2010 Fellows
2010 Davidson Fellows Laureates – $50,000 Scholarship Recipients
Kyle Loh, 16
Mendham, NJ
Science: “Chemical Reprogramming of Murine and Human Cells Into Pluripotent Stem Cells”
Yeeren Low, 13
East Stroudsburg, PA
Music: “Art of Sound”
Jonathan Rajaseelan, 17
Millersville, PA
Science: “Novel Rhodium N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Catalysts for Green Chemistry”
2010 Davidson Fellows – $25,000 Scholarship Recipients
Eric Brooks, 16
Hewlett, NY
Science: “Transition from Indolent to Metastatic Prostate Cancer Characterized through the Health Disparity between African American and Caucasian American Men”
Damien Jiang, 17
Raleigh, NC
Mathematics: “On the Period Lengths of the Parallel Chip-Firing Game”
Laurie Rumker, 17
Portland, OR
Science: “Biodegradtion of Organoclay Surfactants by Straight-Chain Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microbial Isolates and Potential Implications for Treatment of Contaminated Sediments”
Benjamin Song, 16
Audubon, PA
Science: “Epigenetic Biomarker Assay for Urine DNA Based Screening for Colon Cancer”
James Ting, 17
Holmdel, NJ
Science: “Imaging and Electronic Characterization of Bismuth Nanowires”
John Michael Colón, 17
Wayside, NJ
Literature: “Art as Empathy: A Study of the Syncretic Potential of Literature”
Meredith Lehmann, 14
La Jolla, CA
Science: “Transportation Networks and the Propagation of Novel H1N1 Swine Flu-Like Epidemics”
Anna Kornfeld Simpson, 17
San Diego. CA
Technology: “A Mobile Autonomous Chemical Detecting Robot”
Merry Sun, 16
Chappaqua, NY
Science: “Fighting Cancer with Sound: Activation of an Immune Response Against Tumor Cells Using Therapeutic Ultrasound”
2010 Davidson Fellows – $10,000 Scholarship Recipients
Scott Boisvert, 17
Chandler, AZ
Science: “Growth of Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Response to the Chemical Properties of Aquatic Environments”
Janie Gu, 16
Morganville, NJ
Science: “Toward Improving the Precision of an Atomic Magnetometer”
Rebecca Jolitz, 15
Los Gatos, CA
Science: “Rock with a High Albedo Scattering Experiment: A Determination of Likelihood for Martian Hypolithic Bacteria”
Jonathan Li, 17
Laguna Niguel, CA
Mathematics: “Effects of Motility Contact Inhibition on Tumor Viability: A Discrete Simulation”
Alexander Gilbert, 16
McLean, VA
Technology: “A Quantitative T2 MRI Mapping at 1.5 Tesla”
Kevin Hu, 16
Naperville, IL
Music: “Sociomusicology: Exploring and Sharing the Worlds of Music”
Sahil Khetpal, 17
Plano, TX
Science: “Carbon Nanotubes as a Cancer Drug Delivery System”
Gavin Ovsak, 16
Hopkins, MN
Technology: “The Invention of a Highly Efficient and Cost Effective Alternative Computer Interface Using Embedded Circuitry”
2010 Davidson Fellows – Honorable Mentions
Miss Meher Ali
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Literature: The Loves We Have Lost
Miss Jacqueline Han
Beachwood, Ohio
Science: Development of a Micro Eletrochemical Biosensor for the Detection of Pyruvate for Diagnosis of Lactic Acidosis