s School

Third Place Name(s)

School

Nathan Snyder

Yorktown High School


School

Esha Sharma

Mills E. Godwin High School

First Place Name(s)

School

Jayson Gill


CHEMICAL SCIENCES A


School

Gaston Finger

Swanson Middle School


School

Gayatri Guda


Third Place Name(s)

School

Michael Dertke & Kyle Wilson

Gunston Middle School


School

Jacob Foster & Spencer Lewis


First Place Name(s)

School

Maya Aguirre



CHEMICAL SCIENCES B


School

Anne Licato



School

Viswa Subramanian


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Grace Zhang


Third Place Name(s)

School

Siddhart Prakash



School

Eliana Shanker


First Place Name(s)

School

Morgan Phelps

Williamsburg Middle School

CHEMISTRY A


School

Varshini Babu & Clare Heinbaugh

Thomas Jefferson High School


School

Andion Sophia Dizon


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Spencer Hoisington

Clover Hill High School

Third Place Name(s)

School

Lora Callahan



School

Frank Cahoon

Southwest Virginia Governor’s School

First Place Name(s)

School

Leslie Lytle

T.C. Williams High School


CHEMISTRY B


School

Julia Mudryk



School

Aniketan Pelletier


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Samuel Youkeles


Third Place Name(s)

School

Aadi Sharma



School

Emily Zheng


First Place Name(s)

School

Sabrina Ye


ECOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES A


School

Olivia Agolini & Anika Tripathi



School

Bennett Clark


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Ananya Gomatam


Third Place Name(s)

School

Elizabeth Koumans



School

Anuj Khemka

Thomas Jefferson Middle School

First Place Name(s)

School

Ashwin Johri


ECOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES B



School

Grant Lee



School

Sydney Tyler


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Edward Zhang


Third Place Name(s)

School

Samhita Vartharj

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School


School

Nicholas Morgan

Louise A. Benton Middle School

First Place Name(s)

School

Nicholas Wakeman


ENGINEERING A


School

Haley Barefoot



School

Alexandra Barrett


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Katelyn Domke


Third Place Name(s)

School

Elijah Edwards

Ocean Lakes High School


School

Liam Brennan


First Place Name(s)

School

Olivia Ernst


ENGINEERING B



School

Olivia Karoly & Cecilia White


Third Place Name(s)

School

Isabelle Hollars



School

Bradley Grohs


First Place Name(s)

School

Elijah Hodges, Liam Lawrence & Siddarth Nathella

Blacksburg High School

ENGINEERING C


School

Bree Meyer

Arlington Career Center – Arlington Tech


School

Alexander Tomiak


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Nathan Yam


Third Place Name(s)

School

Emily Tenzer

Roanoke Valley Governor’s School


School

Rajit Tummala


First Place Name(s)

School

Yug Rao

Maggie Walker Governor’s School

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY


School

William Pardo




School

Andrew Vithoulkas


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Carson Wang


Third Place Name(s)

School

Benjamin Portner



School

Mark Lyons

Home School

First Place Name(s)

School

Ksenia Avrutina


EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE A


School

Madelyn Akins



School

Robyn Alteneder & Ava Barnett

Washington-Lee High School

Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Andrew Cabalu


Third Place Name(s)

School

Jessica Byers



School

Martha Christino


First Place Name(s)

School

Ojas Anberkar

Mills E. Godwin High school

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE B


School

Sara Greene




School

Caroline Hedrick


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Joshua Keller


Third Place Name(s)

School

Holland Forsythe



School

Amanda He


First Place Name(s)

School

Charles Hamilton


EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE C


School

Margaret Kicklighter



School

Abigail Kiss


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Vijay Nagandla


Third Place Name(s)

School

Riley Moffat



School

Kathryn O’Connell


First Place Name(s)

School

James Licato


EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE D


School

Nathan Stanley




School

Ben Tharakan


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Neil Tiwari


Third Place Name(s)

School

Lucinda Wigfield



School

Ethan Schaefer


First Place Name(s)

School

Zoe Tijerina


HUMAN BEHAVIOR


School

Paxton Calder



School

Alex Dillon


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Sanjana Murugavel


Third Place Name(s)

School

Emery Lauer



School

Max Rho


First Place Name(s)

School

Emeline Eisele


MATHEMATICS: PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS


School

Shraddha Anup



Third Place Name(s)

School

Kira Chung



School

Chirayu Nimonkar


First Place Name(s)

School

William Graf


MATHEMATICS: THEORETICAL & MODELING


School

Owen Cardwell



School

Nicole Rychagov

Cape Henry Collegiate School

Third Place Name(s)

School

Jakob Yirga



School

Thanh Long Duong


First Place Name(s)

School

Pulkit Rampa


MEDICINE AND HEALTH A


School

Megan Cislo



School

Christine Flora & Kathryn Fink



Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Maggie Gilman


Third Place Name(s)

School

Margaret Gladieux



School

Athena Butler-Christodoulou


First Place Name(s)

School

Hunter Hall


MEDICINE AND HEALTH B


School

Ella McGinnis



School

Nathalie Saulnier


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Kevin Sheng


Third Place Name(s)

School

Rebecca Stewart



School

Denzel Mitchell


First Place Name(s)

School

Richard Qiu & Matthew Svec


MICROBIOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY A


School

Simonne Guenette



Third Place Name(s)

School

Perisa Ashar

Maggie Walker High School


School

Elizabeth Ancheril


First Place Name(s)

School

Sophia Link


MICROBIOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY B


School

Giselle Pfaeffle



School

Ian Street


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Allyson Wang


Third Place Name(s)

School

Megha Nair



School

Esha Sharma


First Place Name(s)

School

Unmesha Vullikanti


PHYSICAL SCIENCE & ASTRONOMY A


School

Jason Hsu



Third Place Name(s)

School

Ryan Eklund



School

Aggie Hahn


First Place Name(s)

School

Alexandra Fall


PHYSICAL SCIENCE & ASTRONOMY B


School

Farhan Nahin



School

Abel Rudolph


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Maya Luna Sherlick


Third Place Name(s)

School

Ben Mayes



School

Cameron Paoloni

Sabot at Stony Ponit

First Place Name(s)

School

Gio Mazzeo


PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY


School

Sarah Russell-Hunter



School

Hunter Saunders



Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Justin Wang

Chantilly High School

Third Place Name(s)

School

Tara Enneking



School

Naren Kasinath


First Place Name(s)

School

Harrison Hunt


PLANT SCIENCE AND MICROBIOLOGY A


School

Anika Agarwal



School

Devon Alexander


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Krishna Dick


Third Place Name(s)

School

Hanbi Huang



School

Kaylee Board


First Place Name(s)

School

Tony Bright & Arman Lateef

Louise A. Benton Middle School

PLANT SCIENCES AND MICROBIOLOGY B


School

Laasya Konidala



School

Jacob Singer



Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Katie Zhang


Third Place Name(s)

School

Lewis T. Wearmouth



School

Anvita Korrapati


First Place Name(s)

School

Rahul Sunikumar


PSYCHOLOGY A


School

Harshita Balla



School

Lillian Hallock


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Elysia Lin & Madison Stein


Third Place Name(s)

School

Sabrina Lee



School

Dakota Clark


First Place Name(s)

School

Lindsey Gradowski

Washington-Lee High school

PSYCHOLOGY B


School

Betsy Nall



School

Vy Nguyen



Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Atti Rattelman


Third Place Name(s)

School

Abigail Martinage



School

Katelin Savage


First Place Name(s)

School

Audra White


STATISTICAL ANALYSIS & INFERENCES


School

Mia Humphrey



School

Prachi Sadekar


Honorable Mention

Name(s)

School

Apurv Shah


Third Place Name(s)

School

Camden Mariotti



School

Brandon Fan


First Place Name(s)

School

Caroline Cunningham


ZOOLOGY


School

Jadelin McLeod

Harrisonburg High School


School

Sidharth Ranga



Third Place Name(s)

School

Kevin Yang



School

Tessa Naughton-Rockwell


First Place Name(s)

School

Michael Snead


Special Awards and Scholarships

VAS BOTANY AWARD

The award is given by the Botany Section of the Virginia Academy of Science, to the

best paper on a botanical subject.

Name(s)

School Jayson Gill



RODNEY C. BERRY CHEMISTRY AWARD

The Rodney C. Berry Chemistry Award is given for the paper that evidences the most

significant contribution in the field of chemistry.

Name(s)

School Leslie Lytle


Name(s)

School Sabrina Ye


WILLIAM W. BERRY ENGINEERING AWARD

This award is given by Dominion Virginia Power in honor of Mr. William W. Berry who

was a past Chairman of the Board of Virginia Power.

Name(s)

School Elijah Hodges, Liam Lawrence & Siddarth Nathella


ANN M. HANCOCK CELLULAR BIOLOGY AWARD

This award is given to the best paper in cellular biology and is presented in memory of

Anne M. Hancock who retired from Patrick Henry High School in Hanover County and

who gave many years of service to the Jr. Academy not only by teaching but also serving

on the Jr. Academy Committee.

Name(s)

School Shay Ladd


Name(s)

School Reilly Price


MATHEMATICS AWARD

The Mathematics Award is given for the paper that evidences the most significant

contribution in the field of Mathematics.

Name(s)

School Pulkit Rampa


STATISTICS AWARD


The Statistics Award is given for the paper that evidences the most significant

contribution in the field of Statistics.

Name(s)

School Prachi Sadekar


VABE ZOOLOGY AWARD

This award is presented by the Virginia Association of Biology Educators and is given

for outstanding research in the Zoology section.

Name(s)

School Michael Snead


CANCER RESEARCH AWARDS

These awards are to recognize outstanding science papers related to cancer research.

These awards are provided by the American Cancer Society.

Name(s)

School Kevin Sheng


Name(s)

School Jerry Zhang


DR. AND MRS. PRESTON H. LEAKE AWARD IN APPLIED CHEMISTRY

The Dr. and Mrs. Preston H. Leake Award in Applied Chemistry is given to the author of

a research paper which best exemplifies how chemicals, chemical principles, or

chemistry have been used, are used, or might be used to enhance or even to save life.

Name(s)

School Lora Callahan


ROSCOE HUGHES GENETICS AWARD

The Roscoe Hughes Award is given for the best paper in the field of Genetics.

Name(s)

School Richard Qiu & Matthew Svec


INFECTIOUS DISEASES AWARD


This award is given to commemorate Dr. Smith Shadomy by the Virginia Chapter of the

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases to the paper that evidences outstanding

research in the field of infectious diseases.

Name(s)

School Unmesha Vullikanti


SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AWARD

Given by the Richmond Area Speleological Society for outstanding research addressing

karst or topics related to speleology (bats, caves, carbonate geology, paleoenvironments,

limestone fossils, sinkholes, etc.

Name(s)

School (no award)

VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (VMNH) AWARD

This award is presented by the Friends of the Virginia Museum of Natural History in

recognition of a significant contribution in the study and interpretation of Virginia's

Natural Heritage.

Name(s)

School Erin McClain


VIRGINIA SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM AWARD

This award is given by the Virginia Sea Grant College Program for outstanding marine or

coastal research.

Name(s)

School Lucinda Wigfield


GAMMA SIGMA DELTA AWARD

The Gamma Sigma Delta Award is presented by the Virginia Tech Chapter of the Honor

Society of Agriculture. This award is given in recognition of excellence in research

dealing with application of new technologies and/or concepts in agriculture forestry, or

veterinary medicine.

Name(s)

School Joshua Keller



BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP

Bethel High School Scholarship - This $1,000 Scholarship Award comes from the

interest earned from a $10,000 endowment contributed by the students of Bethel High

School, Hampton, Va., over a two year period. This award is based on both the student's

presentation and paper.

Name(s)

School Leslie Lytle


HENRY MACKENZIE ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP (VEE)

Henry MacKenzie Environmental Scholarship - This $5,000 scholarship will be awarded

to the student whose paper evidences the most significant contribution in the field of

Environmental Science dealing with the James River Basin and Chesapeake Bay. The

Virginia Environmental Endowment and VJAS offer this scholarship in tribute to the

outstanding and generous services of Judge Henry W. MacKenzie, Jr., one of the

founding directors, who has a great interest in the James River and the Chesapeake Bay.

Name(s)

School Abigail Kiss


FRANCES AND SYDNEY LEWIS ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP (VEE)

Frances and Sydney Lewis Environmental Scholarship: A $5,000 scholarship for the best

effort by a student in grades 9 to 12 in the field of environmental science. This

scholarship is in the name of Frances and Sydney Lewis and is given by the Virginia

Environmental Endowment.

Name(s)

School Martha Christino


VJAS Honor & VAS/VJAS Best of Symposium

Research Awards

DOROTHY KNOWLTON AWARD

This award is given to the Middle School student presenting the best paper in the life

sciences. It is presented in honor of Dorothy Knowlton, the former Science Coordinator


of Arlington County, who was instrumental in advancing experimental design within the

science curriculum.

Name(s)

School Rahul Sunilkumar


JOYCE K. PETERSON AWARD

This award is given to the Middle School student presenting the best paper in the physical

sciences. It is presented in honor of Mrs. Joyce K. Peterson who has been an outstanding

teacher in the Arlington County Schools.

Name(s)

School Morgan Phelps


CATESBY JONES AWARD

This award is given to the 12th grade senior student whose paper evidences the most

significant contribution to science.

Name(s)

School Jayson Gill


VAS BEST RESEARCH AWARD – THE AAAS/AJAS TRIP AWARD

These awards are given by the Virginia Academy of Science to papers in grades 9-11,

presenting the most outstanding papers at the Research Symposium. The winners will

be invited to attend the annual meeting and present their papers as a poster presentation

before the American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS), which meets concurrently with

the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The 2019

AAAS/NAAS/AJAS meeting will be held in February in Washington, D.C.


2nd Alternate Name(s)

School

James Licato


1st Alternate Name(s)

School

Unmesha Vullikanti


Winner Name(s)

School

Sabrina Ye


Winner Name(s)

School

Hunter Hall


ERTLE THOMPSON MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT AWARD

The Ertle Thompson Memorial Endowment Award is established to honor Dr. Ertle

Thompson. These awards will be presented annually to the winners of the Research

Symposium, to financially assist the winners to the annual meeting of the American

Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Junior Academy of

Science.

2nd Alternate Name(s)

School

James Licato


1st Alternate Name(s)

School

Unmesha Vullikanti


Winner Name(s)

School

Sabrina Ye


Winner Name(s)

School

Hunter Hall


DR. R. DEAN DECKER HONORARIUM AWARD

The Dr. R. Dean Decker Honorarium award of $500 is to go to the teacher/sponsor of the

student winners of the AJAS trip. The monies can be used at the discretion of the

recipients as long as it is related to the attendance to the AAAS/AJAS meeting.

Guidelines and procedures for the recipients will follow later.

Winner Name(s)

School

Kelly Ostron (Sponsor of Sabrina Ye)



Winner Name(s)

School

Rebecca Phillips (Sponsor of Hunter Hall)


VAS/VJAS Honor Awards for Adults

VAS HONORARY MEMBERSHIP

This award which includes one year’s membership in the Virginia Academy of Science

including a subscription to the Virginia Journal of Science is awarded for outstanding

service to the Junior Academy and the VJAS Committee.

Name(s)

School Cory Dudka



VAS Award for Dedication Service to VJAS. The support of VAS makes all of this

possible, In addition to several awards that have already been given by VAS, this award

recognizes past VJAS officer or VJAS member who has continued to provide support as

volunteer to the Junior Academy even after completion of high school.

Name(s)

Soo Jeong

Roanoke Valley Governor’s School / Virginia Tech

E.C.L. MILLER SCIENCE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

E.C.L. Miller Science Teacher of the Year Award is given to an outstanding science

teacher.

Student Officer Election Results

Past President - Benjamin Rhoades

Editor-in-Chief & Publications - Justin Wang

Secretary– Pranaav Rao

Communications Liaison - Selik Morishetty

Regional Director - Spencer Macturk

Regional Director - Haley Barefoot

STEM Outreach - Jakob Yirga

Vice President Townson Cooke

Co-Presidents – Reona Pereira & Yashodhara Varma

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