BRIAN KRUG

- WWSEF 2007, 2009, 2010
- CWSF 2007, 2009
- ISEF 2010
- Sanofi BioGENEious Challenge 2010
STATUS 2020:
PhD student, McGill University
Department of Human Genetics
COMMENT: “I've felt privileged to have the training
from these experiences in my grad
school research.”
EDDIE KIM

- WWSEF 2006, 2007, 2009
- CWSF 2006, 2007, 2009
- MILSET in Tunisia 2009
STATUS 2020:
Senior Data Scientist at Citrine
Informatics (California)
COMMENT: “Science Fairs have served,
above all, as a venue for dreaming
about big solutions to big problems and
then for finding friends who, like you,
want to turn those dreams into realities.”
ZACH ELGOOD

- WWSEF 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
- CWSF 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
- iSWEEEP 2010
STATUS 2020:
Study of alpha'-corrections to the
entropy of black holes in superstring
theory at Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid, Spain
COMMENT: “My science fair experience
has greatly helped me develop my ability
to conduct scientific research, as well as
build various connections which were
very helpful for future endeavors.”
STEPHANIE CHAN

- WWSEF 2007, 2009, 2011
- CWSF 2009, 2011
STATUS 2020:
Internal Medicine resident in Kingston
COMMENT: “The extracurricular STEM
activities that shaped my high school
experience (Shad, Science Expo) all
started with participating in WWSEF, and
the science fair projects I did back then
helped to spark an interest in research
which continues to this day.”
JEFF GRAANSMA

- WWSEF 2008
- CWSF 2008
STATUS 2020:
Research Lab Technician, Mechatronics
Vehicle Systems Lab, University of
Waterloo. Supervising graduate students
researching self-driving vehicles.
COMMENT: “WWSEF and the CWSF showed me
the larger world of science and technology
and how I could fit in with my interests.
It gave me a perspective on how to
narrow my focus.”