The Cobb County School District announced this week that Walton High School student Catherine Kexuan Jiao has been named one of the top 300 teenage scientists in the nation in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2023.
In a release, the district said Jiao, a senior, will receive $2,000 and Walton will be awarded $2,000 for having a Society for Science scholar (full list here).
Her project was “The Implications of Smart Tip Nudging: A Data-Driven Behavioral Economic Study.”
Jiao was selected from an initial group of nearly 2,00 students from across the country “based on their outstanding research, leadership skills, community involvement, commitment to academics, creativity in asking scientific questions and exceptional promise as STEM leaders demonstrated through submitting their original, independent research projects, essays, and recommendations,” according to the district release.
The Society for Science, founded in 1921, fosters the expansion of scientific literacy, STEM education and scientific research.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been a sponsor of the science talent search, which dates back 82 years, since 2017.
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