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Months of dedication and hard work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) paid off tonight for three students named National Finalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, the nation’s premier research competition for high school students. Anvita Gupta of Scottsdale, Arizona earned the top honors and a $3,000 individual scholarship for research on intrinsically disordered proteins for drug discovery. Research on computational models of tree growth earned Eli Echt-Wilson and Albert Zuo of Albuquerque, New Mexico the $6,000 team scholarship. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |