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Townview Science & Engineering
Chuo Chen, Ph.D., Biochemistry
UTA
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Amanda Gross
Sam Schaefer
LaQuesha Johnson
Beth
Short
Stephanie Lee
Jasine Marroquin
Amie Torres
Hillcrest High School
Pinkston High School
Carter High School
Townview
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Thomas Jefferson High School
South Garland High School
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Andrew Pieper, M.D., Ph.D.,
Austin College
of AGPAT2 in CHO cells
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Nicolai
van Oers, PhD,
Pharmacology
Immunology
Vikram Kodibagkar, Ph.D.,
Radiology
Richland College
Engineering Effective
Mycobacterial Shuttle Vectors for
Carnegie Mellon University
Tuberculosis Studies
Madalyn McKayl
Townview Talented & Gifted
Magnet High School
Abhi Raj
Hebron High School
Diana Tomchick, Ph.D.,
Biochemistry
Avery Rice-Williams
Booker T. Washington High School
for Performing and Visual Arts
David Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.,
Pharmacology, Biochemistry
Raul Rios
Townview Science & Engineering
Magnet High School
Adrian Rothenfluh, Ph.D.,
Psychiatry
MIT
Maria Ruiz
Skyline High School
Michelle Tallquist, Ph.D., Molecular
Biology
UTD
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Townview Talented & Gifted
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Russell DeBose-Boyd, Ph.D.,
Biophysics and Molecular Genetics
Carnegie Mellon University
Ronnie Shade Jr.
Townview Health Professions High
School
Ellen Vitetta, M.D., Ph.D.,
Cancer Immunobiology Center,
Microbiology
UT Austin
Geneinde Taylor-Edwards
Irma Rangel Young Women’s
Leadership High School
Pier Scaglioni, M.D., Internal
Medicine - Hematology-Oncology
Austin College
Sean Troxel
Townview Talented & Gifted
Magnet High School
Christian Forst, Ph.D., Clinical
Sciences
Stanford University
Emily Young
Woodrow Wilson High School
Roger Chan, Ph.D., Otolaryngology,
Biomedical Engineering
UT Austin
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