Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award

Kevin Zhu, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

CBIO013 — Micro-Changing Short Tandem Repeats: Investigating a Novel Genomic Factor of Polymorphism in 10 Human Cancers

Daniel Levin, Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, PA, United States of America

MCRO050 — Biosynthetic Engineering of Novel Multifunctioning Electroactive Bacterial Cellulose-Carbon Nanotube Therapeutic Bandages for Rapid Clearance of Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus

Alexander Plekhanov, Portland, OR, United States of America

PHYS062 — Optical System for Optometry of Astigmatism

Emirhan Kurtulus, Cagaloglu Anadolu Lisesi, Fatih, Turkey

ENBM013 — A Novel End-to-End Deep Learning Pipeline for Stereotactic Cranial Surgery Planning

Asmi Kumar, Milton High School, GA, United States of America

BEHA001 — FollowMe: AI To Revolutionize Cortical Visual Impairment

Joshua Shunk, Perry High School, AZ, United States of America

ROBO076 — Neuron-Specific Dropout: A Deterministic Regularization Technique To Prevent Neural Networks From Overfitting and Reduce Dependence on Large Training Samples

Shicheng Hu, Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU, China

EGCH005 — Highly-dispersed Ni Supported by N-doped Carbon Derived from Silk for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Adrien Jathe, Metropolitan School Frankfurt gGmbH, Germany

MATS003 — The Flash Shade: Directional Darkening Technology

Adam Kelly, Skerries Community College, Ireland

SOFT049 — Improved Gate Level Simulation of Quantum Circuits

Nabeel Quryshi, University School of Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

BMED011 — Role of Telomerase in Vascular Function and Exploration of Mitochondrial Dynamics: A Novel Approach to Treatment of Vascular Dysfunction

Muhammad Abdulla, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, FL, United States of America

MATH006 — A Fine Classification of Second Minimal Odd Orbits

Karina Movsesian, Prvni Ceske Gymnazium v Karlovych Varech, Czech Republic

BCHM005 – The Role of RAD51 Mutation in Cancer Development

Prathik Naidu, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America

CBIO025 – DNALoopR: A Novel High-Performance Machine Learning Predictor to Identify Genome-Wide 3D DNA Interactions in Cancer

Jeremiah Pate, BASIS Oro Valley, AZ, United States of America

TMED058 – Ameliorating Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation in Parkinson’s Using Optimized Chaperones: An in silico Approach

Swetha Revanur, 17, Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, California

CBIO047 – A Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Omics Discovery and Characterization of Gene Co-Alterations Impacting Disease

Wyatt Martin Pontius, 18, Academy of Science, Sterling, Virginia

ENEV049 – Reinventing the Leaf: A Manufactured Biohybrid Photosynthetic System

Dennis Adrian Drewnik, 17, Sisler High School, Winnipeg, Canada

PLNT044 – Comprehensive RNA Profiling Identifies Novel Blackleg Resistance Genes in Canola

Carly Elizabeth Crump, 18, Episcopal School of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida

MCRO006I —  Proteomic Characterization of Mosquito Host Cell Glycoproteins during Dengue Virus Egress

Arne Hensel, 18, Bundesprasident Theodor-Heuss-Schule, Homburg/Efze, Germany

CHEM016I — Cavity: Analysis and Application of Nanostructures in Aluminumoxide

Abdul Jabbar Abdulrazaq Alhamood, 18, Dhahran Schools, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

PLNT018I — Efficient Viral-Mediated Genome Editing Technique In Tobacco noctiana and Arabidopsis thaliana Model Plants Using CRISPR/Cas9

Logan Collins, 17, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado

MI005 — The Conjugative Plasmid RK2 as a Delivery System for Artificial AnatheriaH Genes: A Novel Synthetic Biology Alternative to Traditional Antibiotics

Yi-Hsuan Huang, 17, Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

PS013 — Mechanistic Characterization of a Transcription Factor bZIP16 in Regulating Arabidopsis Flowering Pathways

Sarah Nicole Galvin, 18, Corona del Sol High School, Tempe, Arizona

EE078 — An Innovative Approach to Improve Spin Polarization in Co2FeAl0.5Si0.5 Thin Films for Spin Transport Electronics

Savannah Joy Tobin, 18, West Salem High School, Salem, Oregon

BI011 — Analysis of Fel d 1 Allergen Transcripts in Felis catus Saliva using Reverse Transcription Quantitative
Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR)

Hannah Constance Wastyk, 17, Palmyra Area High School, Palmyra, Pennsylvania

CB017 — Discovering a Metabolic Weakness in Melanoma through Targeted Gene Inhibition

David Masao Zimmerman, 18, Brentwood School, Los Angeles, California

MI039 — Site-directed Mutagenesis of the Metal-reducing Bacterium S. oneidensis MR-1: A Novel Strategy for
Genetic Engineering in Recalcitrant Microorganisms

Huihui Fan, 17, Stuyvesant High School, New York City, New York

PS038 — Root Nutrient Foraging: A Morphometric Approach to Quantifying the
Developmental Plasticity Space of Arabidopsis Ecotypes in Laboratory
and Natural Environments

Adam Joel Noble, 18, Lakefield District Secondary School, Lakefield, Ontario, Canada

EM039 — Euglena: The Solution to Nanosilver Pollution

Raghavendra Ramachanderan, 17, St. John’s International Residential School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

CH042 — Visible Light Deoxygenation

Andrew Wooyoung Kim, 18, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia

BE057 — Epigenetic Factors Influence Drosophila Brain Function and Aggressive Behavior, Phase V

Jinyoung Seo, 18, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Busan,
South Korea

Dongju Shin, 18, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Busan, South Korea

EV323 — Mimicking Wetting Behavior of Spider Silk: Studies on Water-Harvesting Efficiency According to the Fabrication of the Pattern of Wettability Gradient