Meet Seiji Iigaya, 14, whose Python violin study won a $3,500 national science award

Fourteen‑year‑old Seiji Iigaya of Tenafly, New Jersey, used Python to model violin bow‑string interactions and won the First Place Science Award, a $3,500 prize, at the 2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge held in Washington, D.C., recognizing his research on timbral dynamics.

Source: Meet Seiji Iigaya, 14, whose Python violin study won a $3,500 national science award — Times of India

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