Editing Regeneron Science Talent Search (section)

==List of prominent individuals who were past winners==
Many alumni of the Science Talent Search went on to receive awards and recognition in science, mathematics, and engineering.<ref name="snexplores"/><ref name="smithsonian"/><ref name="CNN"/><ref name="honors"/><ref name="STSyears"/>
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! Finalist || Year || Placed || High School || Notability
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|[[Evelyne Pease Tyner]] || 1942 || Finalist || || Environmentalist who conserved large areas of native prairie with a ecology centre named after her, awarded the [[LEED]] award.<ref>{{cite news |title=Evelyn Tyner Obituary (1924 - 2015) - Glenview, IL |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/evelyn-tyner-obituary?id=2719365 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
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|[[Robert Kraichnan]] || 1944 || 2nd boy || || [[National Academy of Sciences]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Shiyi |last2=Eyink |first2=Gregory |last3=Falkovich |first3=Gregory |last4=Frisch |first4=Uriel |last5=Orszag |first5=Steven |last6=Sreenivasan |first6=Katepalli |title=Robert Harry Kraichnan |journal=Physics Today |date=1 May 2008 |volume=61 |issue=5 |pages=70–71 |doi=10.1063/1.2930746 |url=https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/61/5/70/914957/Robert-Harry-Kraichnan |issn=0031-9228}}</ref>
|-\|[[Kenneth W. Ford]] || 1944 || Top Ten || [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] || Director of the [[American Institute of Physics]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Matthews |first1=Jermey N. A. |title=Questions and answers with Kenneth Ford |journal=Physics Today |date=10 July 2015 |doi=10.1063/PT.5.3025 |url=https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/9947/Questions-and-answers-with-Kenneth-Ford |language=English}}</ref>
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|[[Ben Mottelson]] || 1944 || Finalist || [[Lyons Township High School]] || 1975 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kragh |first1=Helge |title=Benjamin Mottelson (1926–2022) |journal=Nature |date=13 June 2022 |volume=606 |issue=7914 |pages=459–459 |doi=10.1038/d41586-022-01615-0 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01615-0 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Andrew Sessler]] || 1945 || Finalist || [[Forest Hills High School (New York) | Forest Hills High School]] || [[National Academy of Sciences]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Budnitz |first1=Robert J. |last2=Kim |first2=Kwang-Je |last3=Winick |first3=Herman |title=Andrew Marienhoff Sessler |journal=Physics Today |date=1 August 2014 |volume=67 |issue=8 |pages=58–59 |doi=10.1063/PT.3.2489 |url=https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/67/8/58/414780/Andrew-Marienhoff-Sessler |issn=0031-9228}}</ref>
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|[[Gerald Edelman]] || 1946 || Honorable Mention || [[John Adams High School (Queens)|John Adams High School]] || 1972 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rutishauser |first1=Urs |title=Gerald Edelman (1929–2014) |journal=Nature |date=June 2014 |volume=510 |issue=7506 |pages=474–474 |doi=10.1038/510474a |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/510474a |language=en |issn=1476-4687}}</ref>
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|[[Leon Cooper]] || 1947 || Finalist || [[Bronx High School of Science]] || 1972 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vanderkam |first1=Laura |title=From Biology to Physics and Back Again: Leon Cooper |journal=Scientific American |date=21 July 2008 |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biology-physics-cooper-westinghouse/ |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Martin Karplus]] || 1947 || Top Boy || [[Newton North High School | Newton High School]] || 2013 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=MacKerell |first1=Alex |title=Martin Karplus obituary: theoretical chemist who first simulated proteins using molecular dynamics |journal=Nature |date=20 January 2025 |volume=637 |issue=8048 |pages=1045–1045 |doi=10.1038/d41586-025-00174-4 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00174-4 |language=en |issn=1476-4687}}</ref>
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|[[Ronald Breslow]] || 1948 || Finalist || || 1991 [[National Medal of Science]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vanderkam |first1=Laura |title=Ronald Breslow: Interesting Compounds with Interesting Properties |journal=Scientific American |date=15 July 2008 |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/breslow-compounds-cancer-vitamins/ |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[R. Stephen Berry]] || 1948 || Finalist || [[East High School (Denver)|East High School]] || 1983 [[MacArthur Fellowship]], [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Biography of R. Stephen Berry |journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry A |date=1 November 2002 |volume=106 |issue=45 |pages=10733–10734 |doi=10.1021/jp0219552 |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jp0219552 |issn=1089-5639}}</ref>
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|[[Fred Brooks]] || 1949 || Honorable Mention || [[JH Rose High School|Greenville High School]] || 1985 [[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodrich |first1=Joanna |title=Paying Tribute to Computer Science Pioneer Frederick Brooks, Jr. |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/frederick-brooks-jr-obit |work=IEEE Spectrum |date=December 9, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Walter Gilbert]] || 1949 || Finalist || [[Sidwell Friends School]] || 1980 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Scientist Profile: Wally Gilbert |url=https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientist-profile-wally-gilbert |work=Science News Explores |date=29 March 2010}}</ref>
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|[[Paul Cohen (mathematician) | Paul Cohen]] || 1950 || Finalist || [[Stuyvesant High School]] || 1966 [[Fields Medal]]; 1967 [[National Medal of Science]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davidson |first1=Keay |title=Paul J. Cohen, Mathematics Trailblazer, Dies at 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/02/us/02cohen.html |work=New York Times |date=2 April 2007 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Sheldon Glashow]] || 1950 || Finalist || [[Bronx High School of Science]] || 1979 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Webster |first1=Bayard |title=3 Americans, German and Pakistani Cited |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/16/archives/3-americans-german-and-pakistani-cited-sheldon-l-glashow-steven.html |work=New York Times |date=16 October 1979 |page=C2}}</ref>
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|[[Dana Scott]] || 1950|| Honorable Mention || [[C. K. McClatchy High School]] || 1976 [[Turing Award]]
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|[[John L. Hall]] || 1952 || Honorable Mention || [[South High School (Denver)|South High School]] || 2005 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
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|[[David Mumford]] || 1953 || Finalist || [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] || 1974 [[Fields Medal]]
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|[[Joanna Russ]] || 1953 || Top Ten || [[William Howard Taft High School (New York City)|William Howard Taft High School]] || [[Hugo Award for Best Novella|Hugo]] and [[Nebula Award for Best Short Story|Nebula]] Awards, author of [[The Female Man]]
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|[[Alar Toomre]] || 1953 || Honorable Mention || [[Sewanhaka High School]] || 1984 [[MacArthur Fellowship]]
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|[[Marcian Hoff]] || 1954 || Top Ten || [[Churchville-Chili Central School District | Churchville-Chili Senior High School]] || 2009 [[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]]
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|[[Roald Hoffmann]] || 1955 || Finalist || [[Stuyvesant High School]] || 1981 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
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|[[Mary-Dell Chilton]] || 1956 || Finalist || [[Hinsdale Central High School|Hinsdale Township High School]] || 2023 [[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]]
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|[[Leroy Hood]] || 1956 || Finalist || Shelby High School || 2011 [[National Medal of Science]]
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|[[Donald Knuth]] || 1956 || Honorable Mention || [[Milwaukee Lutheran High School]] || 1974 [[Turing Award]], 1979 [[National Medal of Science]]
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|[[Jane S. Richardson]] || 1958 || 3rd Place || [[Teaneck High School]] || 1985 [[MacArthur Fellowship]], [[National Academy of Sciences]], [[National Academy of Medicine]]
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|[[John Henry Schwarz]] || 1958 || Honorable Mention || [[North Shore High School (New York)|North Shore High School]] || 1987 [[MacArthur Fellowship]]; 2014 [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics]]
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|[[Kip Thorne]] || 1958 || Honorable Mention || [[Logan High School (Utah)|Logan High School]] || 2017 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
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|[[Charles H. Bennett (physicist)|Charles H. Bennett]] || 1960 || 4th Place || [[Croton-Harmon High School]] || 2023 [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics]]
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|[[Robert Axelrod (political scientist)|Robert Axelrod]] || 1961 || Finalist || [[Evanston Township High School]] || 2012 [[National Medal of Science]]
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|[[Whitfield Diffie]] || 1961 || Honors || [[Jamaica High School]] || 2015 [[Turing Award]]
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|[[Gary A. Wegner]] || 1963 || Honors || Bothell High School || [[Humboldt Prize]]
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|[[Paul L. Modrich]] || 1964 || Honors || [[Raton High School]] || 2015 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
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|[[Ray Kurzweil]] || 1965 || Finalist || [[Martin Van Buren High School]] || 1999 [[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]]
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|[[Frank Wilczek]] || 1967 || Finalist || [[Martin Van Buren High School]] || 2004 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
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|[[Alvin E. Roth|Alvin Roth]] || 1968 || Honors || [[Martin Van Buren High School]] || 2012 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize in Economics]]
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|[[Roger Y. Tsien]] || 1968 || 1st Place || [[Livingston High School (New Jersey) | Livingston High School]] || 2008 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
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|[[Gordon J. Freeman]] || 1969 || Finalist || [[Arlington Heights High School]] || [[National Academy of Sciences]]
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|[[Thomas Felix Rosenbaum]] || 1973 || Finalist || [[Forest Hills High School (New York) | Forest Hills High School]] || President, [[California Institute of Technology]]
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|[[Eric Lander]] || 1974 || 1st Place || [[Stuyvesant High School]] || 2014 [[Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences]]
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|[[F. Thomson Leighton]] || 1974 || 2nd Place || [[Stuyvesant High School]] || [[National Academy of Sciences]], [[Akamai Technologies]] co-founder and CEO
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|[[Paul Zeitz]] || 1975 || 1st Place || [[Stuyvesant High School]] || 1974 [[USAMO]] Winner
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|[[Ronald Vale]] || 1976 || Finalist || [[Hollywood High School]] || [[National Academy of Sciences]], [[National Academy of Medicine]]
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|[[George Yancopoulos]] || 1976 ||Top Ten || [[Bronx High School of Science]] || [[National Academy of Sciences]], [[Regeneron Pharmaceuticals]] co-founder and CSO
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|[[Richard H. Ebright]] || 1977 || Finalist || Muhlenberg High School || [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]
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|[[David Spergel]] || 1978 || Honors || [[Elwood-John H. Glenn High School|John Glenn High School]] || 2001 [[MacArthur Fellow]]; 2018 [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics]]
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|[[Ron Unz]] || 1979 || 1st Place || [[North Hollywood High School]] ||  [[Wall Street Analytics]] founder; political activist
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|[[Lisa Randall]] || 1980 || 1st Place || [[Stuyvesant High School]] || [[National Academy of Sciences]]
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|[[Brian Greene]] || 1980 || Finalist || [[Stuyvesant High School]] || ''[[The Elegant Universe]]'' author
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|[[Noam Elkies]] || 1982 || Finalist || [[Stuyvesant High School]] || 2004 [[Levi L. Conant Prize]]
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|[[Wendy Chung]] || 1986 || 1st Place || [[Miami Killian High School]] || [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] Young Investigator Award
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|[[Lisa Su]] || 1986 || Honors || [[Bronx High School of Science]] || [[IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal]]; CEO of [[AMD]]
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|[[Jordan Ellenberg]] || 1989 || 2nd Place || [[Winston Churchill High School (Potomac, Maryland) |Winston Churchill High School]] || [[ American Mathematical Society]] Fellow
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|[[Matthew Headrick]] || 1990 || 1st Place || [[University of Chicago Laboratory Schools]] || High [[h-index]]/highly cited physicist
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|[[David R. Liu]] || 1990 || 2nd Place || [[Riverside Polytechnic High School|Riverside Poly High School]]||[[National Academy of Sciences]]
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|[[Maneesh Agrawala]] || 1990 || Finalist || [[Montgomery Blair High School]] || 2009 [[MacArthur Fellowship]]
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|[[Christopher Bouton]] || 1992 || Finalist || [[Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn)]] || [[Entagen]] founder and CEO
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|[[Wei-Hwa Huang]] || 1993 || 6th Place || [[Montgomery Blair High School]] || [[World Puzzle Championship|World Puzzle Champion]] 1995, 1997-1999
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|[[Robert Sarvis]] || 1994 || 4th Place || [[Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology]] || [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] politician
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|[[Daniel Biss]] || 1995 || Finalist || [[Bloomington North High School]] || Mayor of [[Evanston, Illinois]]
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|[[Jacob Lurie]] || 1996 || 1st Place || [[Montgomery Blair High School]] || 2014 [[Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics]]
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|[[Bill Thies]] || 1997 || Finalist || [[State College Area High School]] || 2016 [[MacArthur Fellowship]]
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|[[Keith Winstein]] || 1999 || 4th Place || [[Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy]] || 2014 [[SIGCOMM]] Doctoral Dissertation Award
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|[[Feng Zhang]] || 2000 || 3rd Place || [[Theodore Roosevelt High School (Des Moines)|Theodore Roosevelt High School]] || [[National Academy of Sciences]]
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|[[Mariangela Lisanti]] || 2001 || 1st Place || [[Staples High School (Connecticut)|Staples High School]] || 2013 [[Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists]]
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|[[Monika Schleier-Smith]] || 2001 || Semifinalist<ref>{{cite web |title=Intel STS Results |url=http://www.sciserv.org/sts/60sts/semi_va.asp |website=Science Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714082904/http://www.sciserv.org/sts/60sts/semi_va.asp |archive-date=14 July 2007 |date=2001}}</ref> || [[Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology]] || 2020 [[MacArthur Fellow]]
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|[[Tianhui Michael Li]] || 2003 || 2nd Place || [[Oregon Episcopal School]] || [[Marshall Scholar]], [[Hertz Foundation| Hertz Foundation Fellow]], [[data scientist]], founder and CEO of [[The Data Incubator]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://student.societyforscience.org/blog/doing-science/alumni-watch-michael-li-data-incubator|title=Alumni to watch: Michael Li & The Data Incubator|date=27 May 2016}}</ref>
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|[[Lester Mackey]] || 2003 || 6th Place || [[Half Hollow Hills High School West]] || 2023 [[MacArthur Fellowship]]
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