2021 Scholars

Laalitya Acharya, Age: 17
William Mason High School, OH
Project Title: Nereid: Using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) Approach, an AI Technique, to Rapidly and Accurately Detect Microbial Contamination that May Cause Water-Borne Diseases

Vardhan Agrawal, Age: 18
Cupertino High School, CA
Project Title: BP-Lytic: A Novel Apparatus to Continuously, Cufflessly, and Affordably Monitor Blood Pressure Trends

Shray Alag, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: Analysis of COVID-19 Clinical Trials: a Data-Driven, Ontology-based, Longitudinal, and Natural Language Processing Approach

Ibrahim Al-Akash, Age: 18
Veterans Memorial High School, TX
Project Title: Max Health: Engineering a User-Friendly Smartphone and Smartwatch Application with Intelligent Textiles Biosensors to Detect Arrhythmias, Dysglycemia, Neurological Diseases, and Predict Asthma Attack Risk

Mir Zayid Alam, Age: 18
Manhasset High School, NY
Project Title: Identification of Genetic Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using an Automated Microarray-Based Pipeline and Pathway Enrichment

Foyez Alauddin, Age: 17
Trinity School, NY
Project Title: Quadratization of Ordinary Differential Equations: Monomial vs. Non-Monomial

Ashley Alcantara, Age: 17
Brentwood High School, NY
Project Title: Farming Biodegradable Packaging Using Pleurotus ostreatus Mycelium

Christopher Alexander, Age: 17
Elmont Memorial High School, NY
Project Title: Avian Paramyxovirus Serotype 4 (APMV-4) Promotes Greater Rates of Apoptotic Cell Death & Stimulated Immune Responses in Malignant Melanoma and Relapse Cancers in Respect to Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV): The Characterization of a Novel Oncolytic Virus

Isabella An, Age: 17
Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences, NJ
Project Title: A Systematic Analysis of SLC9A9 SNP Sites and Their Association with Human Disease

Yash Anand, Age: 17
Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Project Title: Developing a Toy Model for Quantum Chaos Theory: Entanglement Entropy of Bipartite System Under Random Real Hamiltonians

Sraavya (Aashi) Anne, Age: 16
Mayfield High School, OH
Project Title: Efficacy of Plant Extracts in Alzheimer’s Disease Using Transgenic C. elegans

Parth Asawa, Age: 17
Monta Vista High School, CA
Project Title: Mapping US Solar Insolation and Analyzing Cloud Predictability with a Novel Method using NASA’s DSCOVR & SORCE Satellites

Perisa Ashar, Age: 18
Maggie L.  Walker Governor’s School, VA
Project Title: Development of a Novel Biomarker Panel and Investigation of Blood-Based and Tumor miRNAs for Rapid Identification of Lung Cancer by Blood Tests Utilizing Next-Generation Sequencing, Computational, and In-Vitro Analyses

Elena Bai, Age: 18
Rolla Senior High School, MO
Project Title: Exploring Perceptual Associations Between Color and Music

Akhilesh Balasingam, Age: 17
Archbishop Mitty High School, CA
Project Title: A Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulator for Multi-Terminal RRAM Devices with Applications to Brain-Inspired Computing

Manav Bansal, Age: 18
The Wheatley School, NY
Project Title: Metformin and Mannose Inhibit Human Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation and Proliferation: Implications for Anti-Fibrotic Therapies in Patients with MPI Deficiency and Chronic Liver Disease

Alexandra Bardas, Age: 17
New Trier Township High School, IL
Project Title: Identification of Novel Candidate Genes for Anthelmintic Drug Susceptibility to Alter Neglected Tropical Disease Treatment Strategies

Clara Barschdorff, Age: 18
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Race, Mobility, and the American Dream

Hannah Barsouk, Age: 17
Taylor Allderdice High School, PA
Project Title: Cross-Species Complementation Experiment Exploring the Role of Mammalian ALPHA-Arrestins in Glucose Transporter Trafficking

Hirak Basu, Age: 17
Turpin High School, OH
Project Title: The Efficacy of Retaining Water for Citrus Derived SAPs: Year Two — A Quest for Optimization

Michael Batavia, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: New Computational Model For Mitosis to Save Lives from Cancer

Alexander Bell, Age: 17
Kealakehe High School, HI
Project Title: Optimization of a Venturi Flow Mechanism for Gas-Transfer Applications

Anika Bhadriraju, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Computational Design of Pathogen-Specific Hsp90 Inhibitor to Target Malarial Parasites

Sid Bharthulwar, Age: 17
Fairview High School, CO
Project Title: Reconstructing Thoracic Computed Tomography Volumes from Single-Plane and Dual-Plane Chest Radiographs Using Encoder-Decoder Neural Networks

Niharika Bhattacharjee, Age: 17
Yorktown High School, NY
Project Title: Digital Dental Triage: Automated Digital Diagnosing System for Dental Cavities Using Artificial Intelligence

Tymber Boldt, Age: 18
Flasher High School, ND
Project Title: Driving on Air

Malik Bradford III, Age: 17
Ardsley High School, NY
Project Title: Exploring Novel Regulators of Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Stress Through Cell Signaling and Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods

Alex Breslav, Age: 18
George W. Hewlett High School, NY
Project Title: Evaluating the Specificity of Novel Monoclonal Antibodies for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Charles Brown, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: The Validation of Electrodermal Activity as an Objective Measurement of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adolescents

Jonathan Bruce, Age: 16
Taipei American School, Chinese Taipei
Project Title: Conjugation of Carboxylated Graphene Quantum Dots with Cecropin P1 for Bacterial Biosensing Applications

Tyler Burden, Age: 17
Harrison High School, NY
Project Title: Evaluating the Effects of Dance Improvisation on Brain Activity Using a Battery Cognitive Tests

Callie Burns, Age: 17
John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: Student Discipline in Nassau County High Schools: Comparing Distinct Layers of Law Enforcement and Disparity in Student Punishment

Nicole Camilliere, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Year-Long Salinization of Groundwater and Surface Waters of Hudson River Watersheds due to Chronic Road Salt Application

Olivia Canter, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Birds of a Feather Age Together: Telomere Dynamics and Social Behavior Predict Lifespan in Female Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica)

Katrina Case, Age: 17
Pembroke HIll School, MO
Project Title: Importance of Neoantigen Affinity for Determining the Effectiveness of Immunotherapy in Lung Carcinomas

Anya Chabria, Age: 17
The Wheatley School, NY
Project Title: A New Look at Writing:  Using Fractal Geometry to Evaluate Whether SLV Affects the Readability of Written Works

Benjamin Chan, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Revolutionizing Computer Vision Algorithms in Cancer Pathology: The Use of Comprehensive Toolkits to Overcome Machine Learning Obstacles in the Digital Pathology Field

Maya Chari, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: The Impact of Effective Policing, Victim and Community Demographics, and Community-Police Relations on Homicide Rates: A New Counter Intuitive and Scientifically Solid Methodology to Restructure Police Reform

Alexander Chasteen, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Genomic Analysis of Novel Klebsiella pneumoniae Phage Vulcan

Linda Chen, Age: 17
Lexington High School, MA
Project Title: Reducing Round Complexity of Byzantine Broadcast

Eric Chen, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Organizing Science of the Future: Design of Cyberinfrastructure Networks to Stimulate Collaboration and Equality in Availability of Resources for Researchers From Different Fields

Sarah Chen, Age: 17
Phillips Academy, MA
Project Title: In Silico Prediction of Retained Intron-Derived Neoantigens in Leukemia

Anthony Chen, Age: 18
St. Paul Academy & Summit School, MN
Project Title: The Effects of Short Term Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation on Diatom Photosynthetic Productivity

Eddie Chen, Age: 17
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, NJ
Project Title: Epidemiological Models for COVID-19 Spread in US

Quanlin Chen, Age: 18
Princeton International School of Math and Science, NJ
Project Title: The Center of the $q$-Weyl Algebra Over Rings with Torsion

Alvin Chen, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Alpha Invariants of K-Semistable Smooth Toric Fano Varieties

Alan Chen, Age: 18
Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Project Title: Predicting High Energy Eigenstates by Coupling Discrete Supersymmetry and the Localization Landscape

Dev Chheda, Age: 17
Ardrey Kell High School, NC
Project Title: Novel Methods for Shape Classification, Analysis, and Synthesis Using the Isoperimetric Profile and Mathematical Morphology

Derek Chien, Age: 18
The Davidson Academy of Nevada, NV
Project Title: Curing COVID-19: Novel Design and Computational Evaluation of Potential SARS-CoV-2 Helicase Inhibitors

Erica Choe, Age: 18
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: The Effect of Human Hepcidin and Pseudosciaena crocea Hepcidin on the Prevention & Mitigation of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm

Yunseo Choi, Age: 18
Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
Project Title: On Two-Sided Matching in Infinite Markets

Kenneth Choi, Age: 18
Ridgefield High School, CT
Project Title: Constructing General Hamiltonian Ground States on a Quantum Computer Using the Projected Cooling Sensor Algorithm

Sam Christian, Age: 17
Liberal Arts and Science Academy, TX
Project Title: A Possible Alignment Between Orbits of Visual Binary Stars and Their Planetary Systems

Elizabeth Chun, Age: 17
Ardsley High School, NY
Project Title: Combating Familial Alzheimer’s Disease: A Study of Resveratrol’s Effects on a Presenilin Model of Drosophila melanogaster

Joseph Clary, Age: 17
Caddo Parish Magnet High School, LA
Project Title: Designing and 3D Printing a 3D Clinostat to Simulate Microgravity

Patryk Dabek, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Exploiting Metabolic Reprogramming in Liver Cancer: Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Response to Selective ATP Hydrolysis Inhibition

Raiya Dhalwala, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: The Entry Effect of Ride Sharing Services on NYC Taxi Wages

Saisha Dhar, Age: 17
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, KY
Project Title: The Role of Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 (ASK1) in Hyperoxia-Induced Lung Injury

Mia Dittrich, Age: 18
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Epigenetic Editing of Cdk5 Leads to Sexually Dimorphic Stress Responses

Kosei Dohi, Age: 18
Tenafly High School, NJ
Project Title: Variational Autoencoders for Jet Simulation

Melissa Du, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: A Stochastic Population Dynamics Model of Antibiotic Resistance, Tolerance, and Persistence

Owen Dugan, Age: 17
Dugan Homeschool, NY
Project Title: Astronomy Will Not Trail Off: Novel Methods for Removing Satellite Trails from Celestial Images

Karin Ebey, Age: 17
Los Alamos High School, NM
Project Title: Climate Change on Crocodilians: Modeling the Effects of Variations in Rainfall on Crocodilians and Their Ecosystem

Maya El-Sharif, Age: 17
Pine Crest School, FL
Project Title: Understanding the Regulation of Food Consumption in Drosophila Melanogaster

Daniel Feng, Age: 17
University High School, CA
Project Title: Discovering Antibiotic Molecules in Ceanothus leucodermis and Enhancing and Quantifying Their Efficacy with a Novel Simulation-Aided Method

Rachel Field, Age: 18
Monticello High School, VA
Project Title: A Potential Pathway for an Inducible, Protective Response to Excess Glutamate that may be Disrupted in ALS

Tali Finger, Age: 18
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, FL
Project Title: A Genomic-Based Investigation of Repetitive Behaviors Across Four Neurodevelopmental Disorders Using a Machine Learning Approach

Alexandra Fitzgerald, Age: 17
Horace Greeley High School, NY
Project Title: Standardization of Plastic Particle Extraction and Analysis from Seafloor Sediment

Halley Friedman, Age: 17
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, MA
Project Title: Zombie Flies’: Examining Effects of E. muscae on Olfactory Function in D. melanogaster

Tara Fusillo, Age: 17
John F Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: Predicting Health Disparities in Regions at Risk of Severe Illness to Inform Healthcare Resource Allocations during Pandemics: Observational Study

Jessie Gan, Age: 17
San Diego Jewish Academy, CA
Project Title: Predicting Metastasis with a Novel Biophysical Cell-Adhesion Force Technique

Noah Getz, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: A Novel High Throughput Method for Prescreening Drugs: Using Machine Learning to Predict Phenothiazines That Reduce TNF-ALPHA Secretion with Applications for Alzheimer’s Disease and COVID-19 Treatment

Animesh Ghose, Age: 18
Ward Melville High School, NY
Project Title: Prognosis and Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Graph Convolutional Neural Networks

Aryan Ghotra, Age: 18
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Mathematical Models of Quaternary Body Equilibria

Gopal Goel, Age: 17
Krishna Homeschool, OR
Project Title: Discrete Derivative Asymptotics of the beta-Hermite Eigenvalues

Hannah Goldenberg, Age: 17
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Linking Continued Exposure to E-Cigarette Vapor Constituents with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Bailey Goldstein, Age: 18
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating Differences in the Relaxation of Non-Photochemical Quenching and its Implications for Crop Photosynthetic Efficiency

Michael Gomez, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Underscoring the “Hypo-Hyper” Duality of Celecoxib in Melanocyte Pigmentation

Shayna Gordon, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: FTY720 Enhances Remyelination in Sciatic Nerve Cells: A Targeted Approach to Treating Peripheral Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases

Amy Guan, Age: 18
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Sciences, TX
Project Title: Designing a Catalyst for Methane Activation Through Density Functional Theory Optimizations

Anshul Guha, Age: 17
Montgomery High School, NJ
Project Title: A New Bound on Odd Multicrossing Numbers of Knots and Links

Sanjana Gurram, Age: 17
Westview High School, CA
Project Title: Optimization of Plant Cellulose to Create a Cost-Effective and Environmentally Benign Oil Spill Sorbent

Ali Hafez, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Using Artificial Neural Networks to Accurately Simulate Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors

Priva Halpert, Age: 18
Stella K Abraham High School, NY
Project Title: Harnessing the Colorimetric Changes due to the Antenna Effect for Detection of Aliphatic Alcohols in 2-HP-BETA-Cyclodextrin Solutions

Emily Hashem, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Contextualizing IP3 Receptor-Dependent Astrocytic TGF-BETA Signaling in Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability: A Novel Functional Role

Ryan Helmer, Age: 17
Jefferson Montessori Academy, NM
Project Title: Engineering a Desiccant-Driven (CaCl2) Self-Contained Solar Distillation System to Collect Drinking Water from the Atmosphere

Ava Herzog, Age: 17
Saratoga Springs High School, NY
Project Title: The Effect of the Retinal Degeneration Mutation rd1 on Circadian Locomotor Activity and Nesting Behavior in Mice

Anthony Hill, Age: 18
Woodinville High School, WA
Project Title: TAME(ing) Human Caused Waterway Pollution: A Cleaning System Addressing Toxic Algal Blooms and Microplastics

Sammy Hillenmeyer, Age: 17
King School, CT
Project Title: The Electrochemical Oxidation of Methane in a Fuel Cell Utilizing Carbon Sequestration

Zen Ho Sang, Age: 16
Central Islip Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Covariant Study of the Coronavirus Spike Protein

Erin Horack, Age: 17
Conrad Weiser High School, PA
Project Title: Lycorma delicatula‘s Mitochondrial DNA in Relation to L. delicatula’s Feeding Pattern based on Monosaccharide Concentrations of Host Plants

Wenjun Hou, Age: 18
Jesuit High School, OR
Project Title: Quantum-Based Algorithm and Circuit Design for Bounded Knapsack Optimization Problem

Hayden Housen, Age: 18
Pawling High School, NY
Project Title: Lecture2notes: Summarizing Lecture Videos by Classifying Slides and Analyzing Text

Alicia Hsu, Age: 17
George W. Hewlett High School, NY
Project Title: The Challenging Nature of Maternal Empathy: An Investigation of Maternal Empathy and Its Relationship to Self-Esteem

William Hu, Age: 17
Hunter College High School, NY
Project Title: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Sequence Dependent Nucleosome Core Particles Unwrapping

David Hu, Age: 18
Lynbrook High School, CA
Project Title: Probabilistic Zero Forcing on Grid, Regular, and Hypercube Graphs

Lixin Huang, Age: 18
Princeton International School of Math and Science, NJ
Project Title: Risk Taker or Driver: An Empirical Analysis of American Stock Markets During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jared Ilan, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Modulus of Elasticity of the Ideal Decellularized Plant Material Scaffold for the Production of Cultured Meat

Vedanth Iyer, Age: 17
Sunset High School, OR
Project Title: First-Principles Characterization of a Novel Chromium Doped Vanadyl-Oxide Based Cathode for Higher Energy and Efficiency Lithium-Ion Batteries

Rincon Jagarlamudi, Age: 17
Marquette High School, MO
Project Title: Utilization of a Novel Method of RNA Interference in Caenorhabditis elegans to Conduct a Phenotypic Analysis of the daf-2 and daf-16 Longevity Genes

Eshani Jha, Age: 17
Lynbrook High School, CA
Project Title: Thiol Functionalized and Manganese Dioxide Doped Biochar for the Removal of Toxic Organic and Inorganic Contaminants from Water

Kylan Jin, Age: 18
Fossil Ridge High School, CO
Project Title: A Novel Bioelectrochemical Tool for Real-Time In Situ Monitoring of Soil Microbial Activity

Elisha Johnston, Age: 17
Joseph Lister High School for Biomedical Sciences and Technology, CA
Project Title: A Novel Mechanistic Hypothesis Elucidating the Role of a Medical Procedure in Managing a Root Cause of Osteoarthritis by Regenerating Cartilage

Eli Jones, Age: 18
Jackson Senior High School, MO
Project Title: Towards the Total Synthesis of the Leishmanicidal Lindbergin E for the Development of an Enantioselective Phloroglucinol-Derived Polyketide Synthesis

Danielle Kacaj, Age: 17
John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: Retinal Ganglion Cell Dysfunction is Associated with Macular Microvascular Abnormalities in Pre-Perimetric Glaucoma

Yash Kadadi, Age: 18
The Westminster Schools, GA
Project Title: SWIFT: A Novel Machine-Learning Platform for Space Weather Forecasting from HMI Vector Magnetograms

Vasu Kaker, Age: 18
United World College of South East Asia, East Campus, Singapore
Project Title: Porous, Thin Co/CeO1.88-NCNR Cathode Structure for Ultra-High Specific Capacity Li-O2 Batteries

Raquel Kanner, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: How do Others Perceive Me? An Exploration of the Influence of Self-Disclosure Statements on Viewer Perceptions of Emerging Adults who Stutter

Sohum Kapadia, Age: 17
University School, OH
Project Title: Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Morphology: Analysis from Sheep Hearts to Normal and Diseased Human Hearts

Sarah Karam, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: GRN Acts as a Novel Biomarker of Chemotherapy Resistance in Small Cell Lung Cancer

Saaim Khan, Age: 17
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, MI
Project Title: Identification of Novel LEAD Compounds for Solute Transporter Protein Member 5 in Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Ishan Khare, Age: 18
Ottawa Hills High School, OH
Project Title: Computational Discovery: Novel Material NaAsS2 Predicted to Exhibit Promising Optical Absorption Coefficient and Seebeck Coefficient for Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Applications

Jaeah Kim, Age: 17
Hunter College High School, NY
Project Title: Save Our Sons: Exploring RNAi- Mediated Intragenomic Conflict in D. sim Through Genetic Sex-Ratio Assays

Eric Kim, Age: 18
Sunset High School, OR
Project Title: Combating Diabetes: Novel Synaptic Mechanisms of FGF1 in Hypothalamic and Hindbrain Neurons

Song Kim, Age: 18
William Henry Harrison High School, IN
Project Title: Computational Modeling of Intracellular Movement of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Ribonucleoprotein Particles

Isabel Kim, Age: 18
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel 1 (VDAC1) Expression in Retinal Cells Under Varying Glucose Conditions

Beom Joon Kim, Age: 18
Palos Verdes High School, CA
Project Title: Flexible, Water-Resistant, and Biocompatible Medifoam-and URGO-Based Resistive Random-Access Memory for Skin-Wearable Healthcare Devices

Thomas King, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: The Impact of UV-Blocking Chemicals on the Bleaching of Acropora yongei

Khushi Kohli, Age: 17
Olathe North High School, KS
Project Title: Dynamics of Brain Metastasis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Jordyn Krinsky, Age: 17
John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: The Combinatorial Effects of Diet and Caffeine Mitigate Parkinson’s Disease in a Drosophila melanogaster System

Siddharth Krishnakumar, Age: 17
Thomas Jefferson High School For science and Technology, VA
Project Title: A Genetic Tool to Analyze de novo Mutations in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Aravind Krishnan, Age: 18
Hillsborough High School, NJ
Project Title: A Novel Assay to Quantitatively Detect Bacterial Endotoxin by Harnessing PAMP-Triggered Immunity of FRK1-LUC Arabidopsis thaliana

Navya Lam, Age: 18
Henry M Gunn High School, CA
Project Title: Harnessing CRISPRi and HiPSCs to Down Regulate SFPQ Gene Expression Results in Massive Cell Death; Immense Implications for Animal Tested Drugs

Hope Lane, Age: 17
Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Optimizing the Interconnectivity of the Liver Allocation Network to Minimize Death and Inequality Using LivSim

Victor LaVaglia, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Open Office Noise Disrupts Worker Focus, Satisfaction, and Perception of their Productivity: A Quasi-Experimental Field-Study

Katelyn Lee, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Role of Obesity-Related MicroRNAs in Breast Cancer Survival Rates

Jessica Lee, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Analysis of Data-Reduction Techniques Used in Dynamical Systems Modeling

Julia Levine, Age: 17
John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: Reduced Fasciclin 2 Expression in Drosophila melanogaster Leads to Impaired Locomotor Function and Abnormal Stress Response Following Dietary Alterations of Carbohydrates in a Celiac Disease Model

Victor Li, Age: 17
The Wheatley School, NY
Project Title: Acoustic Analysis of Laser-Induced Graphene: Development of Quantitative Indicators for Direct Determination of Quality and Microstructure Morphology

Sabrina Li, Age: 17
Walnut High School, CA
Project Title: Effect of Baycrete Texture and Tidal Elevation on the Recruitment of Ostrea lurida and Amphibalanus amphitrite in San Diego Bay, CA

Marvin Li, Age: 17
James M. Bennett High School, MD
Project Title: Machine Learning Classifiers to Predict Outbreaks of Toxic Karenia brevis Blooms on the West Florida Shelf

David Li, Age: 18
New Hartford Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Numerical Investigation on the Filtration Process of Alternating Micro-Nano Multilayer N95 Face Masks

Yangyang Li, Age: 18
Brookline High School, MA
Project Title: A Robust Classification Method Using Hybrid Word Embedding for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Aidan Li, Age: 18
Dublin Jerome High School, OH
Project Title: Quantitative Digital Imaging Analysis of HER2 Immunohistochemistry Predicts Response to Anti-HER2 Therapies in HER2-positive Breast Carcinoma

Danny Li, Age: 18
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Astragalin and Antirrhinin: Novel Plant-Derived Ligands to Attenuate the Multifactorial Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s

Sean Li, Age: 17
Monte Vista High School, CA
Project Title: On Group-Theoretic Extensions of Penney’s Game

Anne Liang, Age: 18
duPont Manual High School, KY
Project Title: Grape Polyphenols Inhibit Pro-Inflammatory Signaling and Dental Bacteria

James Licato, Age: 17
Washington-Liberty High School, VA
Project Title: Development of a Zeolite Composite Material for the Simultaneous Removal of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products (PPCPs), and Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) in Water Treatment

Julie Lin, Age: 18
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Introducing a Live Tutor after the Sensitive Phase Improves Song Learning in Zebra Finches Trained by an Artificial Tutor – A Pilot Study

Zipeng Lin, Age: 18
Basis Independent McLean, VA
Project Title: An Old Bird with New Feathers: Classic SIR Model Incorporated with Novel Neural Network Achieves a Better Prediction on COVID-19’s Infected Population

Catherine Liu, Age: 18
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Individual and Combined Treatments of Berberine and Estrogen Mitigate the Cytotoxic and Inflammatory Effects of DSS and LPS Induced Colitis

Daphne Liu, Age: 17
West High School, UT
Project Title: Using Machine Learning to Predict Physiological Metrics from PPG Pulse Shapes

Kelly Liu, Age: 18
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Does the Media Still Matter?: Measuring the Effect of Traditional Media and Social Media Influencers on the COVID-19 Twitter Conversation

Friedrich Liu, Age: 18
Boston University Academy, MA
Project Title: Phenotyping Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Profiles of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Cluster Analysis on EEG Power

Stanley Liu, Age: 17
Arcadia High School, CA
Project Title: A Microfluidic Device for Blood Plasma Separation and Fluorescence Detection of Biomarkers Using Acoustic Microstreaming

Addison Liu, Age: 17
Unionville High School, PA
Project Title: Simulation and Analysis on the Self-Foldability of the Origami Hyperbolic Paraboloid

Noah Loewy, Age: 17
Paul D Schreiber High School, NY
Project Title: Developing an Empirical Model to Forecast United States Presidential Elections: A Machine Learning Approach

Michael Lu, Age: 17
The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, MS
Project Title: Development of Predictive Tools for Anticancer Peptide Candidates using Generative Machine Learning Models

Lana Lubecke, Age: 17
Kalani High School, HI
Project Title: Life ReADeR: Remote Airborne Detection of Respiration

Emily Ma, Age: 18
Manhasset High School, NY
Project Title: Optimizing the Efficiency of Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

Srinath Mahankali, Age: 17
Stuyvesant High School, NY
Project Title: Velocity Inversion using the Quadratic Wasserstein Metric

Michael Maloney, Age: 18
Proof School, CA
Project Title: Mask Mandates and COVID-19:  The Efficacy of Face Mask Mandates in Increasing Mask Usage, While Decreasing the Spread of and Deaths from COVID-19 in the United States

Andrei Mandelshtam, Age: 17
University High School, CA
Project Title: The Structure of the Positive Monoid of Integer-Valued Polynomials Evaluated at ALPHA IN Q

Linlee Mangialardi, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Reciprocal Synthesis and Degradation of Trehalose and Glycerol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Analysis Using a Consensus Genome Scale Metabolic Model

Neha Mani, Age: 17
Hunter College High School, NY
Project Title: Distinguishing Bacterial Motion Quantitatively: A Diagnostic Method for Intestinal Disease

Aerin Mann, Age: 18
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: The Partisanship of the Planet: A Look Into Climate Discourse on Social Media

Sriya Mantena, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Investigating the Geometric Determinants of Hemodynamics in Carotid Artery Stenosis for Stroke Prediction

Tarun Kumar Martheswaran, Age: 17
The Waterford School, UT
Project Title: Prediction of Dengue Fever Outbreaks Using Climate Variability and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques in a Stochastic Susceptible-Infected-Removed Model

Lucia Martin, Age: 17
North Shore High School, NY
Project Title: The Effect of Political Division on Compliance with COVID-19 Health Guidelines

Arjun Mazumdar, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Demystifying ‘Fake News’: Evaluating Media-Borne Misinformation Through the Novel Application of AI-Powered Sentiment Analysis

Michaela McCormack, Age: 18
TC Williams High School, VA
Project Title: Too Cool for JUUL: The Effect of Pod-Based E-Cigarettes on Sleep and Cognitive Function

Viraj Mehta, Age: 18
BASIS Scottsdale, AZ
Project Title: GLIA-Deep: Glioblastoma Image Analysis Using Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks to Accurately Classify Gene Methylation and Predict Drug Effectiveness

Tanya Mehta, Age: 17
Parkland High School, PA
Project Title: Effect of Cytokines on Functional Performance of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSC) Encapsulated in Synthetic Wound Healing Scaffolds

Beatrice Mihalache, Age: 17
Los Gatos High School, CA
Project Title: The Effects of Polyethylene Microbeads and Polyester Microfibers on the Firmicutes and Proteobacteria Phyla in the Human Gut Microbiome

Brian Minnick, Age: 17
Academies of Loudoun, VA
Project Title: A Fully 3D Printed 3D Printer as a Step Toward a Self-Replicating Spacecraft

Roshni Mishra, Age: 18
American Heritage School, FL
Project Title: Expression of Anti-Neurodegeneration Genes in Mutant Caenorhabditis elegans Using CRISPR-Cas9 Improves Behavior Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease

Rebecca Monge, Age: 17
Carmel High School, NY
Project Title: Polar Amplification in CMIP6 Models: Projections, Mechanisms, and Regional Patterns

Taylor Moniz, Age: 18
Kamehameha Schools Kapālama, HI
Project Title: Ivermectin Induces Apoptosis, Cell Cycle Arrest, and Senescence in C4-2 Prostate Cancer Cells

Nina Nair, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: In Silico Rational Design of a Novel Anticancer Topo IIα/Hsp90 Dual Inhibitor with Potential for Oral Administration

Sathvik Nallamalli, Age: 17
Olympia High School, WA
Project Title: A Portable Machine-Learning Based Detection System of Prevalent Chronic Respiratory Illnesses and Lung Cancer

Rithika Narayan, Age: 17
Elwood John Glenn High School, NY
Project Title: Machine Learning on Crowd-Sourced Data to Highlight Coral Disease

Charit Narayanan, Age: 17
Mission San Jose High School, CA
Project Title: A Novel Cohort Analysis Approach to Determining the Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases

Aryan Naveen, Age: 17
James L Mann High School, SC
Project Title: Correlation Agnostic Fusion for Enabling Drone Flights in Challenging Environments

Om Nerurkar, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Estimating The Effects of Ocean Acidification on Coastal Communities: A Case Study in South Puget Sound

Divya Nori, Age: 17
Milton High School, GA
Project Title: Hero: Automated Detection System for Prescription Stimulant Overdose via AI-Based Emotion Inference, Metabolite Detection, and Biometric Measurement

Nnamdi Obi, Age: 16
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Investigation of the Possible Synergistic Effects Between MSDC-0160 and Rapamycin in Treating Parkinson’s Disease

Ethan Ocasio, Age: 17
The New School of Northern Virginia, VA
Project Title: Deep Learning Prediction of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s Disease Conversion at 3 years using Longitudinal and Whole-Brain 3D MRI

Michael Odzer, Age: 18
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, FL
Project Title: Identifying and Overcoming Environmental Factors Affecting the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in Wildlife Studies of Chelonia mydas

Lara Ozkan, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Identifying the Causal Mediators Between Diet, Obesity, and Cancer

Celeste Paerels, Age: 17
Hastings High School, NY
Project Title: Up in Smoke: Recent Influences on Adolescent E-Cigarette Usage

Jian Park, Age: 18
Sage Hill School, CA
Project Title: DT-DBSCAN: Density Based Clustering of Planar Datasets in Linear Expected Time Through Delaunay Triangulation

Allison Pascual, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: The Potential Risk for Parents with Children Diagnosed with Congenital Cancer Predisposition Syndromes due to Parental Mosaicism

Sayalee Patankar, Age: 17
Adlai E. Stevenson High School, IL
Project Title: Deep Learning-Based Computational Drug Discovery to Inhibit the RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase: Application to SARS and COVID-19

Alexander Patti, Age: 18
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Plant Growth Enhancement & Fungal Disease Suppression via Copper, Zinc, and Manganese Nanoparticle Foliar Sprays

Aalok Patwa, Age: 18
Archbishop Mitty High School, CA
Project Title: Analysis of the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment Reveals Predictors of Recurrence and Overall Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Michael Pavelchek, Age: 18
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Swap70 and Myc Promote Sequential Switching to High Affinity IgE in Allergic Asthma

Nicholas Pietraszek, Age: 18
University of Chicago Laboratory High School, IL
Project Title: Application of Machine Learning to Classify Unmarked Cancer Cells from 3D Images

Alexandra Popescu, Age: 18
Joel Barlow High School, CT
Project Title: Conserved Cellular Crosstalk to the Microvascular Niche Identified via Single-Cell Analysis of the Lung and Liver

Jayanth Pratap, Age: 18
John Foster Dulles High School, TX
Project Title: An Optimal Control Strategy for Mathematically Modeling Cancer Combination Therapy

Sofia Pronina, Age: 17
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Carbon Nanotube Lab-on-Chip as a Rapid, Inexpensive, Lyme Disease Detection System

Ritvik Pulya, Age: 17
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, MA
Project Title: A Novel Deep Learning Model for Breast Cancer Risk Quantification Using Mammography and MRI Images

Jeffrey Qian, Age: 17
Independence High School, TX
Project Title: Emotion Polarity Analysis: A NLP Deep Learning Model For Detecting Imperilled COVID-19 Frontline Workers

Timothy Qian, Age: 18
Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Project Title: Optimal Measurement of Field Properties with Quantum Sensor Networks

Melanie Quan, Age: 18
Las Lomas High School, CA
Project Title: Developing a Sustainable Cycle of Compostable and Water-Soluble Plastics by Repurposing Waste Products of Algal Biofuel Production

Maiya Raghu, Age: 18
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: The Effect of Blue Light and Epigallocatechin Gallate on Oxidative Stress in Caenorhabaitis elegans

Vishaal Ram, Age: 18
Milton High School, GA
Project Title: Applications of an Age-Structured SIR Model

Shreya Ramachandran, Age: 17
American High School, CA
Project Title: Water Recycling: The Effect of Soap Nut Grey Water on Soil and Plant Health, E. coli and Fecal Coliform Contamination, and the Soil Microbiome

Rhea Rasquinha, Age: 17
Herricks High School, NY
Project Title: Identifying the Prognostic, Tumor-Suppressive and Immunologic Roles of IRF5 in Breast Cancer

Giselle Rasquinha, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Novel Strategies Targeting Entry and Membrane Fusion Steps in the Viral Life-Cycle to Enhance Potency and Stability of HIV-1 Inhibitors and Inactivators

Sean Reichbach, Age: 17
Somers High School, NY
Project Title: Does the American Political System Harm United States Representative Democracy?

Elaina Render, Age: 18
duPont Manual High School, KY
Project Title: Exploring Probiotic Food Products as a Reservoir for Antimicrobial Resistance

Sarah Rojas, Age: 18
Germantown Academy, PA
Project Title: Inducing Dysbiosis in Brown Planaria with Single Strain Probiotics Clostridium butyricum, E.coli Nissle 1917, and Lactobacillus acidophilus

Leela Roye, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Race vs. Emotion: Evaluating Which is the More Predominant Bias When Using an Attentional Task

Tyler Ruvolo, Age: 18
Plainedge High School, NY
Project Title: A Regression-Based Investigation Into Presidential Public Approval as a Factor of Political and Economic Policy

Meagan Ryan, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Discovering Long-Lasting Novel Epigenetic Mechanisms Associated with Cocaine Addiction: The Role of the SWI/SNF Remodeling Complex in the Nucleus Accumbens

Saksham Saksena, Age: 17
Houston High School, TN
Project Title: Universal Screening Test for Cancer Using Ultrasound Detection and Machine Learning Automation

Julia Salatti, Age: 17
Kings Park High School, NY
Project Title: Utilizing MR Imaging to Analyze Tumor Texture and Its Effects on Long Term Survival in Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme

Sreenidhi Sankararaman, Age: 18
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: Discovery of COVID-19 N-Protein Active Sites for Effective Antiviral Drug Target Treatment: An Innovative Approach Using Torsion Angle Changes in Relation to Functional Activity of Viral N-Proteins

Laboni Santra, Age: 17
Oviedo High School, FL
Project Title: Optimized 3D-Printed Microneedle Devices for the Delivery of New Therapeutics to Citrus Phloem Tissue

Anushka Sanyal, Age: 17
Homestead High School, CA
Project Title: Intronic RNA Lariats Protect Against Neurodegenerative Disease Related Protein Aggregation

Julia Savino, Age: 17
Smithtown High School West, NY
Project Title: Using the Sea Anemone, Nematostella vectensis, to Probe the Mechanism of Excitotoxicity

Sam Savitt, Age: 17
Blind Brook High School, NY
Project Title: The Suitability of Vibration Data Loggers for the Development of a Condition-Based Maintenance System for Aircraft and Rotorcraft Operations

Lori Saxena, Age: 17
Horace Greeley High School, NY
Project Title: Circadian Process in Prostate Cancer and Type 2 Diabetes

Lila Schweinfurth, Age: 18
Oregon Episcopal School, OR
Project Title: Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms to Mitigate Marine Neurotoxin Exposure Using 20 Years of Shellfish and MODIS Satellite Data

Krupa Sekhar, Age: 17
Hunter College High School, NY
Project Title: Discovering Population-Specific Epigenetic Markers for Pancreatic Cancer Through Examination of Chromatin Accessibility

Ganesh Selvakumar, Age: 17
Marple Newtown High School, PA
Project Title: Bacoside A: A Promising Synaptic Plasticity Enhancer to Overcome Memory Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease

Jack Sendek, Age: 18
Briarcliff High School, NY
Project Title: Interactive Multiple Model Filter for Inertial Sensor Drift Correction in GPS-Denied Target Drone Waypoint Flights

Alay Shah, Age: 17
Plano West Senior High School, TX
Project Title: Identifying Eye-Movement Patterns in Neurological Disorders to Assess Cognitive and Motor Function

Saloni Shah, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: Identifying Resilience Mutations in an Alzheimer’s Disease Whole-Genome Sequencing Cohort

Vyom Shah, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Linking Diet and Cancer: Arachidonic Acid Augments Stemness via Canonical Wnt and Hippo Signaling

Raiyaan Shaik, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: The p53 Dependent and Independent Chemotherapeutic Potential of TQ in Breast Cancer : Targets In-Vitro and In-Silico

Andy Shar, Age: 15
Vanguard High School, FL
Project Title: Novel Fabricaiton and Implementation of Copper and Silver Plasmonic Nanostructure-Coated Foil as a Spectrally Selective Absorber in Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation Under One Sun Illumination

Siddharth Sharma, Age: 18
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley, CA
Project Title: Nature’s Learning Algorithm? Experiments and Analysis of the Hebbian-LMS Algorithm

Sasha Shefter, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: The Role of 5-fluorouracil in the Late Twentieth Century Decline of Cancer Mortality in the United States

Justin Shen, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: L-Theanine: Neuroprotective Against Trichloroethylene-Induced Parkinson’s Disease Hallmarks

Jerry Shen, Age: 18
Richard Montgomery High School, MD
Project Title: Analysis of the Asian Dust Trend in Recent Decades

Fareed Sheriff, Age: 17
Mills E. Godwin High School, VA
Project Title: ELMOPP: An Application of Graph Theory and Machine Learning to Traffic Light Coordination

William Shi, Age: 17
Northview High School, GA
Project Title: Refinements of Product Formulas for Volumes of Flow Polytopes

Eleanor Sigrest, Age: 18
Forest Park High School, VA
Project Title: “Can You Hear the Empty Spaces?” – Improving Spacecraft Efficiency and Capability Through a Novel Microgravity Fluid and Slosh Management Technique

Emma Silverman, Age: 17
Putnam Valley High School, NY
Project Title: Examining Differences in Blood Calcium, Phosphorus, and T4 Levels in  Various Breeds of Canines:  A Study on its Association Between the Age of Spay/Neutering, and Osteopathic/Neurological Diseases

Sam Singer, Age: 17
Horace Mann School, NY
Project Title: Discovery of Eight Pathogenic Genetic Mutations Correlated with Poor Prognosis in African American and Hispanic Patients

Priya Soneji, Age: 17
Milton High School, GA
Project Title: Autonomously Tracking Organisms in Three Axes at Microscopic Resolution

Edgar Sosa, Age: 20
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Suppression of Coffee Rust Using an Alternaria, Stomata-Sporulating Model Fungus

Isabella Souza, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Seeing Through the Scan: The Impact of fMRI Evidence on Juror Satisfaction and Verdicts

Christian Spadini, Age: 17
Harrison High School, NY
Project Title: Political Geographical Bias in Congressional House Elections: A Quantitative Analysis of the Real Gap Between the  Popular Vote and Electoral Outcomes

Nitin Sreekumar, Age: 18
Troy High School, CA
Project Title: Variation in Gene Expression Reveals Genes Predictive of Overall Survival in the Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Subtype

Saraswati Sridhar, Age: 17
Southwestern Educational Society, PR
Project Title: A Deep Network-Based Brain-Computer Interface for the Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Sensorimotor EEG and EMG Data

Alliyah Steele, Age: 17
Putnam Valley High School, NY
Project Title: A Visual Cortex Examination: Familiarity and Selective-ROI BOLD signal Differences Between Scenes and Objects, Behaviorally and Neurologically

Suvin Sundararajan, Age: 17
Westfield High School, MA
Project Title: Functionalized Polylactide Filament for Additive Manufacturing

Nitya Sunkad, Age: 17
Amador Valley High School, CA
Project Title: Effects of Spaceflight on Gene Expression Patterns in Dermal Tissue

Aditya Tadimeti, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: Machine Learning and Wildfire Burned Area: Examining Computational Techniques to Predict Fire Size for Practical Insights

Claire Tang, Age: 17
Lynbrook High School, CA
Project Title: Automated Diagnostic Imaging for COVID-19: from the Unknown Detection to Clinical Prediction

Dasia Taylor, Age: 17
West High School, IA
Project Title: A Novel Suture Additive: Use of Beet Extract to Assess for Surgical Wound Infection

Emily Tianshi, Age: 17
The Cambridge School, CA
Project Title: Biomimicking Torrey Pine Needles: Atmospheric Moisture Harvesting Through Alternating Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Micro-Patterns

Marie-Hélène Tomé, Age: 17
Ardsley High School, NY
Project Title: On the Use of Statistical Measures and Density Maps Generated from CT Scans for the Detection, Classification, and Monitoring of COVID-19 Cases

Christopher Tong, Age: 18
Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Project Title: Signatures of Second Generation Exoplanet Formation

Arya Tschand, Age: 17
High Technology High School, NJ
Project Title: Implementation of Novel Semi-Supervised Machine Learning Model into Autonomous Irrigation Network Optimized for Power Self-Sufficiency

Katherine Tung, Age: 17
Menlo School, CA
Project Title: The Sperner Property for 132-Avoiding Intervals in the Weak Order

Zoya Unni, Age: 18
Paul D. Schreiber High School, NY
Project Title: Shelter-in-Place, Connect Online: What Trending TikTok Content Reveals about Social Media use During the Early Days of the U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic

Amulya Vatsavai, Age: 17
Raleigh Charter High School, NC
Project Title: EVGG16: Extended VGG16 Model for Thoracic Disease Identification in X-Ray Images

Parisa Vaziri, Age: 18
Plano East Senior High School, TX
Project Title: The Neuro-Protective Role of FOXO in a PINK1 Loss-of-Function Based Model of Neurodegeneration in Drosophila melanogaster

Vetri Vel, Age: 16
Bangor High School, ME
Project Title: Real-Time Fall Detection System for the Elderly Using Thermal Imaging and Deep Learning

Bala Vinaithirthan, Age: 18
San Ramon Valley High School, CA
Project Title: Prediction of Phenotypic Cancer Drug Response with an Image-Based Dual Convolutional Neural Network

Adway Wadekar, Age: 17
Saint John’s High School, MA
Project Title: A Psychosocial Approach to Understanding Substance Use Disorder Among Adolescents

Jeffrey Wang, Age: 17
The Bishop’s School, CA
Project Title: A Systematic Method to Identify Significant Changes in 3D Genome Compartmentalization Across Multiple Cell Lines

Jason Wang, Age: 17
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: SOSNet: A Graph Convolutional Network Approach to Fine-Grained Cyberbullying Detection

Eric Wang, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Investigation of Novel Anti-Cancer Effects of Oxymatrine and Deferoxamine on Neuroblastoma

Emma Wang, Age: 17
Manhasset High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating Potential Agro-Economic Benefits of Solar Pollinator Habitats

Mia Wang, Age: 17
Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: Assessing the Impacts of Social Determinants on Adult Obesity Rates in New York

Jerry Wei, Age: 17
Oakton High School, VA
Project Title: Generative Image Translation for Data Augmentation in Colorectal Histopathology Images

Ethan Weisberg, Age: 17
Packer Collegiate Institute, NY
Project Title: Development of a Peptoid-Peptide Macrocycle Targeting CDK2-Cyclin A for Cancer Therapy

Scott Weitman, Age: 18
Yorktown High School, NY
Project Title: Emotional and Social Impact of Autoimmune Diseases

Maya Weitzen, Age: 18
Sleepy Hollow High School, NY
Project Title: High-Throughput Discovery and Validation of Cancer-Testis (CT) Antigen and Neoantigen HLA-Presented  Peptides in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas (NSCLC)

Kevin Wen, Age: 17
Somerville High School, MA
Project Title: Polystyrene Nanoplastics Spontaneously Enter Lipid Bilayers and the Blood-Brain Barrier

Kate Weseley-Jones, Age: 17
North Shore High School, NY
Project Title: Parenthood: Penalty or Premium? The Effect of Parental Status and Gender on Perceptions of Physicians

Bella Wiebelt-Smith, Age: 18
Central High School, MO
Project Title: Investigation of Bacterial Gene Transcription from Promoters with Proximal i-motifs and G-quadruplexes

Devin Willis, Age: 18
Florida Atlantic University Highschool, FL
Project Title: SlideMap: A Flexure Based Approach to Automating Digital Pathology Cancer Diagnosis

Joseph Winterlich, Age: 17
King School, CT
Project Title: Antimicrobial Peptides and Antibiotics Produce Bactericidal and Bacteriostatic Effects on Wild-Type E. coli

Andrew Woen, Age: 18
Peak to Peak Charter School, CO
Project Title: ReDetect: A Novel Way to Reduce Recycling Contamination by Telling Users if an Object is Recyclable Through Either the Portable Device or Mobile Application

Michael Wong, Age: 17
Tenafly High School, NJ
Project Title: The Human Tumor Microbiome Modulates Response to Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy by Influencing Immune Infiltrates in the Tumor Microenvironment

Jiefei Wu, Age: 18
Westminster School, CT
Project Title: Biases in First and Second Moments of the Fourier Coefficients in One- and Two-Parameter
Families of Elliptic Curves

Charles Wu, Age: 18
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: A Learned Encircling Strategy for Robot Swarm Pursuit-Evasion Against a Superior Evader

Zheheng Xiao, Age: 18
Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
Project Title: On Real Forms of Dubrovin-Ugaglia Poisson Brackets

Helen Xiao, Age: 18
Newton North High School, MA
Project Title: A Simple Approach for Evaluating Survey and Forecasting Data

Angelina Xu, Age: 18
Ridge High School, NJ
Project Title: Is Seeing No Longer Believing? Detecting Deepfakes Using Discrete Fourier Transforms and Frequency Analysis

Justin Xu, Age: 17
Charter School of Wilmington, DE
Project Title: Novel Nanoscale Analysis of the Electronic Structure Basis of Strength and Toughness in Fluoropolymers

Sidra Xu, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: Application of Gene Embedding for Improved Somatic Mutation-Based Primary Cancer Typing and Biomarker Discovery

Noam Yakar, Age: 17
Tenafly High School, NJ
Project Title: Design & Construction of a Cost-Effective Full Arm Prosthesis with Computer Vision

Emily Yang, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: The Effects of Social Interaction on the Distribution and Acquisition of Resources in Terrestrial Hermit Crabs

Emma Yang, Age: 17
The Brearley School, NY
Project Title: Designing a Synthetic Neural Network Layer for Image Classification

Jason Yang, Age: 17
Belmont High School, MA
Project Title: On Updating and Querying Submatrices

Kaien Yang, Age: 18
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: New Methods for Computing the Configurational Entropy of Deeply Supercooled Liquids with the Potential Energy Landscape

Lixin Yang, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: The Effects of Small Molecules Jh-RE-06 and T2AA on Mutagenic Translesion Synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Vivian Yee, Age: 17
International Academy, MI
Project Title: A Novel Epidemiological Approach to Exploring the Implications of Social Determinants of Health on COVID-19 Spread: A Call to Action for Health Equity

Julius Yoh, Age: 17
Manhasset High School, NY
Project Title: The Optimization of Desalination and Ion-Removal Rate Through the Engineering of Novel Turbulent Modular Designs in an Electrodialysis System

Lucy Zha, Age: 17
The Wheatley School, NY
Project Title: Investigating the Therapeutic Potential of Curcumin and Capsaicin: A Comparative Study on Neuroblastoma and Hypothalamic Cells

Alex Zhang, Age: 18
Lower Merion High School, PA
Project Title: On Subalgebra-Forming Conditions of Rings of Formal Power Series

Jason Zhang, Age: 17
The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science, KY
Project Title: The Photocatalytic Single-Electron Oxidative Cyclopropanation of Ene-Ynamides with 2, 6-Lutidine N-Oxide: Synthesis of Bicyclic Amides

Jessica Zhang, Age: 17
Proof School, CA
Project Title: Classification of Tight Contact Structures on a Solid Torus

Sarah Zhang, Age: 17
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: Using Lock-In Detection to Reduce Glares in Low-Light Condition—A Useful Algorithm for Autonomous Driving Vehicles

Michael Zhang, Age: 17
Lawrenceville School, NJ
Project Title: Development of Silver Nanoparticle Decorated Zinc Oxide Arrays for the Portable and Label-Free Detection of Opioids in Liquids

Aaron Zhao, Age: 18
Harvard-Westlake School, CA
Project Title: Comparative Evaluation of Metal Chelators for the Reduction of Redox-Active Metal Concentration

Andrew Zhen, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Disentangling the Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity of Alzheimer’s Disease Using a Novel Deep Predictive Clustering Network

Alec Zhou, Age: 18
Brentwood School, CA
Project Title: An Eddy Current Sensor for Low-Cost Smart Water Meter for Real-Time Water Management

Amy Zhou, Age: 17
William P. Clements High School, TX
Project Title: Entropy of Amorphous Systems in Their Ground States

Alexander Zhou, Age: 17
Episcopal Academy, PA
Project Title: SEIR Model Forecasting Active Coronavirus Cases In Philadelphia County

Jeremy Zhou, Age: 17
Phillips Academy, MA
Project Title: Reconstructing Rooted Trees from Their Strict Order Quasisymmetric Functions

Beining Zhou, Age: 18
St. Mark’s School, MA
Project Title: High-Order Sensor Array Geometries for Improved Direction of Arrival Estimation in Signal Processing

Honglin Zhu, Age: 18
Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
Project Title: Characters for Projective Modules in the BGG Category O for the Orthosymplectic Lie Superalgebra osp(3|4)

Alec Zhu, Age: 17
Lexington High School, MA
Project Title: Investigation of Selenium Mediated Allylic and Propargylic Amination with Computational Chemistry

 

*Scholars ages listed as of 3/17/2021