Janelle Schlossberger

Janelle Schlossberger (February 22? 1990 - is an American scientist best known for the research and development of a potentially effective cure for drug resistant tuberculosis.

Biography

Schlossberger was born in February, 1990 to Lois and Gary Schlossberger. She grew up, along with her older brother Matthew, in Plainview,New York. She attended Parkway Elementary School in Plainview before continuing her education at H.B. Mattlin Middle School, also located in Plainview. After graduating from middle school, she attended Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, where she would excel most spectacularly in the Independent Science Research Department headed by Ms. Mary Lou O'Donnell and the school's Science Department chairwoman Ms. Joyce Thornton Barry.

Siemens Competition
During the summer of 2007, Schlossberger, along with team partner Amanda Marinoff, conducted scientific research in the laboratory of Dr. Iwao Ojima at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She and Ms. Marinoff formulated a potential cure for various drug-resitant strains of tuberculosis, a disease that has threatened humankind for upwards of three millenia. For their research, Schlossberger and Marinoff were awarded the first place prize in the teen category, sharing a $100,000 college scholarship.

Afterwards
Janelle Schlossberger applied to many of America's most prestigious universities at which to continue her studies, including Harvard, Yale, and Princeton University, to all of which she was accepted. She has not yet made a decision. Incidentally, she also graduated from high school as valedictorian.

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