2025 Science Fair Winners
Congratulations to the 2025 North Museum Science & Engineering Fair Winners!

2025 Grand Champion
Ansh Dwivedi
Warwick High School
Grade 12
Category: Chemistry, Energy, & Materials Science
Senior Division Champion
Ethan Albright, Hempfield High School, 11th Grade
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Senior Division Reserve Champion
Ella Strickler, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Junior Division Champion
Alden Hendricks, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Plant Science
Junior Division Reserve Champion
Jermaine Edwards, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Earth Science

Senior Division Category Winners
Animal & Behavioral Science
1st Place: Rachel Behringer, Warwick High School, 12th Grade
2nd Place: Alysia Vasquez, Conestoga Valley High School, 11th Grade
3rd Place: Andrew Marine, Conestoga Valley High School , 12th Grade
Honorable Mention: Josiah Casler, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th Grade
Biochemistry & Biomedical Science
1st Place: Alli Hubbard, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
2nd Place: Brynn Straub, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th Grade
3rd Place: Jamie O’Flaherty Gilligan, Conestoga Valley High School, 10th Grade
Honorable Mention: Shamil Issayev, Conestoga Valley High School, 9th Grade
Chemistry & Materials Science
1st Place: Hailey Dougherty, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade
2nd Place: Brendan Morrell, Ephrata Senior High School, 10th Grade
3rd Place: Lincoln Winder, Anchor Christian Academy, 9th Grade
Honorable Mention: Julia Utley, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
Earth & Environmental Sciences
1st Place: Zoe Wiker, Warwick High School, 12th Grade
2nd Place: Nyomi Longhi, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th Grade
3rd Place: Piper Rudy, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
Honorable Mention: Lillian Ross, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade
Honorable Mention: Aldo Ferretti, Palmyra Area High School, 12th Grade
Environmental & Engineering Technology
1st Place: Luke McCune, Warwick High School, 10th Grade
2nd Place: Sarah Hensley, Ephrata Senior High School, 12th Grade
3rd Place: Timothy Breckbill, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
Honorable Mention: Jeremiah Teklu, Conestoga Valley High School, 9th Grade
Microbiology
1st Place: Crystal Kirui, Warwick High School, 12th Grade
2nd Place: MacKenzie Thoeun, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
3rd Place: Aldynne Snyder, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
Honorable Mention: Amaya Jones, Ephrata Senior High School, 10th Grade
Honorable Mention: Rebecca Foard, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
Honorable Mention: Addison Guise, Ephrata Senior High School, 10th Grade
Honorable Mention: Hadassah Knowles, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
Physics & Robotics
1st Place: Kai Unwin-Wisnosky, McCaskey High School, 11th Grade
2nd Place: William Lee, Manheim Township High School, 11th Grade
3rd Place: Joseph Stauffer, Conestoga Valley High School, 9th Grade
Honorable Mention: Spencer Steed, Cocalico High School, 11th Grade
Honorable Mention: Breelyn Beyer, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
Honorable Mention: Mykhailo Burdyn, Ephrata Senior High School, 10th Grade
Honorable Mention: Alek Teleguz, Conestoga Valley High School, 9th Grade
Plant Sciences
1st Place (tie): Sophie Burkey, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
1st Place (tie): Ellie Eshleman, Ephrata Senior High School, 12th Grade
3rd Place: Leah Caldwell , Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
Honorable Mention: Rylee Cicero, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
Junior Division Category Winners
Consumer Science
1st Place: Ella Beth Hoover, Landisville Middle School, 7th Grade
2nd Place: Rose Burns, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade
3rd Place: Sophia Newell, St. John Neumann, 8th Grade
Honorable Mention: Gabriel Stafford, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Honorable Mention: Mariel Pasternak-Post, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Honorable Mention: Arvind Jhaveri, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade
Honorable Mention: Catherine Savoie, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 6th Grade
Honorable Mention: Harshleen Kullar, Ephrata Middle School, 8th Grade
Honorable Mention: Charlotte Parshley, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Earth Science
1st Place: Rowan Bushong, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
2nd Place: Claire Fleckenstein, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade
3rd Place: Cecelia Parrish, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade
Honorable Mention: Henry Lehman, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade
Honorable Mention: Jaxon Stoltzfus, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 7th Grade
Honorable Mention: Sophya Nunez, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 7th Grade
Engineering
1st Place: Jared Hopgood, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
2nd Place: Joel Tambo, Lancaster Mennonite, 6th Grade
3rd Place: Graham Francey, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade
Honorable Mention: Evan Ciampanelli, Lancaster County Christian School, 7th Grade
Honorable Mention: Ozodbek Niyozov, Anchor Christian Academy, 8th Grade
Honorable Mention: Noelle Wolgemuth, Lancaster Mennonite, 6th Grade
Life Science
1st Place: Grace Sahd, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade
2nd Place: Taven Paxson, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade
3rd Place: Grace McMurtrie, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Honorable Mention: Jack Raudabaugh, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade
Honorable Mention: Marie-Ann Farrell, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade
Honorable Mention: Roxy Kaplan, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade
Honorable Mention: Stella Yarnes, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 6th Grade
Physical Science
1st Place: Andrew Otto, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
2nd Place: Samantha Cohen, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade
3rd Place: Anushka Kurian, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade
Honorable Mention: Madelyn Urglavitch , Anchor Christian Academy, 7th Grade
Honorable Mention: Caleb Oberholtzer, Ephrata Middle School, 7th Grade
Honorable Mention: Hailey Xayavongsithideth, Landisville Middle School, 7th Grade
Honorable Mention: Rose Sikorski, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade
Plant Science
1st Place: Eleanor Steuer, Manheim Township Middle School, 8th Grade
2nd Place: Jane Houser, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade
3rd Place: Olivia Kelsey, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade
Honorable Mention: Betty Jens, Sacred Heart, 7th Grade
Honorable Mention: Holt Carlson, Lancaster County Christian School, 7th Grade
Auxiliary Awards Winners
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories: Achievement in Analytical Chemistry
Senior Division: Zoe Wiker, Warwick High School, 12th Grade
Junior Division: Anushka Kurian, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade
North Museum of Nature and Science Physical Science Award
Senior Division: Spencer Steed, Cocalico High School, 11th Grade
Junior Division: Caroline Coyne, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade
North Museum of Nature and Science Earth & Environmental Science Award
Senior Division: Ella Strickler, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade
Junior Division: Olivia Kelsey, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade
North Museum of Nature and Science Powering the Future Award
Nevin Bansal, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Union Fire Company Fire Science Award
Owen McCollum, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade
Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers – Lincoln Chapter Engineering Excellence Award
1st: William Lee, Manheim Township High School, 11th Grade
2nd: Breelyn Beyer, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
3rd: Kai Unwin-Wisnosky, McCaskey High School, 11th Grade
Creative Solutions to Lancaster County Problems
Jackson Hogarth, Ephrata Middle School, 8th Grade
Alden Hendricks, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Jermaine, Edwards, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Longwood Gardens Award for Excellence in Horticulture & Plant Science
Alden Hendricks, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Farm & Home Foundation Award for Agriculture and Family Living Studies
Senior Division:
1st: Andy Flores, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
2nd: Gwenyth Shaw, Lancaster Country Day School, 11th Grade
3rd: Clara Mohler, Anchor Christian Academy, 9th Grade
Junior Division:
1st: Eleanor Steuer, Manheim Township Middle School, 8th Grade
2nd: Mariel Pasternak-Post, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
3rd: Jane Houser, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade
John S. Downs Memorial Prize for Agriculture / Farm Science
Harshleen Kullar, Ephrata Middle School, 8th Grade
Society of American Military Engineers
Senior Division: Timothy Breckbill, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade
Junior Division: Noelle Wolgemuth, Lancaster Mennonite, 6th Grade
Southeastern Pennsylvania Section of the American Chemical Society
1st: Ansh Dwivedi, Warwick High School, 12th Grade
2nd: Zoe Wiker, Warwick High School, 12th Grade
3rd: Hailey Dougherty, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade
HM: Caroline Coyne, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade
HM: Brendan Morrell, Ephrata Senior High School, 10th Grade
HM: Lincoln Winder, Anchor Christian Academy, 9th Grade
Izaak Walton League of America, The Lancaster Red Rose Chapter
Ethan Albright, Hempfield High School, 11th Grade
Andrew Marine, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th Grade
Rowan, Bushong, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Einstein’s Grandmother Award for Excellence in Science Communication
Jermaine Edwards, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
Rachel Behringer, Warwick High School, 12th Grade
North Museum Science and Engineering Fair Student Choice Award
Senior Division: Josiah Casler, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th Grade
Junior Division: Anthony Fantazzi, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

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