Science Fair, Research, College, and More!

Hey everyone! I'm interviewing two of the https://www.sciencefair.io/coaching/calls coaches today - Snigtha Mohanraj and Eli Hanechak. I will be posting their tips and advice on my YouTube channel.

Snigtha- Snigtha’s science fair journey has been filled with accolades upon accolades from middle school. In 2020, Snigtha was a Top 30 National Finalist in the Broadcom MASTERS. In 2021, Snigtha was a finalist and third place in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Guess what happened in 2022? Snigtha won 1st Place at the Connecticut Junior Science & Humanities Symposium and qualified for the International Science & Engineering Fair. Fast forward a couple of years and Snigtha has been recognized several more times as a RISE Global Winner, and through the US Senate Youth Program, ISEF, JSHS, and more.

Eli- Eli Hanechak is a rising senior at Pope Francis Preparatory School, MA and researcher at the Stratton Lab of University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 2023, Eli won the Sanofi Specialty Care Grand Prize Award at the Western Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair. Eli then went on to win the Second Place Grand Award at the International Science and Engineering Fair. Eli was named a Massachusetts Delegate to the American Junior Academy of Science, and a National STEM Challenge Finalist. This is a crazy impressive set of science fair wins, but what I find even more impressive is Eli’s filed patent for “ARTIFICIALLY ENHANCED BIODEGRADATION OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE.”

I wanted to take some audience questions from you all! If you come up with a super good question, I'll feature it in the video and give you a shout-out!

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