From North Shore CSD:
North Shore’s Evelyn McCreery Named a Top 300 Scholar in the 81st Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) 2022 On January 6, 2022, the North Shore Schools proudly announced that Evelyn McCreery was among the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2022, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. The 300 scholars and their schools will be awarded $2,000 each.Evelyn’s science research entitled, Physiological Effects of PET Plastic Leaching and Polystyrene Microsphere Ingestion in Wild Type Drosophila Melanogaster. Evie used the fruit fly as a model organism to determine the health effects of chemicals leached from plastic into food. She found that when the fruit flies consumed food with those leached chemicals, they had decreased agility. To help with her research, she worked with Dr. Theodore Brummel at Long Island University (LIU). Principal Eric Contreras said, “We are proud and overjoyed of Evelyn’s accomplishments. She is a talented scholar athlete and researcher.” On January 20, 40 of the 300 scholars will be named Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists. The finalists will then compete for more than $1.8 million in awards during a week-long competition taking place March 10-16. Congratulations to Evelyn McCreery on this remarkable accomplishment. In addition, many thanks to her science research teacher, Dr. Molly Mordechai, and the North Shore Science department, led by Mr. Steven Menchel. Best of luck to Evelyn moving forward in the Regeneron Science Talent Search competition!
