Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) recently shared that five students have been recognized as part of the 300 scholars selected for the esteemed 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), one of the country’s most challenging science and engineering competitions.
Chosen from thousands of applicants nationwide, the Montgomery County scholars include:
– Bryan Yung, a senior at Poolesville High School, who is working on a project that investigates the contributions of brain regions and frequency bands in the EEG classification of frontotemporal dementia.
– Naima Aubry-Romero, a senior at Richard Montgomery High School, whose research involves modeling, analyzing, and predicting COVID-19 dynamics among interacting subpopulations using physics-informed neural networks.
– Iden Han, also a senior at Richard Montgomery High School, who studies the roles of piezo and YAP in nephrocyte pressure responses utilizing the Atlas Pressure Device.
– Yunyi Ling, a senior at Montgomery Blair High School, who explores the evolution and costs associated with streptomycin resistance in Salmonella.
– Jason Youm, another senior at Montgomery Blair High School, whose project investigates the average Rényi entanglement entropy in Gaussian boson sampling.
Each student has received a $2,000 award, and their respective schools will benefit from matching funds totaling $10,000. Scholars were selected based on their original research, leadership qualities, academic performance, creativity, and community involvement. The winners represent schools from 33 states, Washington, D.C., and international locations, including China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Switzerland.
These students are now preparing for the next stage of the competition. On January 23, 40 finalists will be chosen from the 300 scholars. These finalists will compete for over $1.8 million in awards during a week-long event in Washington, D.C., from March 6-12, with the top prize amounting to $250,000.
MCPS writes, “Congratulations to these students on this achievement. It truly is a recognition of their exceptional talent, creativity, and commitment to advancing scientific knowledge.”