Competitions: Four high school students are selected to represent the U.S. in Moscow
Agrawal (from left), Liang, Liu, and Ting pose with the team’s falcon mascot.
Not Pictured: Jessica Xu (1st alternate, Watchung Hills Regional High School, NJ, North Jersey Local Section), Stephen Tang (2nd alternate, Solon High School, OH, Cleveland Local Section)
The U.S. team consists of Saaket Agrawal of Mira Loma High School, in California; David Liang of Carmel High School, in Indiana; Runpeng Liu of Ladue Horton Watkins High School, in Missouri; and Stephen Ting of Monta Vista High School, in California.
“It’s humbling to be one of the top four, to be representing the U.S. internationally,” Liu says.
Two alternates were also chosen: Jessica Xu of Watchung Hills Regional High School, in New Jersey, and Stephen Tang of Solon High School, in Ohio.
The team was selected at the conclusion of an intensive two-week U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad study camp organized by the American Chemical Society and held at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 4–19. Twenty students—16 men and four women—participated in this year’s study camp. They were the top scorers among approximately 14,000 students who took a regional exam, 1,000 of whom went on to take the national exam.
2013 U.S. Chemistry Olympiad Finalists
The US National Chemistry Olympiad Program is proud to announce the 20 finalists who will attend the Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado, June 4-19, 2013. The students will compete for one of four spots on the USA team, which will participate in the upcoming 45th International Chemistry Olympiad in Moscow, Russia, July 15-24, 2013.
Name |
High School |
Local Section |
Matthew Adrianowycz |
Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, OH |
Cleveland |
Saaket Agrawal |
Mira Loma High School, CA |
Sacramento |
Kevin Gao |
Los Alamos High School, NM |
Central New Mexico |
Brandon Kao |
Valencia High School, CA |
Orange County |
Robert Kao |
Edwin O. Smith High School, CT |
Connecticut Valley |
Sophia Lai |
Troy High School, MI |
Detroit |
Stephen Li |
Troy High School, MI |
Detroit |
David Liang |
Carmel High School, IN |
Indiana |
Runpeng Liu |
Ladue Horton Watkins High School, MO |
St. Louis |
Alexander Nie |
Livingston High School, NJ |
North Jersey |
Eric Schneider |
High Technology High School, NJ |
Monmouth County |
Kalki Seksaria |
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science
and Technology, VA |
Chemical Society of Washington |
Jingwei Shi |
Canyon Crest Academy, CA |
San Diego |
Stephen Tang |
Solon High School, OH |
Cleveland |
Stephen Ting |
Monta Vista High School, CA |
Santa Clara Valley |
Derek Wang |
North Allegheny High School, PA |
Pittsburgh |
Jessica Xu |
Watchung High School, NJ |
North Jersey |
Suna Zekioglu |
North Hollywood High School, CA |
Southern California |
Aaron Zeng |
Detroit Country Day School, MI |
Detroit |
Grace Zhang |
East Brunswick High School, NJ |
North Jersey |