The Breakthrough Prize Foundation has announced the top finalists in their fourth annual event.
They say a group consists of 15 students from around the world who have created short videos about science or math, as well as the top scorer of the online 'popular vote.'
The finalists are: Calvin Bradbury-Jost, 18 (Canada); Jeffery Chen, 17 (United States); Brooklyn Clark, 18 (United States); Jared Gracia-David, 18 (United States); Krisha Jivani, 17 (United States); Aditya Joshi, 17 (India); Chris Lakin, 17 (United States); Branko Malaver-Vojvodic, 18 (Peru); Rhea Mitr, 16 (United States); HP Park, 17 (Republic of Korea); Larson Rivera, 18 (United States); Ian Shen-Costello, 18 (United States); Shruti Siva, 15 (United States); Mandy Tran, 17 (United States); Venkata Hasith Vattikuti, 15 (United States); and Aria Vikram, 15 (India).
Notably, 18-year-old Larson Rivera is a Reno student.
Larson is competing for $400,000 worth of prizes, including a new science lab for his high school.
The videos for the competition can be viewed here.
