Brentwood student is a finalist for global $250K science competition

Brentwood student is a finalist for global $250K science competition

It’s not every day a high school student makes the finals in a global competition. But Brentwood’s Adam Rakmanov has, and he’s up for a $250K scholarship prize. Rakmanov, an 18-year-old student at Ravenwood High School, created a video explaining how a specific bacterium in water called Ideonella Sakainesis can help break down plastic in 6 weeks. He entered his video into the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a global competition where students sim…