This year St. Leo’s College had two successful entries to the Stripe Young Scientist Exhibition 2026.
Huge well done and congratulations to Naomi Picovici, Liela and Lojain Abdallah and Amala Roney who competed at the Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in the RDS. The girls attended 3 days of judging and impressed the likes of An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State Jennifer Murnane O' Connor and Prof. John O’Halloran, President of UCC.
🏆Particular congratulations to Naomi Picovici who walked away with two awards. Naomi was the intermediate winner of the Biological and Ecological Sciences Category, beating over 50 other projects. In addition, Naomi received a special award from Met Éireann and the Climate Change Advisory Group.
Naomi’s project delves into the intricate relationship between queen breeding and the possibility to control what traits a queen bee inherits from its mother.
Liela, Lojain and Amala’s Project Don’t Let It Get Under Your Skin, investigates sun safety awareness among Irish students, staff, and adults.
The girls speaking to the Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, about the importance of getting Sun Safety into the Irish curriculum. Minister Naughton was very impressed.
Huge well done to all four girls.