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High school students from across East Baton Rouge Parish and neighboring parishes had the opportunity to compete at the 2020 Louisiana Region VII Science & Engineering Fair. All 1st and 2nd place category winners advanced to the Louisiana State Science & Engineering Fair and competed against qualifying high school students from across the state of Louisiana.

Overall Winners: 

• 1st place - Lucy Richardson, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd place - Jay Iyer, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

ISEF Nominees:

• Lucy Richardson, St. Joseph’s Academy
• Jay Iyer, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• Allee Rogers, St. Joseph’s Academy

Naval Science Award Winners:

• Samya Harlaux, Catholic High of Pointe Coupee
• Lucy Richardson, St. Joseph’s Academy

U.S. Air Force Award Winner:

• Lucy Richardson, St. Joseph's Academy

Category Winners:

Animal Sciences

• 1st: Sophia Guilory, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Carolyn Herman, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 3rd: June Moon, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Biochemistry

• 1st: Sharon Moon, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 2nd: Dhriti Shastri, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 3rd: Ricky Liang, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Behavioral and Social Sciences

• 1st: Lucy Richardson, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Samya Marlaux, Catholic High of Pointe Coupee
• 3rd: Morgan Gallegos, St. Joseph’s Academy

Biomedical Engineering

• 1st: Amelia Lambert, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Olivia Jung, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Biomedical and Health Sciences

• 1st: Bronley Willmann, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Emily Ordeneaux, Ascension Christian
• 3rd: Sarah Brown, Catholic High of Pointe Coupee

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

• 1st: Orna Mukhopadhyay, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 2nd: Elizabeth Lemann, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 3rd: Jason Park, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Cellular and Molecular Biology

• 1st: Holly Frazno, St. Joseph’s Academy

Chemistry

• 1st: Emma Lauret, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Carsyn Smith, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 3rd: Sreya Kanakamedala, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Earth and Environmental Sciences

• 1st: Aaroh Desai, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 2nd: Samuel Juneau, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 3rd: Emma Britton, St. Joseph’s Academy

Embedded Systems

• 1st: Jonathan Wu, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 2nd: Benjamin Beasley, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 3rd: Katherine Howard, St. Joseph’s Academy

Energy: Chemical

• 1st: Ridika Ridi, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 2nd: Doryan Wilkins, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 3rd: Madison Danos, St. Joseph’s Academy

Environmental Engineering

• 1st: Clare Dillman, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Evelyn Carley, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 3rd: Ashley Belcher, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Engineering Mechanics

• 1st: Emma Allen, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Sarah Li, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 3rd: Natalie Aptaker, St. Joseph’s Academy

Energy: Physical

• 1st: Jemma Wood, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Camille Cronin, St. Joseph’s Academy

Mathematics

• 1st: Kalina Namikas, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 2nd: Alexander Wei, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 3rd: Zayeed Akhter, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Microbiology

• 1st: Olivia Hupperich, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Victoria Williams, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 3rd: Jason Lin. Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Materials Science

• 1st: Emily Marionneaux, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Katie Wang, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 3rd: Ava Kadi, St. Joseph’s Academy

Physics and Astronomy

• 1st: Allee Rogers, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Jack Allen, Ascension Christian
• 3rd: Isabelle Broussard, St. Joseph’s Academy

Plant Sciences

• 1st: Cecile Waguespack, St. Joseph’s Academy
• 2nd: Nancy Shi, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 3rd: Lauren Chumbley, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

• 1st: Jenna Hill, Colt Sutton, & Abraham Delos Reyes, Baton Rouge International School

Systems Software

• 1st: Pranav Jadhav, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 2nd: Alex Wu, Baton Rouge Lutheran School

Translational Medical Science

• 1st: Jay Iyer, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 2nd: Navya Murugesan, Baton Rouge Magnet High School
• 3rd: Claire Fourroux, St. Joseph’s Academy