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|  Twenty High School Students Selected for USA Biology Olympiad 2015High School Students to participate in the Center for Excellence in Education's 13th USABO National Finals at Purdue University. Four students will be named members of Team USA and will compete at the International Biology Olympiad in Denmark.
By: Maureen Palmer Finalists from ten states were selected based on their scores from the USABO Open and Semifinal Exams. Nearly, 10,500 talented students registered nationally for the USABO. The mission of the USABO is to encourage excellence in biology education throughout the United States and to challenge students and their teachers to reach the gold standard in biology. “CEE is proud to partner with Purdue University to train the USABO National Finalists in practical and theoretical biology,” said Joann DiGennaro, President of CEE. “These are the highest achieving biology students across this country, and it is exciting to nurture them during the national competition and to prepare them for the international competition in Denmark.” The USABO national finalists will gather at Purdue to compete for U.S. medals. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Purdue has co-sponsored the finals with CEE. The top four medalists will participate July 12-19 at the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Aarhaus, Denmark. The IBO is a competitive event where students, ages 14 to 19, from all over the world compete on their knowledge of biology. Ms. Kathy Frame, Director of the USABO and Special Projects, Center for Excellence in Education and Dr. Clark Gedney, Director, Bio Media Center for Instructional Design, Purdue University manage the administration of the USABO. While at Purdue, the finalists will participate in intensive theoretical and practical tutorials. The high school students will study with leading U.S. biologists who are experts in the fields of cellular & molecular biology, plant anatomy & physiology, animal anatomy & physiology, ethology, genetics & evolution, ecology, ethology, and biosystematics. At the conclusion of the two weeks, the students take two exams - a practical and a theoretical. The four highest scoring students will be named Team USA 2015 and will represent the United States at the international competition. The National Finalists going to Purdue for the 2015 USA Biology Olympiad are: California Kevin Bao, Troy High School, Fullerton Marcello Kendrew Chang, Mira Loma High School, Sacramento Rowan Ting Cheung, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica Jordan Elizabeth Docter, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica Aneesh Samineni, The King’s Academy, Sunnyvale Zilu Lu Pan, Canyon Crest High School, San Diego Kentaro Tanaka, Santa Clara High School, Santa Clara Maxwell Lu Zhu, Cambridge Educational Institute, Chino Hills Delaware David Li Xu, The Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington Indiana Boyang Dun, Canterbury School, Fort Wayne Massachusetts Jueun Lee, Lexington High School, Lexington Michigan David Wei Wu, Troy High School, Troy Minnesota Varun Mangalick, Mounds View High School, Arden Hills New Jersey Grace Chen, Bridgewater- Michael Gao, Freehold High School, Freehold Roger Jin, West Windsor Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro David Kang Myung Yang, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack Texas Siddarth Guha, Dulles High School, Sugar Land Virginia Neeraj Prasad, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, Alexandria Washington Yilun Du, Pullman High School, Pullman About the Center for Excellence in Education The Center for Excellence in Education was founded in 1983 by the late Admiral H.G. River and Joann P. DiGennaro, President of the Center. The Center's mission is to nurture high school and university scholars to careers of excellence and leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and to encourage collaboration between and among leaders in the global community. CEE sponsors the Research Science Institute (RSI), the USA Biology Olympiad (USABO), and the Teacher Enrichment Program (TEP). Media Contacts: Maureen Palmer, 703-448-9062 ext. 224, mpalmer@cee.org Phillip Fiorini, 765-496-3133, pfiorini@purdue.edu Sources: Kathy Frame, 571-228-0098, kframe@cee.org Clark Gedney, 765-494-0157, cgedney@purdue.edu Related websites: USA Biology Olympiad: http://www.cee.org/ Center for Excellence in Education: http://www.cee.org/ Purdue College of Science: https://www.science.purdue.edu/ Discovery Park: http://www.purdue.edu/ International Biology Olympiad: http://www.ibo- End
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