Regeneron Science Talent Search 2023 Finalists
Society for Science and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. congratulate the 40 finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2023, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. The 2023 finalists were selected from 1,949 highly qualified entrants based on the originality and creativity of their scientific research, as well as their achievement and leadership both inside and outside of the classroom. Each finalist is awarded at least $25,000, and the top 10 awards range from $40,000 to $250,000.
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Regeneron Science Talent Search 2023 Finalists
Kamisi Adetunji
School: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC
Project Title: Modifying Naturally Sourced Flavonoids for Increased Antioxidant Capacity and Antisickling Activity
Ariella Maia Blackman
School: Harrison High School, Harrison, NY
Project Title: Developing a Model in situ Resource Utilization System for Oxygen-Sustaining Life Support and Launch Cost Reduction for Mars
Angela Chen
School: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC
Project Title: Developing Wildfire Risk and Burn Area Prediction Models Using Comprehensive Environmental Variables for California With Machine Learning
Corona Chen
School: The University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, IL
Project Title: Understanding Incidental Microbial Communities Inside Ordinary Concrete Toward Decarbonization
Madeleine de Belloy
School: Lycée Français de San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Project Title: Computing the Mosaic Number of Reduced and Non-Reduced Projections of Knots
Cindy DeDianous
School: Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY
Project Title: Alpha Retinal Ganglion Cell Dysfunction Precedes Vascular Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes
August Deer
School: Geffen Academy at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Project Title: On Multi-Round Privacy in Federated Learning
Angie Fogarty
School: Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
Project Title: Rapid, Visual Detection of Illicit Substances in a Variety of Environments via Competitive, Amine-Responsive Fluorophores
Ambika Grover
School: Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
Project Title: Design of a Novel, Dual-Functioning, Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Factor XI-Inhibiting Anticoagulant Therapeutic for Rapid Ischemic Stroke Treatment
Hannah Guan
School: BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, San Antonio, TX
Project Title: Multi-Dimensional Interpretable Interaction Network (MDiiN) for Modeling Aging Health and Mortality
Fenghuan (Linda) He
School: Commonwealth School, Boston, MA
Project Title: The Impact of Primordial Black Holes on Exoplanet Systems
Michelle Hua
School: Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Project Title: Novel Self-Supervised Deep Neural Networks for 3D Human Shape and Motion Reconstruction From a Monocular Video
Linden Chi James
School: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC
Project Title: Thyroid Hormone Treatment of Neurological Trauma Using the Model Galleria mellonella
Thaddaeus Kiker
School: Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton, CA
Project Title: QPOML: Leveraging Machine Learning and Game Theory To Detect and Characterize Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in X-Ray Binaries
Elane Kim
School: Stanford University Online High School, Redwood City, CA
Project Title: Effects of Chemotherapy on the Taste Stem Cell Microenvironment
Emily Kim
School: Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, NY
Project Title: The Dual Roles of Activated Carbon as an Adsorbent and Photocatalyst for Azo Dye Removal
Evan Kim
School: Tesla STEM High School, Redmond, WA
Project Title: ScGAN: A Generative Adversarial Network To Predict Hypothetical Superconductors
Ryan Lee
School: Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
Project Title: Mitochondrial Fission Regulates Structural Plasticity and Synapse Maintenance in Circadian Pacemaker Neurons
Miah Christina Margiano
School: Saint Anthony’s High School, Melville, NY
Project Title: Potential Influence of LncRNAs in Tumor Regression: An Analysis of Prognostic LncRNAs in Neuroblastoma
Marissa Lilianna Martinez
School: Monte Vista High School, Monte Vista, CO
Project Title: A Habitat Assessment Protocol To Determine Suitability for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Occupancy in the Northern Rio Grande Watershed
Samantha Maya Milewicz
School: Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
Project Title: Selective Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Attenuates Traumatic Brain Injury-Mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in a Novel Dynamic in vitro Model
Max Misterka
School: Misterka Homeschool, Harrisonburg, VA
Project Title: A Generalization of 𝑞-Calculus Using Formal Group Laws
Neel Moudgal
School: Saline High School, Saline, MI
Project Title: Using Unassigned NMR Chemical Shifts To Model RNA Secondary Structure
Ishika Nag
School: Oviedo High School, Oviedo, FL
Project Title: Development of an Engineered Face Mask With Optimized Nanoparticle Layering for Filtration of Air Pollutants and Viral Pathogens
Lavanya Natarajan
School: Viera High School, Viera, FL
Project Title: A Prescriptive IoT Solution To Detect and Mitigate Fugitive Methane Gas in Landfills via a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System
Oziomachukwu Chidubem Obi
School: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC
Project Title: Determining if a Combination of Treatments Ibudilast and Interleukin 4 Can Treat or Prevent Multiple Sclerosis Using Model Organism Lumbricus terrestris
Emily Ocasio
School: New School of Northern Virginia, Fairfax, VA
Project Title: Demographic Correlates of Humanizing Language in Media Coverage of Crime: Evidence From The Boston Globe, 1976-84
Siddhu Pachipala
School: The Woodlands College Park High School, The Woodlands, TX
Project Title: SuiSensor: A Novel, Low-Cost Machine Learning System for Real-Time Suicide Risk Identification and Treatment Optimization via Computational Linguistics
Joseph Miguel Robertazzi
School: Ossining High School, Ossining, NY
Project Title: Migration and Magnetism: A Longitudinal Analysis Identifying the Relationship Between the South Atlantic Anomaly and Shifts in Migratory Bird Populations
Joshua Logan Shunk
School: Perry High School, Gilbert, AZ
Project Title: Neuron-Specific Dropout: A Deterministic Regularization Technique To Prevent Neural Networks From Overfitting and Reduce Dependence on Large Training Samples
Diego Emilio Suchenski Loustaunau
School: Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science, Worcester, MA
Project Title: In silico Design of Novel 2’FANA Oligonucleotides To Inhibit APOBEC3G
Jason Christopher Wang
School: Brentwood High School, Brentwood, TN
Project Title: Differential Effects of Oncogenic Ras Isoforms on Epithelia
Nolan Wen
School: American Heritage School Boca-Delray, Delray Beach, FL
Project Title: Development and Characterization of a Novel Laponite-Enhanced Tannic Acid-Based Hydrogel
Vivian Wu
School: Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
Project Title: Evaluating the Impact of the Varroacide Formic Acid on Honeybee Foraging Performance
Ellen Xu
School: Del Norte High School, San Diego, CA
Project Title: A Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Kawasaki Disease Diagnosis
Jeffrey Xu
School: Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA
Project Title: Characterizing Structure-Function Relationships in the CCR6/CCL20 Receptor-Ligand Pair
Ethan Zhou
School: McLean High School, Mclean, VA
Project Title: Online Learning of Smooth Functions
Kevin Zhu
School: Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, NY
Project Title: Recurrent Repeat Contractions and Micro-Changing Short Tandem Repeats: Investigating Underrepresented Factors of Polymorphism in Human Cancers
Sally Zhu
School: The Harker School, San Jose, CA
Project Title: On the Smoothness and Regularity of the Chess Billiard Flow and the Poincaré Problem
Sophie Zhu
School: Williamsville East High School, East Amherst, NY
Project Title: Factorizations in Evaluation Monoids of Laurent Semirings