Three Potomac Seniors Named to Regeneron Top 300
Three Potomac Seniors Named to Regeneron Top 300
Seniors Kate Choi, Anaahita Kaashyap, and Erim Ozcan have been named Top 300 Scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2025, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition for high school seniors.
This year, 2,471 entrants submitted applications this fall—the largest entrant pool since 1967. The 300 scholars hail from 200 American and international high schools in 33 states, Washington D.C., China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Switzerland.
“All three students developed unique, innovative projects that have direct applications in the real world. These young scientists show great promise,” said Dr. Isabelle Cohen, Upper School science teacher and advisor. “They truly exemplify Potomac’s core values by showing the courage to develop and pursue a unique and novel research project, humility to accomplish something greater than themselves, the integrity and respect needed for the research process, and the perseverance to proceed when encountering challenges.”
The list of Regeneron scholars from Potomac includes:
- Kate Choi for "Improving Racial Equity in Skin Cancer Detection: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence-Driven Synthetic Image Generation, Cascading Convolutional Neural Networks and Affordable Diagnostic Hardware for Accurate Cancer Screening Across All Skin Tones”
- Anaahita Kaashyap for “Development and Evaluation of HMPB-Cur-Pip Nanoparticles as a Novel, Cost-Effective, Anti-Inflammatory Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis”
- Erim Ozcan for “Parametric Optimization and Discovery of a Low-Noise Toroidal Quadrotor Propeller With a Leading Blade Height Offset for Responsible Wildlife Research”
All three students are part of Potomac’s Science and Engineering Research Center (SERC), a program that provides students with the opportunity to do high-level, independent research projects.
As a result of being named Top 300 Scholars, Kate, Anaahita, and Erim will each receive a $2,000 award. The Potomac School will also receive three $2,000 awards to be used in support of STEM-related activities. On January 23, the Regeneron Science Talent Search will name this year’s top 40 finalists, who will then compete in Washington, DC, for more than $1.8 million in awards during a week-long event in March. We congratulate Kate, Anaahita, and Erim on their accomplishments and wish them continued success!
The full list of scholars can be viewed here.
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