Jericho Students Named Intel Semifinalists

Three Jericho High School students are among 43 Long Island high school seniors named semifinalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search.

Ien Li, 17, Crystal Zheng, 17, and Steve D. Zheng, got the news on Wednesday about being in an elite pool of 300 students nationwide to be selected as semifinalists.

From this pool, 40 finalists are then 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 three top awards of $150,000 each.

Li’s project is entitled “Statistical Modeling of Major Depression: Bridging the Gap between Brain and Behavior.” Crystal Zheng’s is “BDNF VAL66MET Induces Endocytosis-Dependent Dendritic Spine Collapse via proNGF-like Collapse Mechanism.” Zhong’s is “Describing Images: The Effect of Modern Communication on Personal Lexicon.” Steve D. Zheng’s is “Synthesis of a Novel MOF for CO2 Separation in Carbon Capture and Storage.”

Image: Intel Semifinalists (L-R) Ien Li, Steve Zheng and Crystal Zheng. They are pictured here with Dr. Serena McCalla, Jericho High School Science Research Coordinator. Photo by Denise Nash

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