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Pine Crest Middle and Upper School Science Research Students Present at FJAS
April 13th 2026
Pine Crest Middle and Upper School students in the Science Research Program showcased their research at the Florida Junior Academy of Science (FJAS) recently.
Students presented in both speaker and poster sessions in several categories: Behavioral, Biological, Environmental Science, Medicine & Health and Physical Science. The FJAS competition is the Florida chapter of the American Junior Academy of Science and recognizes outstanding original research by high school students statewide.
Congratulations to the following students who were recognized by the Academy:
Middle School Behavioral
- David Diaz-Padua ’30 (first place)
Middle School Biological
- Bailey Frank ’30 (first place)
- Rhea Mahesh ’30 (second place)
Middle School Environmental Science
- Samantha Cook ’30 (third place)
Middle School Medical & Health
- Dilan Saverimuttu ’30 (first place)
- Masha Kuznetcova ’30 (second place)
- Juan Yoshikay ’31 (third place)
- Jacob Lam ’30 (Honorable Mention)
Middle School Physical
- Max Hall ’30 (first place)
- Austin White ’31 (second place)
Upper School Biological
- Sara El-Sharif ’27 (second Place)
- Genevieve Driscoll ’27 (Honorable Mention)
Upper School Environmental Science
- Benji Chen ’27 (third Place, Poster)
Upper School Medicine & Health
- Vedaant Agarwal ’27 (first Place)
- Koray Abramson ’27 (Honorable Mention)
US PHYSICAL
- Kobi Weitzman ’27 (first Place)
- Aman Agrawal ’26 (fourth Place)
Students who placed at FJAS are invited to attend the American Junior Academy of Science conference, held in conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting, where they are inducted as lifetime Fellows of AJAS, an honor society recognizing outstanding high school researchers from across the United States.
Congratulations to all!
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