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:

Fall 2023 Alumni Newsletter

Spring 2021 Alumni Newsletter

Spring 2020 Alumni Newsletter

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

    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

          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

          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

          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

          RISE Class of 2011

          Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology

          • Joshua Kubiak, national finalist

          Publications

          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.

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