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==Alumni== Computer security researcher [[Brian LaMacchia]] attended RSI in 1985. American computer scientist [[Michael Mitzenmacher]] and Indian-American string theorist [[Shamit Kachru]] attended RSI in 1986.<ref name="outstanding">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cee.org/news/cee-announces-30-outstanding-alumni-stem-and-business|title=CEE ANNOUNCES 30 OUTSTANDING ALUMNI IN STEM and BUSINESS {{!}} Center for Excellence in Education|website=www.cee.org|access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref> American mathematician [[Christopher Skinner]] attended RSI in 1988.<ref name=outstanding /> [[Fields Medal]]ist [[Terence Tao]] and Indian mathematician [[Kannan Soundararajan]] attended RSI in 1989.<ref name="alumni">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cee.org/alumni-honors|title=Alumni Honors {{!}} Center for Excellence in Education|website=www.cee.org|access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref> American geneticist [[David Reich (geneticist)|David Reich]] attended RSI in 1991.<ref name=outstanding /> Taiwanese-American chemist [[Alice Ting]] attended RSI in 1991.<ref name=outstanding /> [[ActBlue]] was founded by two 1994 RSI participants, Benjamin Rahn and Matt DeBergalis.<ref>[https://www.cee.org/sites/default/files/newsletters/cee_fall_2011.pdf Centerline, Fall 2011]</ref> [[Evanston, Illinois]] mayor [[Daniel Biss]] attended RSI in 1994.<ref>[https://www.cee.org/about-us/1994-rickoids 1994 Rickoids]</ref> [[Pinterest]] co-founder [[Ben Silbermann]] and American physicist [[Jeremy England]] attended RSI in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cee.org/news/rsi-alumni-named-rising-stars-forbes-magazine |title=RSI ALUMNI NAMED RISING STARS BY FORBES MAGAZINE | Center for Excellence in Education |accessdate=2014-12-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110230042/http://cee.org/news/rsi-alumni-named-rising-stars-forbes-magazine |archivedate=2013-11-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/307104|title=4 Success Lessons From the Entrepreneur Who Quietly Grew Pinterest Into a $12 Billion Company|date=9 January 2018}}</ref> [[Optogenetics]] and [[CRISPR gene editing]] pioneer [[Feng Zhang]] attended RSI in 1999.<ref name=outstanding /> Four-time [[Putnam Fellow]] and current [[Stanford]] economics professor [[Gabriel Carroll]] attended RSI in 2000.<ref>[https://www.cee.org/about-us/2000-rickoids 2000 Rickoids]</ref> American astrophysicist [[Henry Lin (astronomer)|Henry Lin]] attended RSI in 2012.<ref>[https://www.cee.org/about-us/2012-rickoids 2012 Rickoids]</ref> As of 2022, 191 finalists, 697 semifinalists, and 12 1st-place winners in the [[Regeneron Science Talent Search]] have been RSI alumni. In the [[Siemens Competition]], 243 finalists and semifinalists, and three 1st-place winners have been RSI alumni. As of 2022, 13 [[Rhodes Scholars]] and 15 [[Marshall Scholars]] have been RSI alumni.<ref name=alumni /> Here is the complete list of "Rickoid of the Year" winners since the award's inception:<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.cee.org/about-us/alumni/rickoid-year-winners | title = Rickoid of the Year Winners | website = Center for Excellence in Education | access-date = 9 January 2024}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Name |- | 1984 | Kevin Murdock |- | 1985 | Karl Rumelhart |- | 1986 | Tess Hildebrand |- | 1987 | Dallas Wrege |- | 1988 | Peggy Hsia, Karl Wirth |- | 1989 | Jed Macosko |- | 1990 | Raga Ramachandran, Oliver Rando |- | 1991 | Susan S. Lee |- | 1992 | Ravi Kamath |- | 1993 | Erin Lynch, Josh McDermott |- | 1994 | [[Daniel Biss]] |- | 1995 | Bruce Haggerty |- | 1996 | Jay Sengupta |- | 1997 | Sapan Shah |- | 1998 | [[Jeremy England]] |- | 1999 | Zackary Stone |- | 2000 | Nate Craig |- | 2001 | Sheel Ganatra |- | 2002 | Steve Byrnes |- | 2003 | Arup Sarma |- | 2004 | Johann Komander, Nick Semenkovich |- | 2005 | Huan Liu |- | 2006 | Dexian Lim |- | 2007 | Christina Chang, Paul Kominers |- | 2008 | Varoon Bashyakarla |- | 2009 | Anjali Balakrishnan |- | 2010 | Samih Kabalane |- | 2011 | Daniel Pollack |- | 2012 | Connor Duffy |- | 2013 | Tara Murty, Rajet Vatsa |- | 2014 | Kavish Ghandi |- | 2015 | David Zhao |- | 2016 | Kathy Liu, Joshua Zhou |- | 2017 | Syamantak Payra |- | 2018 | William Ellsworth, Matthew Tan |- | 2019 | Jaehyun (Joshua) Lee |- | 2020 | Eldar Urkumbayev |- | 2021 | Isabella Quan |- | 2022 | Apoorva Panidapu |- | 2023 | Minh Nguyen |- | 2024 | Amelie Chen |}
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