RISE: Alumni Updates
Alumni that make us proud
Throughout their six weeks in the program, RISE Internship students participate in university laboratory research that is often eligible for national science competitions and academic publications. In addition, some of our RISE alumni go on to make important contributions to the sciences and other fields. Below is a small sampling of the achievements of our most recent RISE alumni.
Please also check out our alumni newsletters to see what our recent RISE alumni and mentors have accomplished:
RISE Class of 2023
Regeneron Science Talent Search
- Jocelyn Zhang, scholar
International Science and Engineering Fair
- Mateo H. Hernandez, finalist
Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science (TEAMS) Competition
- Amy Tian, national finalist
Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Excellence in Education
- Mateo H. Hernandez became a national Hispanic scholar, received a scholarship and award from the Grand Lodge of the State of Texas.
Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair
- Scott Song, 1st place
Publications
- Jamie Xie was acknowledged on a paper with Dr. Tian in the SPIE Photonics West BiOS (2024).
RISE Class of 2022
National Merit Finalist
- Nikhil Veeramachaneni, President’s Endowed Scholarship
- William Longtin, US Presidential Scholar Semifinalist
New York State Science and Engineering Fair (NYSSEF)
- Emma Maliar, 1st place in Behavioral Sciences
NH SMASH Math Tournament
- William Longtin, 1st place individual score
Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science
- Elise Whitlinger, 1st place
Regeneron Science Talent Search
- Amith Varambally, finalist
- Emma Maliar, finalist
Publications
- Amith Varambally coauthored a paper in Physical Review Letters (2023). He also collaborated in other publications in MIT News, Phys.org, and SciTechDaily (2023).
- William Longtin published a paper in Journal of Student Research (2022), and in Journal of Emerging Investigators (2023).
RISE Class of 2021
Capital Area Science & Engineering Fair
- Bashir Sbaiti, 1st prize
Long Island Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
- Michael Khalfin, semifinalist
Regeneron Science Talent Search
- Ryan Huang, scholar and Top 300
- Arjan Kahlon, scholar
- Suraj Oruganti, scholar and Top 300
- Sophia Shi, scholar and Top 300
- Katherine Xie, scholar and Top 300
Sigma Xi Student Research Conference
- Shreya Mantripragada, presenter
USA Biology Olympiad
- Grace Wang, semifinalist
Publications
- Carol Chen’s work with Professor Ally Stoughton was published in the Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (2022).
- Arjan Kahlon published a paper in Biomechanics (2022).
- Rosy Lu coauthored a paper with Purusha Shirvani, and Professor Michael F. Holick in Anticancer Research(2022).
- Bashir Sbaiti and Michael Khalfin coauthored a paper with Dr. Marianne Bezaire in Impulse (2021).
RISE Class of 2020
Child Mind Institute’s 2020 Rising Scientist Award
- Reed Lessing, 1 of 5 national winners
Junior Symposium in Humanities and Science Fair
- Caledonia Grant, 4th place
Virginia State Tournament
- Thomas Lu, 1st place (with TJHSST Science Olympiad team)
Ohio State Science Day
- Aniv Ray, Superior rating
Publications
- Rishabh Bose coauthored a paper with Professor Vivek Goyal in IEEE Xplore (2020).
RISE Class of 2019
Regeneron Science Talent Search
- Rishabh Bose, scholar and Top 300
- Maeve McFadden, scholar and Top 300
- Ivory Tang, scholar and Top 300
Publications
- Luke Xie coauthored a paper with Professor Qiang Cui in The Journal of Physical Chemistry (2021).
RISE Class of 2018
International Science and Engineering Fair
- Katie Lu, First Place and Best of Category
Regeneron Science Talent Search
- Katie Lu, scholar and Top 300
Buckeye Science and Engineering Fair
- Christine Zou, semifinalist
Ohio State Science Day
- Christine Zou, Raymond Mazza award for excellence from the Society of Petroleum Engineers Ohio Section
Publications
- Ellie Cheong and Leslie Pu were acknowledged on a paper with Professor Markus Bachschmid in Scientific Reports (2019).
- Aakash Mishra coauthored a paper with Professor Richard Binzel in The Astronomical Journal (2019).
RISE Class of 2017
Regeneron Science Talent Search
- Vincent Dai, scholar
- Melissa Wei, scholar
Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
- Melissa Wei, semifinalist
Publications
- Malyala Prashant and Diane Da-Hyun Lee were acknowledged on a paper with Professor Markus Bachschmid in Scientific Reports (2019).
- Kush Maheshwari and Roshan Jagani coauthored a paper with Professor Dan Clemens in The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2018).
RISE Class of 2016
Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
- Eric Gan, semifinalist
- Vennela Mannava, semifinalist
- Jane Pan, semifinalist
Publications
- Eric Gan and Jane Pan coauthored a paper with Professor Sean Andersson in Biomedical Optics Express (2016).
RISE Class of 2015
Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
- Yerin Kweon, semifinalist
- Manasa Prahlad, semifinalist
- Prachi Sinha, semifinalist
- Victor Zhang, semifinalist
RISE Class of 2014
Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
- Helen Dai, semifinalist
- Samantha Koire, semifinalist
- Jessica Liu, semifinalist
- Justin Yu, semifinalist
RISE Class of 2013
Intel Science Talent Search
- Lauren Perry, semifinalist
- Jane Wei, semifinalist
RISE Class of 2012
Intel Science Talent Search
- Drew Feldman, semifinalist
- Laura Tung, semifinalist
- Andrew Wang, semifinalist
Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
- Louis Tao, regional finalist
Publications
- Marguerite Martin-Epstein coauthored a paper with Professor Jagadeesh Moodera in Physical Review Letter (2013).
- David Mace coauthored a paper with Professor Ayse Coskun at the ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (2013).
RISE Class of 2011
Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
- Joshua Kubiak, national finalist
Publications
- Angela Massey coauthored a paper with Professor Andrew West in The Astronomical Journal (2012).
If you are a RISE alumnus with an achievement of which you are proud, we would love to hear about it! Please send any updates to rise@bu.edu.
