New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Isabel Rossi, a 14-year-old student from Williamsburg, Virginia, has earned a spot among 30 finalists in the 2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge.

Isabel secured her place out of nearly 10,000 middle school applicants across the United States for her research on finding a new, more efficient way to position earthquake sensors, according to a Times of India (TOI) report.

Isabel is currently a freshman at Jamestown High School, though she developed her independent science project as an eighth-grader at James Blair Middle School.

Her interest in scientific experiments began in childhood and was heavily influenced by her family. Her father, Enrico Rossi, teaches physics at William & Mary, her moth...