AirUCI high school intern scores big in OCACS Chemistry Olympiad

On March 2nd, 2019 AirUCI intern Anton Ni participated in Part 1 of the Orange County American Chemical Society's Chemistry Olympiad exam.  His was the highest score and his team from University High School placed 4th among 45 Orange County high schools.  160 students took the Part 1 exam and the average score was 33.2 — Anton's score was 58!  Only 13 of the 160 participants qualified to take the national test on April 27th.
 
Anton is also captain of the team from University High School that is going to the finals of the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl in Washington DC.  After intense competition at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena on January 26, 2019, their team beat out more than 20 other high schools to advance to the finals, which will be held in April.   Anton, who is the son of Weihong Wang in the Finlayson-Pitts research group, has worked in our labs the past two summers and at his young age has contributed to published scientific journal articles.  Way to go, Anton!

Date: 
Thursday, March 14, 2019