(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced the two Ohio high school seniors selected to attend the National Youth Science Camp (NYSCamp) this summer near Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia.
Claudia Hamilton of Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio and Anru Tian of Athens High School in The Plains, Ohio will be the state’s delegates to the nearly month-long camp. The Ohio Academy of Science is Governor DeWine’s designee for selecting Ohio’s delegates.
Hamilton is a National Merit Scholar who has completed student research internships with the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and the University of Akron College of Polymer Science. In 2018, she was named a Top 300 Scholar in the Regeneron Science Talent Search and she has competed at the International Science & Engineering Fair, and the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Hamilton is the editor-in-chief of Affirmative No, Hawken School’s student newspaper, and is a first chair violinist in the Cleveland Orchestra’s Youth Orchestra.
Tian is a member of the Wyatt Lab at Ohio University where she has completed several independent research projects in plant sciences. Tian was selected by The Ohio State University Supercomputer Center as a student researcher where she examined the existence of dark matter through image analysis and computer coding. In 2018, Tian competed at the International Science & Engineering Fair. In addition, she competes in varsity tennis and is associate editor of The Matrix, an Athens High School student publication.
The NYSCamp was established in 1963 as a part of West Virginia’s Centennial Celebration. The camp invites two delegates from each state to exchange ideas with leading scientists and other professionals from the academic, governmental and corporate sectors. Lectures and hands-on research are presented by scientists across the United States, covering topics like nanotechnology, cybersecurity, virtual and augmented reality, and developing cures for Alzheimer’s disease. The academic program is complemented by an outdoor recreation program which leverages the camp’s location in the Monongahela National Forest.