Armenian high school students earned one gold and two bronze medals at the 36th International Biology Olympiad, held from July 20 to 27 in Quezon City, Philippines.
The Armenian team included Tatev Simonyan and Ara Melkonyan (both 12th-grade students at Quantum College), Areg Galstyan (11th-grade student at A. Shahinyan Physics and Mathematics School), and Eva Mirzoyan (11th-grade student at Heratsi High School). During the competition, participants completed two theoretical and four practical tasks in various fields, including biomedical sciences, cell and molecular biology, ecology and taxonomy, and microbiology.
Tatev Simonyan won the gold medal, while Ara Melkonyan and Areg Galstyan took bronze.
The team was led by Vahagn Gevorgyan from Quantum College and Meri Hovsepyan from the Ayb Educational Foundation.
The Olympiad gathered over 300 students from 77 countries, with each nation allowed a maximum of four participants.
At last year’s 35th International Biology Olympiad in Kazakhstan, the Armenian team won two bronze medals.
