Four Indian Americans from MA Named 2015 Intel Semifinalists

Phillips Academy
Arya, Tejasv, 18
Inhibition of Ubiquitin Like Pathways in Leishmania donovani in vitro Leads to Decreased Macrophage-Parasite Burden ex vivo

Phillips Academy
Venigalla, Abhinav Sai, 17
Rare Events and Hidden Supersymmetry in Systems away from Equilibrium

Newton North High School
Gandhi, Kavish, 17
Minimal Saturated Subgraphs of the Hypercube

Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science
Kumar, Ayush, 18
The Cytotoxic Effect of Borrelia burgdorferi: Lyme Disease Research in a Zebrafish Model

Semifinalists were selected from more than 1,800 entrants hailing from 460 high schools in 41 states, Puerto Rico and five American and international high schools overseas.

The contest is designed to reward young scientists and to recognize the richness of how they contribute to improving and enriching everyday life.

The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) is the nation's most prestigious pre-college science competition. Alumni of STS have made extraordinary contributions to science and hold more than 100 of the world's most coveted science and math honors, including the Nobel Prize and National Medal of Science. Annually, students entering the Intel STS compete for more than $1.6 million in awards. Only 300 students are announced as semifinalists each year. From this select pool, 40 finalists are then invited to Washington, DC in March to participate in final judging, display their work to the public, meet with notable scientists, and compete for three top awards of $150,000 each.

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