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REGENERON FINALIST!
Smithtown High School East senior, Jolene Cao, has been named one being named a Regeneron finalist. Jolene is one of six Long Island high school seniors and 40 nationwide, to be named finalists Thursday in the country's most prestigious science research competition. Finalists were selected from 300 scholars and 2,471 entrants.
"It feels surreal being a finalist," Jolene stated. "It's something I've never imagined, and I can't wait for the finals to meet distinguished scientists and to get to know all the other finalists,too."
Cao’s research project is titled, "Synthesis of Stable and Magnetically Responsive Magnetite/Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots for Programmable Light Polarization."
Cao investigated perovskite quantum dots, tiny crystals at the quantum level used in the fields of energy, healthcare, and computers, that suffer from instability.
The 40 finalists will meet in Washington, D.C., in March to present their projects. The winners will be announced on March 11; the top award is $250,000.
