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The winners of 2007-08 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology was announced on December 3rd. Indian American student Isha Himani Jain of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has won the Individual Grand Prize $100,000 scholarship. Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Marinoff of Plainview, New York, Win Team Grand Prize of $100,000.
The prestigious Siemens Competition, a signature program of the Siemens Foundation, is administered by the College Board. The ninth annual awards were presented at New York University, host of the Siemens Competition National Finals.
The national finals were judged by a panel of nationally renowned scientists and
mathematicians headed by lead judge Dr. Joseph Taylor, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Princeton University. Twenty national finalists competed in the national finals, including six individuals and six
teams. The finalists previously competed in a series of regional competitions held at six leading research universities in November.
Isha Jain is a senior at Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania won the price for her research work on zebra fish bone growth that adds a new dimension to our
understanding of human bone growth and our ability to treat bone injuries and disorders. The grow occurs via Multiple Pulses of Cell Proliferation.
"Scientists and parents alike know that growth is not linear but occurs in spurts," said Stephen J. Moorman, Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, a competition judge. "Ms. Jain is the first to identify mini spurts, a cellular mechanism that underlies growth spurts on a molecular level. This is graduate level
work."
Isha's research has been published in Developmental Dynamics, a premier journal in the field of developmental biology. She is a member of the Endocrine Society, American Physiological Society and American Ceramic Society. Her mother's dedication to the medical profession sparked her interest in clinical research, while her father's who is a well known professor or glass and materials research work raised her awareness of the
importance of science.
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