Two dozen South Bay students have been named semifinalists in the national Regeneron Science Talent Search.
They are from Bellarmine College Preparatory, Evergreen Valley High, Lynbrook High and the Harker School, all in San Jose; Gunn High and Palo Alto High, both in Palo Alto; Monta Vista High in Cupertino and Mission San Jose High in Fremont.
They are among 300 high school seniors who were named semifinalists, out of more than 1,700 applicants. Each of the semifinalists and their schools received $2,000.
Finalists in the contest, formerly known as the Intel Science Talent Search, will be named Jan. 24.
The semifinalists and their schools include:
Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose: Kevin Yaolin Chang, 17; Pravin Ravishanker, 17; Arvind Sridhar, 18.
Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose: Shanmurugan Selvamurugan, 17.
Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto: Jenica Wang, 16.
Lynbrook High School, San Jose: Nicholas Guo, 17; Matthew Manchung Keisuke Hase-Liu, 17; Katherine Lin-Kathy, Xiao, 18; Marilyn Mengyao Zhang, 18.
Mission San Jose High: Jessika Baral, 17; Catherine Yingxuan Zeng, 17.
Monta Vista High School, Cupertino: Nikhil Cheerla, 17; Sajeev Saluja, 17; Suresh Talapaneni, 17.
Pacific Collegiate, Santa Cruz: Spencer Michael Cheleden, 17.
Palo Alto High School: Jerry Hong, 17.
The Harker School, San Jose: Kai-Siang Matthew Ang, 17; Angela Eun-Chae Kim, 17; Sandip Nirmel, 17; Srivatsav Pyda, 17; Evani Radiya-Dixit, 17; Venkat Sankar, 17; Manan Ajay Shah, 17; Scott Song, 17; Arjun Subramaniam, 17.
Regeneron, a New York-based pharmaceutical company, took over sponsorship of the iconic contest this year from Intel. Regeneron has increased monetary awards to $3.1 million annually and increased the top award to $250,000. The program was founded and is produced by Society for Science & the Public.
