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Monte Vista Junior Aryo Sorayya Wins Calif. State Science Fair Grand-Prize
Monte Vista junio Aryo Sorayya's project examined the issue of transporting freeze-sensitive vaccines in the developing world.
Aryo Sorayya is a talented dude.
The Monte Vista junior speaks English, Swedish, French, Japanese and Farsi, has a 4.75 GPA this year (I didn't even think that was possible), and just won the grand prize in the 61st annual California State Science Fair, the Contra Costa Times recently reported.
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Sorayya's winning project, called "Overcoming the Cold Chain: Designing a Novel Freeze-Stable Vaccine," addressed the problem of transporting freeze-sensitive vaccines in the developing world.
"I didn't expect to win," Sorayya said, explaining that he had entered the contest as an alternate. "It was amazing. I can't really describe the feeling."
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The fair was open to grades 6 through 12. It pulled in nearly 1,000 students from 400 schools.
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