The International Brain Bee (IBB) is a neuroscience competition for teenagers. The IBB was founded in 1999 by Norbert Myslinski, and consists of over 200 chapters in more than 50 regions on 6 continents. [1] Its purpose is to help treat and find cures for brain disorders by inspiring and motivating students to pursue careers in basic and clinical neuroscience. [2]
The IBB governing body is a consortium consisting of the American Psychological Association, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, International Brain Research Organization, and Society for Neuroscience. [3] Winners of the chapter competitions are invited to compete in their respective region championships, where they vie for the right to compete in the world championship. Past venues for the world championship include Montreal, Canada; San Diego, USA; Vienna, Austria; Washington, DC, USA; Cape Town, South Africa; Florence, Italy; Cairns, Australia; Baltimore, USA; Toronto, Canada; and Copenhagen, Denmark. [4]
Winners at the international level competed against representatives from other nations. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Year | First place Winner | Country | Second place Winner | Country | Third place Winner | Country |
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1999 | David Alpay | Canada | ||||
2000 | Otilia Husu | United States | ||||
2001 | Arjun Bharioke | United States | ||||
2002 | Marvin Chum | Canada | ||||
2003 | Saroj Kunnakkat | United States | ||||
2004 | Bhaktapriya Nagalla | United States | ||||
2005 | John Liu | United States | ||||
2006 | Jong Park | Canada | ||||
2007 | Melody Hu | United States | ||||
2008 | Elena Perry | United States | ||||
2009 | Julia Chartove | United States | Kate Burgess | New Zealand | ||
2010 | Ritika Chohani | India | Ben Thompson | Australia | ||
2011 | Thanh-Liem Huynh-Tran | United States | United States | |||
2012 | Teresa Tang | Australia | Ionut Flavius Bratu | Romania | ||
2013 | Jackson Huang | Australia | Giulio Deangeli | Italy | ||
2014 | Gayathri Muthukumar | India | Eva Wang | Australia | ||
2015 | Jade Pham | Australia | Soren Christensen | United States | Andra Cristiana Stefan | Romania |
2016 | Ana Ghenciulescu | Romania | Nooran AbuMazen | Canada | Matthew Z.M Fulton | New Zealand |
2017 | Sojas Wagle | United States | Milena Malcharek | Poland | Elwin Raj A/L P. Raj Vethamuthu | Malaysia |
2018 | Piotr Oleksy | Poland | Giovanni De Gannes | Grenada | Huai-Ying Huang | Canada |
2019 | Yidou Weng | China | Natalia Koc | Poland | Kamand Soufiabadi | Iran |
2020 | Rahil Patel | United States | Yu Cheng Lim | Malaysia | Peter Susanto | Australia |
2021 | Fredrick Odezugo | Nigeria | Viktoriia Vydzhak | Ukraine | Antoni Klonowski | Canada |
2022 | Helene Li | Canada | Anmol Bhatia | United States | Ugne Birstonaite | Lithuania |
2023 | Chun Hei Tai | Hong Kong | Stanley Zhang | New Zealand | Kimia Ahmadi | Iran |
2024 | Samuel Richards | Australia | Lisa Wei | Canada | Siqi Pan | China |
Winners at the national level competed against representatives from other states. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
Year | First place Winner | State | Second place Winner | State | Third place Winner | State |
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2007 | Melody Hu | MN | ||||
2008 | Elena Perry | MD | ||||
2009 | Julia Chartove | MD | ||||
2010 | Yvette Leung | NY | ||||
2011 | Thanh-Liem Huynh-Tran | CA | ||||
2012 | Aidan Crank | PA | Sidharth Chand | MI | ||
2013 | Emily Ruan | MN | Anvita Mishra | CA | ||
2014 | Adam Elliot | NJ | Venkata Macha | AL | ||
2015 | Soren Christensen | DC | Abhijeet Sambangi | MA | ||
2016 | Karina Bao | AR | Xuchen Wei | IN | William Ellsworth | GA |
2017 | Sojas Wagle | AR | Aarthi Vijayakumar | MN | Amit Kannan | IN |
2018 | Akhil Kondepudi | MO | Hemanth Asirvatham | MN | Sehej Bindra | NJ |
2019 | John Yang | NJ | Julia Collin | NJ | Claire Wang | CA |
Local brain bees take place in their respective states, while the National Brain Bee in the United States is usually held in Baltimore, Maryland. The site of the International Brain Bee [24] changes yearly:
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