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Photo courtesy of Bellarmine College Preparatory Nikhil Buduma wears the gold medal he recently won at the USA Biology Olympiad National Finals at Purdue University. Nihil, an incoming senior at Bellarmine College Preparatoy is now one of four students on the USA team heading to Singapore for the 23rd International Biology Olympiad, July 8-15.

Nikhil Buduma will start his senior year at Bellarmine College Preparatory a well traveled young man.

Nikhil is one of four high school students selected for the U.S. team competing in the 23rd International Biology Olympiad July 8-15 in Singapore.

Nikhil won his slot at the 10th annual USA Biology Olympiad National Finals held at Purdue University in June. There, he was competing in a field of 20, selected from more than 10,000 applicants.

At the two-week session at Purdue, leading U.S. biologists in the fields of cellular biology, biotechnology, microbiology, animal anatomy and physiology, plant anatomy and physiology, genetics and evolution, ethology, ecology and biosystematics worked with the 20 finalists.

Nikhil, who was a finalist for the second time, earned his spot with high scores on the practical and theoretical exam at the end of the USA Biology Olympiad.

"I'm extremely honored," Nikhil says of winning a place on the team. "I'll be studying hard for the competition, but I look forward to the preparation."

Rod Wong, chairman of the science department at Bellarmine, says, "Nikhil has been an outstanding science student since his arrival, and his participation and success in the USABO during the past two years has been amazing.

"He is a leader and a role model in the Bellarmine Science Club and will play a key role in the development of the new Bellarmine STEM-Med (Science, Technology, Engineering,

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One of four students on this country's International Biology Olympiad is from Bellarmine Prep in San Jose