Eight FCPS Students Named 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars
Eight students from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), all from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, have been named scholars in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search. The students are part of a group of 300 scholars selected from nearly 2,500 entrants in the 2025 competition.
FCPS 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars, with their project names in italics, are:
- Sanchali Banerjee: LUSO-GenAI: A Novel Framework Using Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (cGANs) To Synthesize Spatial Land Use Strategy Through Economic-Environmental Payoff Optimization.
- Marina Lin: A Carbon-Aware Ant Colony System Algorithm for the Sustainable Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem.
- Phoebe Pan: Data Augmentation Strategies for Improved PM2.5 Forecasting Using Transformer Architectures.
- Samvrit Vasudev Rao: A Novel AI Framework for Personalized COPD Treatment Planning: Integrating EHR Analytics and Phenotype-Based Weighted Predictions.
- Patrick Shi: Integrative Genomic Analysis Identifies Novel Causal Genes of Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
- Jaydon Shuan Sun: Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis of 18-Crown-6 Stabilized Potassium and Ammonium Salt of Oxalatotriphenylstannate.
- Avnith Vijayram: Graph Networks and Game Theory to Predict Gene Expression Pathways and Cardiotoxicity in Cardiac Cells.
- Ray Zhang: Biofilm Composition in Clinical Isolates of Fungal Fusarium and Development of a Multi-Targeted Antifungal Treatment to Inhibit Proliferation.
The Regeneron Science Talent Search (Regeneron STS), a program of the Society for Science & the Public, 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 distinguished science and math honors, including the Nobel Prize and National Medal of Science.
The 300 scholars will receive matching awards of $2,000 along with their school. A total of 40 finalists will be announced on January 23, who will be invited to Washington, D.C., in March to participate in final judging, display their work to the public, meet with notable scientists, and compete for awards, including the top award of $250,000.
Find more information about the competition.
