State Honor
Arkansas
Josh Brunson
The Hungry Equation: Balancing Food Security in a Growing Africa
Little Rock Christian Academy, Little Rock, Arkansas
Arizona
Alexis Muirhead
Guarding Agriculture
Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix, Arizona
California
Catherine Huynh & Meena Swaminathan
Bothersome Bugs Begone
Santa Clara High School, Santa Clara, California
Colorado
Reeve Jacob
Consequences of Invasive Species
St. Mary’s Academy, Englewood, Colorado
Connecticut
Lauryn Pac
What’s Destructive?
William J. Johnston Middle School, Colchester, Connecticut
District of Columbia
Matthew Hurvitz, Will Tome, & Alistair Levin-Flagg
Global Vaccine Access
Lowell School, Washington, District of Columbia
Delaware
Lily Bielek
Hunger and Food Insecurity
NCCL School, Newark, Delaware
Florida
Samiya Ramtahalsingh
One solution to end the cycle
Braulio Alonso High School, Tampa, Florida
Georgia
Lauren Dobkin
Beach Getaway
Dunwoody High School, Dunwoody, Georgia
Guam
Dayun Irene Park, Joanne Lee, Hankyol Kim, Andrew Chi, Aiden Choi, Myeongseo Kim, Sujeong Lee, Hyojin Yun, Hyejin Yun, Kyoung Un Park, Jayeyoung Jay Park, & Min Chan Kwon
Typhoon Mawar and Tourist Population
St. John’s School, Tamuning, Guam
Hawaii
Ellie Bugarske
Infectious Diseases
Hawaii Technology Academy, Waipahu, Hawaii
Iowa
Mia Fernelius
Invasive Population
Spencer Middle School, Spencer, Iowa
Idaho
Jonathan Bean & Aryana Coolidge
Zoonotic Disease
Compass Academy, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Illinois
Twisha Hegde
Health Worker Shortages
Adlai E Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois
Indiana
Veronica Sabau
Microalgae: The Protein of our Future
International School of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana
Kansas
Eva Koshiya
Air Pollution and Public Health
Olathe Northwest Highschool, Olathe, Kansas
Kentucky
Venkata Pragnya Hansa Kriti Kalluri
Urbanization
Westport Middle, Louisville, Kentucky
Louisiana
Krish Dua
Punjab’s Stubble Disposing Problem
Cedar Creek School, Ruston, Louisiana
Massachusetts
Alex Fischer, Liam Foley, Lindsay Youngren, & Lucy Fox-Wiviott
Biosecurity Against Invasive Species
Wellesley High School, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Maryland
Kasiye Woubeshet
Tuberculosis: An Age-Old Monster — A Call to Action
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Maryland
Maine
Sri Prisha Pillai
A Global Threat to Agriculture
Thornton Academy Middle School, Saco, Maine
Michigan
Simon Wegner
The Spread of Invasive Species
Oakland Christian School, Auburn Hills, Michigan
Minnesota
Leon Szabo & Eli Mathew
Put Your Wages on Phages
Twin Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, Minnesota
Missouri
Simeon Casey & Henry Bircker
A Sustainable Future
Columbia Independent School, Columbia, Missouri
Mississippi
Dominic Rayner
Affordable Healthcare
Long Beach High School, Long Beach, Mississippi
Montana
Taylor Korth & Maycee Garmann
Finding Balance
Red Lodge High School, Red Lodge, Montana
North Carolina
Benjamin Moore & Robin Schnelker
In a World of 8 Billion…
Mooresville High School, Mooresville, North Carolina
North Dakota
Kjell Andersen & Sam VonBokern
Mosquito Onslaught: Retribution
Minot High School Central Campus, Minot, North Dakota
Nebraska
Zareena Abdessalam, Cara Travis, & Lily Kolb
People Employed, Invasives Destroyed
Omaha North High School, Omaha, Nebraska
New Hampshire
Grayson Mouradian
The Harmful Heat of Meat
Brewster Academy, New Durham, New Hampshire
New Jersey
Andrew Ko
Preventing Pandemics, Protecting People
Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey
New Mexico
Sophia Zhang, Tam Pham, & Alec Trujillo
Santa Maria Feverfew
Albuquerque School of Excellence, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nevada
Luca Mills-Patrick
Invaders
Cactus Shadow High School, Las Vegas, Nevada
New York
Emily Nothdurft & Ethan Fazal
Tropicalization of Coastal Ecosystems
Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream, New York
Ohio
Mayara Rudolph & Ananya Balasubramanian
Health, Disease, and Population
Hawken, Cleveland, Ohio
Oregon
Katie Frazer
ED Overcrowding
Valor Christian School International, Beaverton, Oregon
Pennslyvania
Maisarah Aminah Dombrowski
Agriculture vs. Invasive Species: Who Wins?
Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Chanda Sok
Environment Importance
West Warwick High School, West Warwick, Rhode Island
Tennessee
Claire Ellis & Sasha Subbiah
Access to Healthcare
Harding Academy, Nashville, Tennessee
Texas
Maanvi Chiliveru
Migrate to a Better Future
Coppell Middle School West, Coppell, Texas
Utah
Reid Simmons
More Green Makes the World Less Blue
Mountain Heights Academy, West Jordan, Utah
Virginia
Spencer Noble, Praneel Sangeetham, Donovan Erickson, & Mahin Mutthe
Invasive Species: The Root of Our Problems
Trailside Middle School, Ashburn, Virginia
Washington
Nehal Joshi & Aryaman Sinha
Desertification
Eastside Preparatory School, Kirkland, Washington
Wisconsin
Paul Haigh, Margaux Hendrix, Violet Davauer, & Dylan Heuer
The Extinction of the Maldives
Shorewood Intermediate, Shorewood, Wisconsin
International by Region Honor
Africa
Emmanuella Mamudu
Invasive Species and Our Global Population
Hope Academy Schools, Jos Plateau, Nigeria
Asia
Clareko Tanupabrungsun
Invasive Species: Threat to Opportunity
Wellington College International School Bangkok, Saphan Sung, Bangkok, Thailand
Central America and the Caribbean
José Adrián
Green Skies
Macris School, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras
Europe
Zoe Lorato
Climate Migration
Canadian School of Milan, Milan, Lomardia, Italy
North America
Hafsa Qazi & Simran Manas
Feeding the Future: The Power of Sustainable Food Production
Stephen Lewis Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Oceania
Ella Xu
Getting to know about invasive species
St Cuthberts College, Auckland, Epsom, New Zealand
South America
Tristan Bohn
Climate Displacement
Colegio Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
