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Local NE National Chemistry Champion, Ruifan Pei from Acton- Boxborough Regional High School receives a $10,000 scholarship from Nova Biomedical Corp.
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May 20,2012
The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS) announced on May 10, 2012 that National Chemistry Champion Ruifan Pei has qualified to compete for one of four spots on the U.S. team bound for the 44th annual International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO). A senior at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, he is one of only 20 students selected out of 12,000 nation-wide who took the exams. He is the only National Chemistry Champion from New England.
On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Ruifan Pei was awarded the Founders Scholarship for $10,000 from Nova Biomedical Corp. in Waltham, MA. He will be going to MIT to study chemical engineering in the fall. A photo of three of Nova’s founders with Ruifan is attached.
(L to R) Rufian Pei, Dr. Jack Driscoll (Director), Dr. CC Young (VP R&D), Frank Manganaro, (President)- Presenting Founder’s Award
Rufan’s father (Jianhong Pei), a PhD chemist, has worked in Nova’s R&D department for nearly 10 years. Ruifan’s award was one of 43 scholarships totaling $181,000 awarded (to sons and daughters of Nova’s employees) during Nova’s 23 Annual Scholarship Night.
Contact: Dr. Jack Driscoll, NESACS Public Relations Chair T: 1 774 413 5281 x 119
Cell: 1 617 680 2016 EM:[email protected]
NESACS is the largest regional section of the American Chemical Society with 7,500 members. The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. With more than 164,000 members, ACS is the world’s largest scientific society
