2009 Fellows
2009 Davidson Fellows Laureates – $50,000 Scholarship Recipients
Melody Lindsay, 17
Honolulu, HI
Music: “Harping Around the World: Cultural Leadership for the 21st Century”
Eric Sherman, 15
Ephrata, PA
Science: “Computer Analysis of the HLA Histocompatibility Complex: Identification of Bone Marrow Donor Matches”
Nicole Rhodes, 17
Vancouver, WA
Literature: “The Dictionary of Distance”
2009 Davidson Fellows – $25,000 Scholarship Recipients
Erika DeBenedictis, 17
Albuquerque, NM
Science: “Space Mission Design”
Jason Karelis, 17
East Setauket, NY
Science: “Mechanistic Studies of MenD, a Novel Drug Target for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus”
Yael Dana Neugut, 17
Teaneck, NJ
Science: “A Study of Arsenic Metabolism & Renal Function in an Arsenic-Exposed Population in Bangladesh”
Anshul Samar, 15
Cupertino, CA
Outside the Box: “Igniting Interest in Chemistry with Elementeo Chemistry Card Game”
Duolin (Doreen) Xu, 16
Indianapolis, IN
Philosophy: “The Roots of Evil”
Nolan Kamitaki, 17
Hilo, HI
Science: “Programming a Network Approach to Contain the Spread of Epidemic”
Amy Levine, 17
North Potomac, MI
Literature: “Grayscale Unraveled”
Allison Ross, 17
Mercer Island, WA
Outside the Box: “African and Western Heroes’ Journeys in Literature: An Exemplication”
Roman Stolyarov, 17
Addison, TX
Science: “Fabrication and Characterization of an All-Glass Visible Omnidirectional Dielectric Mirror”
Sarina Zhang, 13
San Diego, CA
Music: “Reaching Out to the World with the Magic of Music”
2009 Davidson Fellows – $10,000 Scholarship Recipients
Connie Kim-Sheng, 17
La Crescenta,CA
Music: “Inspired by Beauty: Piano Masterworks”
Aditya Palepu, 17
Oakton, VA
Technology: “A Heterogeneous Mixture Model for Unsupervised Pattern Classification”
Fiona Wood, 17
North Haven, CT
Science: “Biophysically Realistic Computational Models of Temporal Encoding in Cortex”
Prithwis Mukhopadhyayh, 16
Woodbury, MN
Science: “A Common Food Additive Induces Cell Migration and Neoplastic Phenotype by Decreasing ASB Activity”
Rahul Pandey, 17
Rochester, MN
Science: “A Microwave Metamaterial Lens with Negative Index of Refraction”
Darren Zhu, 17
Winston-Salem, NC
Science: “Synthesis & Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Isocyanides on Ferromagnetic Thin Films”
2009 Davidson Fellows – Honorable Mentions
Miss Abigail Brennan
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Literature: Metafiction: Myth and Modernity
Mr. Matthew Bauerle