Two North Carolina high school seniors who worked on their research projects in Duke University labs are among 40 students recently named finalists of the Intel Science Talent Search 2014.

Parth Thakker, 17, of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, did his work, Design, Assembly, and Optimization of Novel ZnxSeAgy Biocompatible Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells, in the lab of Nico Hotz, an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke.

Read the full story from Duke Research Blog.