Intel STS 2002
Every year for over seven decades, forty finalists have been chosen to attend and compete in the Science Talent Institute week in Washington, DC. This page is a tribute to the memories and alumni of the Science Talent Search of 2002.
Top Winner
Ryan Patterson
2nd Place
Jacob Licht
3rd Place
Emily Riehl
4th Place
Kirsten Frieda
5th Place
Marc Burrell
6th Place
Nikita Rozenblyum
7th Place
Beckett Sterner
8th Place
Brandon Palmen
9th Place
Vivek Venkatachalam
10th Place
Jessica Stahl
Glenn T. Seaborg Award Winner
Raphael Farzan-Kashani
Alumni Speaker
Ray Kurzweil
Recent Results for the Intel STS
2002 Alumni Updates
Alumnus Jacob Fox Wins the Konig Prize
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 2002; please contact us with information.
2002 Finalists
| Tahir | Ahmed | Brooklyn | NY |
| Jennifer | Alyono | Potomac | MD |
| Jennifer | Balakrishnan | Mangilao | GU |
| Theresa | Berens | Scottsdale | AZ |
| Mordechai | Bronner | Cedarhurst | NY |
| Jacob | Burnim | Silver Spring | MD |
| Marc | Burrell | Glendale | WI |
| Wenyi | Cai | Naperville | IL |
| Jessie | Cheng | Armonk | NY |
| Timothy | Dong | Alhambra | CA |
| Raphael | Farzan-Kashani | Great Neck | NY |
| Kirsten | Frieda | Austin | TX |
| Kevin | Gao | Austin | TX |
| Allegra | Giovine | Plandome | NY |
| Mark | Kaganovich | Bloomington | IN |
| Angela | Kim | New Hyde Park | NY |
| Albert | Leung | Brooklyn | NY |
| Suhan | Li | Rego Park | NY |
| Jean | Li | Potomac | MD |
| Yang | Li | Setauket | NY |
| Jacob | Licht | West Hartford | CT |
| Jonathan | Lii | Manhasset | NY |
| Nicole | Oertli | Mobile | AL |
| Brandon | Palmen | Rochester | MN |
| Raminder | Parihar | Floral Park | NY |
| Ryan | Patterson | Grand Junction | CO |
| Justin | Pelzer | Evanston | IL |
| Ezra | Rapoport | New York | NY |
| Emily | Riehl | Bloomington | IL |
| Nikita | Rozenblyum | Brooklyn | NY |
| Siddharth | Srivastava | Baton Rouge | LA |
| Jessica | Stahl | Rockville Centre | NY |
| Beckett | Sterner | Chicago | IL |
| Samir | Sur | Cambridge | MA |
| Ashleigh | Theberge | Orr's Island | ME |
| Vivek | Venkatachalam | Berkeley Heights | NJ |
| Dheera | Venkatraman | Flemington | NJ |
| Ophelia | Venturelli | Bethesda | MD |
| Michael | Wagner | Bellmore | NY |
| Kevin | Yang | Naperville | IL |