U.S. Student Yufei Chen is Number One in the World at 2023 International Biology Olympiad
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The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) is proud to announce that Yufei Chen, a gold medalist, earned the highest score in the world at the 34th Annual International Biology Olympiad (IBO). Yufei and his teammates, who also earned medals, represented the United States at the worldwide competition after winning a gold medal in the 2023 USA Biolympiad National Finals sponsored by CEE.
The 2023 IBO was held from July 3-11 at UAE University, in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), organized by the UAE Ministry of Education. The competition included students from over 80 countries across five continents and awarded individual achievement in theoretical and laboratory biology knowledge. Each delegation consisted of four students and two academic advisors.
The 2023 USA Biolympiad Team was selected at CEE's USA Biolympiad National Finals competition held in June on the campus of Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. Nearly 10,000 students from 590 schools, 44 states, and 20 international schools registered in the nationwide high school competition.
The gold medalists from the USA Biolympiad Team IBO are:
Yufei Chen, University High School, Irvine, CA
Kaiden Zida Wu, Thomas Jefferson School of Science & Technology, Alexandria, VA
The silver medalists from the USA Biolympiad Team IBO are:
Damon V. Gurvich, PrepEdu Consulting LLC, Waltham, MA
Richard Zhu, North Hollywood Senior High School, North Hollywood, CA
Joann DiGennaro, President of CEE, said, “These students honored our country at the IBO competition. They are exceptional scholars headed for outstanding careers.”
CEE, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was founded in 1983 by the late Admiral H.G. Rickover and Joann P. DiGennaro, President of the Center. The Center's mission is to nurture high school and university scholars to careers of excellence and leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and to encourage collaboration between and among scientific and technological leaders in the global community. CEE sponsors the Research Science Institute (RSI), USA Biolympiad (USABO), Teacher Enrichment Program (TEP), and STEM Lyceums.
Yufei Chen’s accomplishment is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the students and staff at CEE and the USA Biolympiad Team. This victory is a shining example of how the United States can excel in the sciences and compete with the best in the world.
For more information about CEE and its programs, please visit https://www.cee.org.
