2023 Scholars

Mariam Abdelbarr, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Investigation of Papain in the Eradication of E. coli Biofilms

Amelia Abell, Age: 17
Paul D. Schreiber High School, NY
Project Title: Analyzing the Interaction Between HRAS, STAT3 and LRPPRC in the Mitochondria

Kamisi Adetunji, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Modifying Naturally Sourced Flavonoids for Increased Antioxidant Capacity and Antisickling Activity

Ashwika Agrawal, Age: 17
Cupertino High School, CA
Project Title: Hanu: A Low-Cost Computer-Aided Lung Auscultation Apparatus With Automated Diagnosis of Respiratory Illnesses

Bhargav Raviseshachandra Annem, Age: 17
Liberal Arts & Science Academy, TX
Project Title: Impact of Orbiting Satellites on Star Formation Rate Evolution and Metallicity Variations in Milky Way-Like Discs

Stavya Arora, Age: 17
Maple Grove Senior High School, MN
Project Title: Overcoming Opioids: Analyzing, Characterizing and Quantifying the Sentiment of Reddit Posts’ Tone and Language Prior to a Relapse To Allow for Early Intervention

Alvan Caleb Arulandu, Age: 16
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Informed Infectious Disease Policy

Aaditya Krishna Arun, Age: 18
Harmony School of Innovation – Sugar Land, TX
Project Title: Determine the Deleterious Effect of Excess Fluoride on Reproductive Outcome and Development of Dip Bag-Based De-Fluoridation Solution

Shivani Babu, Age: 17
Auburn High School, AL
Project Title: Attenuation of Adipocyte Hypertrophy in a Palmitic Acid-Induced 3T3 Cell Model Through Lupeol Treatment

Sruthi Balasubramanian, Age: 17
American Heritage School Boca-Delray, FL
Project Title: The Effect of Nicotinamide on the Il-6 Expression and Cell Count of Barrett’s Esophagus-Expressing Cells

Sasha Beth Bandler, Age: 17
Paul D. Schreiber High School, NY
Project Title: Behind the Mask: The Impact of Face Masks and Mask Mandates on Facial Emotion Recognition

Samir Batheja, Age: 17
Half Hollow Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Association Between Sleep and Fatigue in Depression: Role of GABA and Glutamate

Okezue Alexander Bell, Age: 16
Moravian Academy, PA
Project Title: On Selecting Distance Metrics in 𝑛-Dimensional Normed Vector Spaces of Cells: A Novel Criterion and Similarity Measure Towards Efficient and Accurate Omics Analysis

Shriya P Bhat, Age: 17
Plano East Senior High School, TX
Project Title: Cloning and Mutagenesis of the ampC Gene Encoding for β–lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa To Identify Potential Allosteric Binding Sites

Rohan Tan Bhowmik, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: A Multi-Modal Wildfire Prediction and Early-Warning System Based on a Novel Machine Learning Framework

Tyler Logan Bissoondial, Age: 17
John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: An Omics Approach to Elucidating the Mechanism of Action for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development in Diet-Induced Murine Models of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Kristi Biswas, Age: 17
Paxon Senior High School, FL
Project Title: Associations of Genetic SNPs With AD, Neuropathology and Gene Expression Offers Novel Insight Into AD

Ariella Maia Blackman, Age: 18
Harrison High School, NY
Project Title: Developing a Model in situ Resource Utilization System for Oxygen-Sustaining Life Support and Launch Cost Reduction for Mars

Raka Bose, Age: 17
Yorktown High School, NY
Project Title: Using Artificial Intelligence for ICU Patient Triage

Katie Brandler, Age: 17
Pelham Memorial High School, NY
Project Title: The First Report of Marine Debris as a Dispersal Vector for Native and Introduced Species in the Temperate Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Emma Bunch, Age: 18
Glasgow High School, KY
Project Title: Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential and Solid Tumors in Breast Cancer: An Analysis of Data in the NIH All of Us Research Program

Rodrigo Cantu Valadez, Age: 17
Los Gatos High School, CA
Project Title: Investigating the Effects of Carbon-Based RF Aerogels on DSSCs With the Purpose of Increasing Cell Efficiency

George Cao, Age: 17
Montgomery High School, NJ
Project Title: The Indecomposable Summands of the Tensor Products of Monomial Modules Over Finite 2-Groups

Allison Chan, Age: 17
The Winsor School, MA
Project Title: Gut Microbial Metabolism of Putrescine Is Associated With Circulating GABA and Odds of Depression

Sheng-Chun (Angus) Chang, Age: 17
Northfield Mount Hermon, MA
Project Title: An “Artificial Leaf” That Can Generate Oxygen and Electricity

Stephanie Yien Chang, Age: 17
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: A Multi-Omics Approach to Host-Microbe Interactions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Targeted Cell-Type Discovery

Hiral Milind Chavre, Age: 17
George W. Hewlett High School, NY
Project Title: NMDA Receptor Mutation and KCC2 Inhibition Induce Changes in Brain Development Associated With Neurodevelopmental Diseases

Alex Chen, Age: 17
Marquette High School, MO
Project Title: Aural Real-Time Position-Determining Model and Influencing Factors

Andrew Chen, Age: 17
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, NY
Project Title: The Impact of COVID-19 on 3rd Through 8th Grade Student Achievement Across the Nation

Angela Chen, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Developing Wildfire Risk and Burn Area Prediction Models Using Comprehensive Environmental Variables for California With Machine Learning

Corona Chen, Age: 17
The University of Chicago Laboratory High School, IL
Project Title: Understanding Incidental Microbial Communities Inside Ordinary Concrete Toward Decarbonization

Kenneth Chen, Age: 17
East Ridge High School, MN
Project Title: An Agent-Based Simulation of COVID-19 Transmission and Learning Loss in Schools: Evaluating Mitigation Strategies

Luke Wen-Tsu Chen, Age: 17
Blue Valley North High School, KS
Project Title: Design of a Highly Sensitive Circulating Tumor Cell Assay With Antibody-Functionalized Dendrimers for Urothelial Bladder Cancer

Matthew Chen, Age: 17
Wayzata High School, MN
Project Title: Mod 𝑝 Homology of Unordered Configuration Spaces of Surfaces

Michael Chen, Age: 17
Collierville High School, TN
Project Title: The Regulation of Low-Level Backing on Supercell Intensity and Tornadogenesis Identified by Non-Hydrostatic Numerical Weather Prediction Model Analysis via Novel Hodograph Designs

Aaron Cho, Age: 17
Proof School, CA
Project Title: A Random Forest Supervised Machine Learning Approach for Understanding and Mitigating Health Disparities Arising From the Social Determinants of Health

Hannah Cho, Age: 17
North Hollywood High School, CA
Project Title: Cortical Thicknesses of the Insula and Prefrontal Regions (Precentral Gyrus, Brodmann Area 6, and Caudal Middle Frontal Gyrus) Are Significantly Correlated With Social-Emotional Processing

Ella Cohen-Kashi, Age: 17
George W. Hewlett High School, NY
Project Title: Does Nostalgia Affect Adolescent Behavior? An Investigation of Nostalgia Among High School Students

Skylar Rachel Cowen, Age: 17
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: Measuring the Effectiveness of Different Stimulus and Medium Types on Environmental Decision-Making

Rohini Elora Das, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: “Let’s Sleep On It”: Employing the Brain App To Measure the Impact of Sleep in Consolidating Prior Learning

Lauren Davidson, Age: 17
Harrison High School, NY
Project Title: The Effect of Copper Sulfate Concentration on Locomotor Ability and Lifespan of Alzheimer’s Model Drosophila melanogaster

Samara Davis, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Developing Environmental DNA Metabarcoding for the Detection of Elusive Vernal Pool-Breeding Amphibians

Madeleine de Belloy, Age: 17
Lycée Français de San Francisco, CA
Project Title: Computing the Mosaic Number of Reduced and Non-Reduced Projections of Knots

Cindy DeDianous, Age: 17
Scarsdale High School, NY
Project Title: Alpha Retinal Ganglion Cell Dysfunction Precedes Vascular Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes

August Deer, Age: 17
Geffen Academy at UCLA, CA
Project Title: On Multi-Round Privacy in Federated Learning

Vihaan Dheer, Age: 18
Hackley School, NY
Project Title: The Optimization of Flux Trajectories for the Adiabatic Controlled-Z Gate on Split-Tunable Transmons

Nadya Jasmine Dhillon, Age: 17
Oak Park and River Forest High School, IL
Project Title: The Effect of a Novel Biomedical Technique on Reprocessing of Duodenoscopes Using Silver Nitrate and Methylene Blue Irradiated With Red Light

Jennifer Carmen Di Capua, Age: 17
Convent of the Sacred Heart, CT
Project Title: Facilitating Healthcare Access for Latinx Immigrants Using a Novel Smartphone App, Salud por Todos

Ali El Moselhy, Age: 18
Scarsdale High School, NY
Project Title: Framework for Optimal Budget Allocation of HIV Intervention Policies

Nathan Elias, Age: 17
Liberal Arts & Science Academy, TX
Project Title: A Novel Method for Automated Identification and Prediction of Invasive Species Using Deep Learning

Ho Tin (Alex) Fan, Age: 17
Lexington High School, MA
Project Title: Amending and Continuing the Lonely Runner Spectrum Conjecture

Hua Fang, Age: 17
Hathaway Brown School, OH
Project Title: The Role of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel CaV1.2 in Blood-Brain Barrier Damage and Neuroinflammation

Jacob Elias Feldman, Age: 17
Fox Lane High School, NY
Project Title: The Geometry and Reactivity of a Novel Zirconium-Centered Coordination Complex Supported by a bis-PN Ligand Framework

Luke Feldman, Age: 17
John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: Sulforaphane Mitigates the Phenotypic Expression of ALS in Drosophila melanogaster via Upregulation of the Nrf2 Pathway

Austin Feng, Age: 17
Cranbrook Kingswood School, MI
Project Title: Pattern of IRG1/Acod1 Expression in the Tumor Microenvironment as Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Seq Analysis

Angie Fogarty, Age: 17
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Rapid, Visual Detection of Illicit Substances in a Variety of Environments via Competitive, Amine-Responsive Fluorophores

Lucca Forrest, Age: 18
Hastings High School, NY
Project Title: A Quantitative Regression and Volatility Analysis of the Relationship Between Economics and Political Stability

Lisa Fung, Age: 17
Saratoga High School, CA
Project Title: Data Fusion for Movement Analytics: Evaluating Mobility Patterns During Wildfire Season Using Coupled Matrix-Tensor Factorization

Angela Li Gao, Age: 17
Buchholz High School, FL
Project Title: Iron-Modified Biochar Recovers Phosphorus From Wastewater as Fertilizer Through Column Filters and Flow Reactors

Sarah Gardner, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Co-Evolving Across Time: Black Holes as Regulators of Their Host Galaxy Properties

Isabella Angelina Gega, Age: 17
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Synthesis of Polysaccharide-Encapsulated Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites To Stimulate Plant Growth and Promote Phosphorus Absorption

Advay Goel, Age: 17
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, MA
Project Title: The Geometry and Limits of Young Partition Flow Polytopes

AriAnnah Goodwin, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Forecasting Visual Aura Characteristics: Perceived Stress Does Not Predict Temporal Aura Features in Adolescents

Carly Googel, Age: 17
Horace Greeley High School, NY
Project Title: The Connection Between Stress and a Person’s Ability To Understand Their Own Mind and the Minds of Others

Ambika Grover, Age: 17
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Design of a Novel, Dual-Functioning, Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Factor XI-Inhibiting Anticoagulant Therapeutic for Rapid Ischemic Stroke Treatment

Claire Gu, Age: 18
Valley High School, IA
Project Title: Using a Conditional Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network To Design Meta-Atoms for All-Dielectric Metasurfaces

Hannah Guan, Age: 16
BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, TX
Project Title: Multi-Dimensional Interpretable Interaction Network (MDiiN) for Modeling Aging Health and Mortality

Sabrina Guo, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Differential Emergency Contraceptive Use Among Young Women in the United States From 2006 to 2019

Arya Gupta, Age: 17
Ardrey Kell High School, NC
Project Title: Exploring the Relationship Between PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome and Its Five Related Conditions: Insulin Resistance, Menstrual Malfunction, Hyperandrogenemia, Obesity and Infertility

Ronit Gupta, Age: 17
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Design of a Rapid, Lateral Flow COPD Diagnostic via Detection of Cyto-Keratin 19 Biomarkers

Madison Han, Age: 16
Spring Valley High School, SC
Project Title: The Phytoremediation of Escherichia coli in Contaminated Water by Lemna minor, Salvinia minima and Azolla caroliniana

Varun Hariprasad, Age: 17
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, KY
Project Title: Developing a Novel Autonomous Swarm-Based Beach Cleaning Robot

Fenghuan (Linda) He, Age: 17
Commonwealth School, MA
Project Title: The Impact of Primordial Black Holes on Exoplanet Systems

Elizabeth Hong, Age: 17
Polytechnic School, CA
Project Title: Representing Space in Different Contexts: A Neural Network Model of the Hippocampus

James Hou, Age: 17
Bishops School, CA
Project Title: Near Real-Time Seismic Human Fatality Information Retrieval From Social Media With Few-Shot Large-Language Models

Ethan Hsu, Age: 17
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: A Novel Application of Intracellular Anandamide Manipulation in C. elegans as a Model for a New Pharmacological Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Alexis Hu, Age: 18
Shorewood High School, WI
Project Title: CEO Regulatory Focus and Stock Buybacks: The Moderating Effect of CEO Tenure and Restricted Stock Holdings

Emily Hu, Age: 18
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, KY
Project Title: Structural Dynamic Simulation: Mathematical Modeling of Bridge Deformations Using Analytical Methods

Michelle Hua, Age: 17
Cranbrook Kingswood School, MI
Project Title: Novel Self-Supervised Deep Neural Networks for 3D Human Shape and Motion Reconstruction From a Monocular Video

Angela Huang, Age: 17
Sebring High School, FL
Project Title: FadA-Secreting Fusobacterium nucleatum as a Marker for Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Colorectal Cancer

William Huang, Age: 18
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, CA
Project Title: Argus III: A Novel Image Optimization and Augmentation Framework To Enable an Improved Patient Experience for the Next Generation Epiretinal Prosthesis

Michael Huang, Age: 18
Phillips Academy, MA
Project Title: Effective Automated Stellar Substructure Detection Using the Supervised Neural Clustering Algorithm

Anu Iyer, Age: 17
Little Rock Central High School, AR
Project Title: Systematic Parkinson Audio Recognition Construct (SPARC): A Novel Machine Learning Method To Detect Parkinson’s Disease Using Voice in Three Seconds

Aashika Jagadeesh, Age: 17
Fair Lawn High School, NJ
Project Title: FreeFeed: A Novel Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Achieving Multi-Sided Fairness in Recommendation Systems

Rishab Kumar Jain, Age: 18
Westview High School, OR
Project Title: GlioMod: Spatiotemporal-Aware Glioblastoma Multiforme Tumor Growth Modeling With Deep Encoder-Decoder Networks

Tanish Jain, Age: 17
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: In silico Prediction of Drug Permeability Through an Inflamed Blood-Brain Barrier Using Molecular Feature Modeling

Linden Chi James, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Thyroid Hormone Treatment of Neurological Trauma Using the Model Galleria mellonella

Sarah Delia Jennings, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Electron Transport Chain Acts as Potential Regulator of ER-Mitochondria Interactions

Catherine Kexuan Jiao, Age: 18
George Walton Comprehensive High School, GA
Project Title: The Implications of Smart Tip Nudging: A Data-Driven Behavioral Economic Study

Alexander Jin, Age: 18
Boston University Academy, MA
Project Title: A SEIRD+V Model for the Effect of Vaccination and Social Distancing on SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Mortality

Dana Kagan, Age: 17
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: Employing CRISPR Cas9 Editing in Combination With DNA Polymerase To Correct the DELTA F508 Mutation of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Gene in HEK293T Cells

Aryan Thomas Kalluvila, Age: 17
Hartford Union High School, WI
Project Title: An Accurate Super-Resolution Approach to 64 mT Low-Field MRI via Domain Adaptation and Nested U-Net Architecture

Zachary David Kam, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Transformative Transactions: An Analysis of Factors Affecting ESG and Impact Investing Behaviors

Lara Jean Kendall, Age: 18
Canterbury School, FL
Project Title: Analyzing the Viability of Pure Mushroom-Derived Chitosan as an Alternative to Pure Crustacean-Derived Chitosan in Hemostatic Agents

Archita Khaire, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: A Semi-Supervised Approach To Rank Potential Causal Variants and Their Target Genes in Microglia for Alzheimer’s Disease

Amav Khambete, Age: 17
Coppell High School, TX
Project Title: The Effects on Novel Drugs on EPH-EPHRIN Protein Interactions for the Inhibition of Chronic Pain

Thaddaeus Kiker, Age: 18
Sunny Hills High School, CA
Project Title: QPOML: Leveraging Machine Learning and Game Theory To Detect and Characterize Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in X-Ray Binaries

Elane Kim, Age: 18
Stanford University Online High School, CA
Project Title: Effects of Chemotherapy on the Taste Stem Cell Microenvironment

Emily Kim, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: The Dual Roles of Activated Carbon as an Adsorbent and Photocatalyst for Azo Dye Removal

Evan Kim, Age: 17
Tesla STEM High School, WA
Project Title: ScGAN: A Generative Adversarial Network To Predict Hypothetical Superconductors

Matthew S. Kim, Age: 17
BASIS Oro Valley, AZ
Project Title: Slowing Down Ice Melting From Thermal Radiation via Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Eggshells

Remington Kim, Age: 18
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: OrphaDRGL: A Novel Graph Deep Learning-Based Drug Repositioning Approach for Orphan Diseases

Ryan Hwang Kim, Age: 18
Choate Rosemary Hall, CT
Project Title: A Novel Affordable Artificial Intelligence of Things System for Real-Time Traffic Optimization and Emissions Reduction

Sungmin Kim, Age: 18
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: A Novel Rotation-Aware Representation Learning for Gaze Estimation To Assist Disabled Individuals in Comfortably Communicating With the World Through Various Applications

Sameer Ullal Kini, Age: 17
Scarsdale High School, NY
Project Title: Associations Between Pathophysiological Traits and Symptom Development in V30M and V122I Transthyretin Amyloidosis

Sravan Kodali, Age: 17
Christian Brothers Academy, NY
Project Title: Probing the Etiological Basis of Cancer and Neurological Disease: Epigenomic Signatures Associated With Spontaneous and Replication Stress-Induced Double Strand Breaks

Harish Krishnakumar, Age: 17
Tesla STEM High School, WA
Project Title: Analysis of Ring Galaxies Detected Using Deep Learning With Real and Simulated Data

Hari Hemanth Krishnamurthy, Age: 17
Canyon Crest Academy, CA
Project Title: Asylum Indicator: Predictive Modeling of Asylum Adjudications in the USA and in the EU To Help Refugees

Gouri Krishnan, Age: 18
King School, CT
Project Title: Energy Loss From Wasted Plastic and Lighting Inefficiency Can Be Reduced Through a Combination of Environmentally Friendly Polymers Created From Biomass and Energy-Saving Electrochromic Windows

Sean Krivitsky, Age: 17
Lynbrook High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating Flavonoids as a Potential Therapeutic Against the Degenerative Effects of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Drosophila melanogaster

Elif Camila Kulahlioglu, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: A New Mathematical Model for Forecasting Upcoming Zoonotic Pandemics and Math-Driven Strategies Utilizing Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Migratory Canadian Geese (Branta canadensis)

Veda Kutagula, Age: 17
Allen High School, TX
Project Title: Predicting Binge Drinking Risk Among Teenagers as Part of an Overall Mental Health Predictive Model Using Machine Learning Techniques

Nishant Lahiri, Age: 17
Corning-Painted Post High School, NY
Project Title: Polyethyleneimine-Impregnated Adsorbents for a Novel Community-Based Carbon Capture and Sequestration System

Ashley Lam, Age: 18
Herricks High School, NY
Project Title: Novel Zinc Oxide/Nanocellulose Composite as a Photocatalyst for Water Purification

Alexander Lan, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: Designing and Implementing Novel Convolutional and Twin Neural Network Architectures To Decipher the Functional Impact of Noncoding Genetic Variants in Alzheimer’s Disease

Hannah Laney, Age: 17
The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky Bowling, KY
Project Title: Synthesis of 4d- and 5d-Based Transition Metal Oxides

Alan Lee, Age: 17
Henry M. Gunn High School, CA
Project Title: Connectedness in Friends-and-Strangers Graphs of Spiders and Complements

Jeylin Lee, Age: 17
Herricks High School, NY
Project Title: Diabetic Ketoacidosis Amongst COVID-19 Infected Individuals: A Retrospective Study of Incidence, Characteristics, Outcomes and Risk Factors

Julianne Lee, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Moving Matter With Sound: Activating Dynamical Systems With Interfering Acoustic Waves

Ryan Lee, Age: 18
Palo Alto High School, CA
Project Title: Mitochondrial Fission Regulates Structural Plasticity and Synapse Maintenance in Circadian Pacemaker Neurons

Jacob Leshnower, Age: 17
Half Hollow Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Music and Emotion: The Intervallic Fallacy of the Major-Minor Dichotomy

Daniel Levin, Age: 17
Taylor Allderdice High School, PA
Project Title: Electroactive Bacterial Cellulose—Carbon Nanotube Composites Inhibit Growth of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Jessica Li, Age: 17
Piedmont Hills High School, CA
Project Title: New Hardware Architectures for Digital Filters and Controllers

Jiahui (Stella) Li, Age: 18
Emma Willard School, NY
Project Title: Bounding Vanishing at the Central Point of Cuspidal Newforms

Michelle Li, Age: 18
North Oconee High School, GA
Project Title: Exploration of Novel Capsule Depolymerases From Bacteriophage To Combat Antibiotic Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Pinyu Liao, Age: 17
Inglemoor Senior High School, WA
Project Title: Computational Design of Small-Molecule Inhibitors for the Activation of the Kid-Kis Toxin-Antitoxin System To Exploit Plasmid-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance

Yuru Lin, Age: 18
Baldwin School, PA
Project Title: The Inhibitory Effect of the Combination of Berberine and Curcumin on Amyloid-Beta-Induced Cell Apoptosis and Necrosis

Elon Litman, Age: 17
American Heritage School Boca-Delray, FL
Project Title: Rational Protein Design by Higher Order Hallucination

Anna Lumin Liu, Age: 17
Rancho Bernardo High School, CA
Project Title: A Selective Removal of Carboxylated Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) via Silver-Assisted Coagulation

Bryant Liu, Age: 17
Saratoga High School, CA
Project Title: Deep Learning for Meditation’s Impact on Brain-Computer Interface Performance

Derek X Liu, Age: 16
Torrey Pines High School, CA
Project Title: Arrangements of Simplices in Fine Mixed Subdivisions

Xin Qi Liu, Age: 18
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: New Computational Methodologies To Identify Classes of Near-Infrared Fluorescence Dye for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Diseases

Elvin Lo, Age: 17
Horace Greeley High School, NY
Project Title: An Empirical Evaluation of Zeroth-Order Optimization Methods on AI-Driven Molecule Optimization

Maxwell Love, Age: 17
Oakwood School, CA
Project Title: Nano-Encapsulation of a Low-Cost Antioxidant Enzyme Potentiates Effective Mitigation of Cigarette Smoking-Induced Oxidative Injury

Holland Low, Age: 17
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, MD
Project Title: The Impacts of Modulating Reaction Time on Active Sensing in Weakly Electric Fish

Alvin Lu, Age: 17
Boston University Academy, MA
Project Title: Dynamic Genome-Scale Metabolic Modelling Reveals Optimal SARS-CoV-2 Resource Partition Ratio

Cindy Lu, Age: 17
Arcadia High School, CA
Project Title: Aberrant Human Gut Microbiome Composition in COVID-19 Disease: A Potential Target for Novel Adjuvant Therapy

Melinda Mengjia Lu, Age: 17
Amity Regional High School, CT
Project Title: In vivo Imaging of Structural Connectivity and Synaptic Density in Alzheimer’s Disease

Joshua Luo, Age: 17
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, NY
Project Title: Single-Molecule Investigation of the Interaction Between MeCP2 and Chromatin

Leon Luo, Age: 17
Wayzata High School, MN
Project Title: Does ESG Investing Affect International Capital Flows? Some Evidence From Statistical and Machine Learning Methods

Jesse Lynch, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Aerobic Exercise Serves as an Effective and Immediate Treatment for Decreased Sound Tolerance in Adolescents

Alan Peijun Ma, Age: 17
Jesuit High School, OR
Project Title: Smart Wildlife Sentinel (SWS): Preventing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions and Monitoring Road Ecology With Embedded IoT Systems and Machine Learning

Hanqi Ma, Age: 17
Princeton High School, NJ
Project Title: “I’s Dined With Ukraine”: Empirical Analysis on Consumer Preference Change After Russo-Ukrainian War

Alexis Téa MacAvoy, Age: 18
San Mateo High School, CA
Project Title: Biochemical Design, S. cerevisiae Genetic Modification, and Lignocellulosic Fiber and Ethanol Yield Analysis of Novel Iceplant Bioethanol for Efficient Clean Energy Production

Vladimir Mamchik, Age: 17
Jesuit High School, OR
Project Title: Dynamic Extraocular Filtering: A Novel Method for Active Correction of Color Vision Deficiency, Validated With Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials

Darsh Sandip Mandera, Age: 18
Jesuit High School, OR
Project Title: OncoPharML: A Machine-Learning Approach for Cancer Biomarkers Identification and Multi-Omics-Based Targeted Cancer-Drug Prediction

Krish Maniar, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: DANO (Digital Phenotypic Assessment in Neuro-Oncology): Guiding Treatment Interventions and Forecasting Recurrence for Glioblastoma Patients Using Smartphone-Extracted Mobility Metrics

Naia Luz Marcelino, Age: 17
Jose Marti STEM Academy, NJ
Project Title: The Effect of Toxic Stress on the Brain Development of Elementary School Children in Union City, New Jersey

Miah Christina Margiano, Age: 18
Saint Anthony’s High School, NY
Project Title: Potential Influence of LncRNAs in Tumor Regression: An Analysis of Prognostic LncRNAs in Neuroblastoma

Marissa Lilianna Martinez, Age: 17
Monte Vista High School, CO
Project Title: A Habitat Assessment Protocol To Determine Suitability for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Occupancy in the Northern Rio Grande Watershed

Mason C Matich, Age: 17
Central Bucks High School, PA
Project Title: dataBASE DNA Data Storage

Remi Paige Matza, Age: 18
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Revealing the Retinal Vascular Changes Caused by Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Arul Rhik Mazumder, Age: 17
Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science, MA
Project Title: An Adaptive Hybrid Quantum Algorithm for the Metric Traveling Salesman Problem

Angela Mei, Age: 17
Academic Magnet High School, SC
Project Title: MoJoint: A Motion Visualization and Kinematic Analysis Software for Temporomandibular Joint

Samantha Maya Milewicz, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, 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

Chloe Jane Miller, Age: 18
E. Byrd High School, LA
Project Title: Effects of SOD2 Mimetic (BMX-001) on Myocardial Ischemic-Reperfusion Injury

Lindsay Miller, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Here Comes the Sun: The Impact of Chronotype and Seasonal Mood Variation on Pupillary Light Response Across the Circadian Cycle

Andrew Christopher Minagar, Age: 18
Caddo Parish Magnet High School, LA
Project Title: Novel Imaging Approaches for the Quantification of Changes in Perivascular Space Volume and Morphology in Response to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Max Misterka, Age: 16
Misterka Homeschool, VA
Project Title: A Generalization of 𝑞-Calculus Using Formal Group Laws

Amishi Mittal, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Correlations Between Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease and Increasing Aβ Degradation by Insulin-Degrading Enzyme via Zinc Chelation

Luke Zhang Mo, Age: 16
duPont Manual Magnet High School, KY
Project Title: Susceptibility of Diabetics to Air Pollution: The Role of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in the Combined Effects of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and High Glucose on Alveolar Macrophages

Kiele Morgan, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: The Effect of NMDA Receptor Blockade on Neurogenesis and Neural Crest Development

Neel Moudgal, Age: 16
Saline High School, MI
Project Title: Using Unassigned NMR Chemical Shifts To Model RNA Secondary Structure

Ishika Nag, Age: 17
Oviedo High School, FL
Project Title: Development of an Engineered Face Mask With Optimized Nanoparticle Layering for Filtration of Air Pollutants and Viral Pathogens

Lavanya Natarajan, Age: 17
Viera High School, FL
Project Title: A Prescriptive IoT Solution To Detect and Mitigate Fugitive Methane Gas in Landfills via a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System

Ayush Nayak, Age: 18
Westview School, CA
Project Title: Development of InSb/Si Quantum Dots for Next-Generation Multivalued High-Transport Transistor Technology

Sean Nesamoney, Age: 17
Menlo School, CA
Project Title: Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Children and Adolescents With Mental Illness

Marc Nichitiu, Age: 17
The Stony Brook School, NY
Project Title: Neutron Scattering Data Analysis To Support Feynman’s Model of Superfluid Helium

Elizabeth Nyamwange, Age: 16
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, IL
Project Title: Social and Demographic Disparities in the Adherence of Chronic Hypertension Medication During Pregnancy

Oziomachukwu Chidubem Obi, Age: 16
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, 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, Age: 18
New School of Northern Virginia, VA
Project Title: Demographic Correlates of Humanizing Language in Media Coverage of Crime: Evidence From The Boston Globe, 1976-84

Madeline Oh, Age: 18
New Trier Township High School, IL
Project Title: The Role of Natal Kicks in Forming Asymmetric Gravitational Wave Mergers

Siddhu Pachipala, Age: 18
The Woodlands College Park High School, TX
Project Title: SuiSensor: A Novel, Low-Cost Machine Learning System for Real-Time Suicide Risk Identification and Treatment Optimization via Computational Linguistics

Natalia Pahlavan, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Bidirectional 12-Lead Electrocardiogram and Electrogram Reconstruction Using a Cycle Generative Adversarial Network

Apoorva Panidapu, Age: 17
Nautilus Academy Homeschool, CA
Project Title: Short-Interval Sector Problems for CM Elliptic Curves

Vera Pankevich, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: A New Montane Species of Protium From Ecuador and Peru

Minseok Eli Park, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Predicting Aggression of NFL Coaches on Fourth Down

Jeeya Yogesh Patel, Age: 17
George Washington High School, WV
Project Title: Consequences of a Dot-1.1 Deletion on Germ Cell Components in Caenorhabditis elegans

Shloke Patel, Age: 17
Hillsborough High School, FL
Project Title: Developing Novel Biologicals With Multiple Modes of Action (BM) To Combat the Early Blight Disease in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), Potato (Solanum tuberosum) and Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum)

Sohi Patel, Age: 17
The Woodlands College Park High School, TX
Project Title: Programmable Matter: A Microscale, Self-Reconfigurable, Swarm Robotic System

Fiona Peng, Age: 17
Dougherty Valley High School, CA
Project Title: Skewed EleGANce: Implications of CycleGANs Aggravating Biases on Facial Data

Ian Peng, Age: 17
Arcadia High School, CA
Project Title: Deactivation of SARS-CoV-2 Surrogates via ACE2-Functionalized Photothermal Absorbents Under Near-Infrared Laser Exposure

Ben Persily, Age: 17
King School, CT
Project Title: Utilizing and Optimizing Prime Editing To Target Endogenous Loci (CFTR and SOX2) and Ameliorate Genetic Disorders in Pluripotent Stem Cells

Amy Pham, Age: 17
Elite Scholars Academy, GA
Project Title: An Eco-Friendly Method of Removing Immiscible Pollutants From Waterways Using Vitamin E and a Magnetic Suspension

Alyssa Ponrartana, Age: 17
Archer School for Girls, CA
Project Title: The Effects of Bisphenol A (BPA) on Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) Phenotypes in Male and Female Wild-Type and dFMR1 Mutant Drosophila melanogaster

Ashwin Prabhakar, Age: 17
Bob Jones High School, AL
Project Title: A Low-Cost Portable and Modular Single-Shot Hyperspectral Imaging System for Characterization of Materials

Benjamin Punzalan, Age: 17
Manhasset High School, NY
Project Title: Crosstalk Between Alzheimer’s Disease and SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is Mitigated by Ginkgolides A and B in HTB-11 and U937 Cell Models

Ibrahim Qadri, Age: 17
Valley Stream South High School, NY
Project Title: The Ability of Vitamin E To Improve the Reproduction and Metabolic Respiration of Nicotine-Induced D. melanogaster

Allen M Qian, Age: 17
Manhasset High School, NY
Project Title: Artemisinin and Artesunate Mitigate Cytotoxic Effects Caused by Recombinant Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2

Akhila Ram, Age: 18
Lexington High School, MA
Project Title: Unsupervised Representation Learning of GRACE Improves Groundwater Predictions

Gitanjali Rao, Age: 17
STEM School Highlands Ranch, CO
Project Title: A Novel Approach to Early Directional Diagnosis of Prescription Opioid Addiction

Kaif Ur Rehman, Age: 17
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, MD
Project Title: Analysis of Carbon Isotopic Values and Small Shelly Fossils of the Poleta Formation in the Lower Cambrian

Joseph Miguel Robertazzi, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Migration and Magnetism: A Longitudinal Analysis Identifying the Relationship Between the South Atlantic Anomaly and Shifts in Migratory Bird Populations

Ashley Ruan, Age: 18
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: Development of Label-Free Antigen Test for Monkeypox

Amit Saha, Age: 18
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: Deep Learning Accelerated Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations for Multiscale Modeling of Thrombosis

Rhea Sakaria, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Identifying a Potent Wnt Compound To Enhance Stemness Post-Radiation Through Activating the Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway

Cami Sandell, Age: 18
John Jay High School, NY
Project Title: Can People Intentionally Wake Up From Sleep?

Sonya Savelyev, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Paradoxical Role of TGF-β in Epithelial and Mesenchymal Breast Cancer Cells

Samantha Schaevitz, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating the Use of Focused Ultrasound To Induce Blood-Brain Barrier Opening and Increase Drug Delivery Into a Murine Model of Primary High Grade Glioma Tumors

Bella Rose Marie Schremmer, Age: 17
University City High School, CA
Project Title: Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Devices Applied on Pre-Existing Marine Structures: An Economic and Sustainable Energy Solution

Jack C Schultz, Age: 17
Westhampton Beach High School, NY
Project Title: Alteration of Mineral and Elemental Composition in Saccharina latissma Exposed to Elevated Levels of Carbon Dioxide

Sruthi Sentil, Age: 17
James S. Rickards High School, FL
Project Title: Intelligent Vibroacoustic Monitoring and Interference for Insect Vector Threats Under Learnable Feature Extraction (VibroLEAF): The Case of Diaphorina citrii

Arvind Seshan, Age: 18
Fox Chapel Area High School, PA
Project Title: An Iterative Neural Network-Based Approach to Automated IFT-20 Sensory Neuron Identification in Caenorhabditis elegans

Anika Shah, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Effects of Class-Conscious Admissions on College Campus Racial Diversity

Divyash Viral Shah, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Effect of SCN9A Gene Therapy in Reversing Senescence in Astrocytes in vitro and Alzheimer’s Disease Implications

Roni Shaham, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: #HermanWho? Using Linguistic Analysis To Empirically Measure the Fifth Filter of the Propaganda Model in 2022

Nathan Shan, Age: 17
Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Project Title: Built-In Injustice: Institutional Bias in Energy Infrastructure and Access

Hari Shankar, Age: 17
Rick Reedy High School, TX
Project Title: PetalNet: A Novel Approach Towards Forecasting Plant Disease Epidemics Using Citizen Science and Machine Learning

Ambica Sharma, Age: 17
Washington-Liberty High School, VA
Project Title: Novel Aurora Kinase, EZH2 and BET Inhibitor Small Molecular Compound Combinations To Treat Glioblastoma Multiforme

Bryson Shaub, Age: 17
Paul D. Schreiber High School, NY
Project Title: Causal Effects of Self-Blame and Self-Efficacy Messages on Climate Change Intentions and Behaviors in the Context of Political Party Affiliation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Leah Sherbansky, Age: 17
Pelham Memorial High School, NY
Project Title: Exploring the Relationship of SSTR2 Immunohistochemical and Textural Features to Neuroendocrine Tumor Grade

Amogh Shetty, Age: 18
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, IL
Project Title: Astrocytes Differentiated From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Robustly Express the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway

Bryan Shi, Age: 17
Scarsdale High School, NY
Project Title: A Mutagenesis Study of the Parkinson’s Protein α-Synuclein Reveals An Unexpected Link Between Membrane Association and Serine-129 Phosphorylation

Yu Shin, Age: 18
Mount Hebron High School, MD
Project Title: LRRK2 Phosphorylates Mitochondrial VDAC1 and Its Inhibitor, Olesoxime Alleviates LRRK2 G2018S-Mediated Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration in vivo

Jasmine Shone, Age: 17
Hawken School, OH
Project Title: Systematic Optimization of App Generation Few-Shot Learning for Large Language Models Trained on Code

Samyak Shrimali, Age: 18
Jesuit High School, OR
Project Title: CareHAI: A Novel Automated Artificial Intelligence and Sensor-Based Multi-Modular System for Early Diagnosis and Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections

Joshua Logan Shunk, Age: 18
Perry High School, AZ
Project Title: Neuron-Specific Dropout: A Deterministic Regularization Technique To Prevent Neural Networks From Overfitting and Reduce Dependence on Large Training Samples

Dheyala Simrin, Age: 17
Herricks High School, NY
Project Title: Characterizing Social Behaviors in Female Mice: A Novel Sex-Specific Model Using DeepLabCut and B-SOiD Unsupervised Machine Learning

Ridhima Singh, Age: 17
Farragut High School, TN
Project Title: Understanding the Sensitivity of Vegetation Growth to Climate Factors in Urban Areas and Its Variability Across Spatial Scales

Dario Gaitzi Soatto, Age: 17
Polytechnic School, CA
Project Title: The Minimum Wage as an Anchor: Effects on Determinations of Fairness

Neil Song, Age: 17
St. Mark’s School of Texas, TX
Project Title: SLGTformer: An Attention-Based Approach to Sign Language Recognition

Armaan Srireddy, Age: 18
Westwood High School, TX
Project Title: Developing a Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerator To Sustainably Power Biosensors

Saurish Srivastava, Age: 18
Evergreen Valley High School, CA
Project Title: Scant Evidence for Domain-General Metacognition: A Meta-Analysis

Jason M Starr, Age: 17
Briarcliff High School, NY
Project Title: An Agent-Based Model of COVID-19 Social Determinants of Health for Equitable Intervention Implementation

Diego Emilio Suchenski Loustaunau, Age: 17
Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science, MA
Project Title: In silico Design of Novel 2’FANA Oligonucleotides To Inhibit APOBEC3G

Amber Sun, Age: 17
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: Neuroprotective Effects of Red Raspberry Extract and Broussoflavonol B in Alzheimer’s Disease Models

Christopher Sun, Age: 17
Monta Vista High School, CA
Project Title: Analyzing Multispectral Satellite Imagery of South American Wildfires Using Deep Learning

Julia Sun, Age: 17
Horace Greeley High School, NY
Project Title: Deregulated Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) and Malignant Transformation

Aadhav Sundar, Age: 17
McIntosh High School, GA
Project Title: A Feasibility Study of Lightweight Polylactic Acid Fused Deposition Modeled Propeller Prototyping

Lynn R. Tao, Age: 18
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: D-SCRIPT+C: Incorporating Protein Contact Maps in a Multiphase Deep Learning Model for Structurally Accurate Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) Prediction

Rachel Tao, Age: 17
Waiakea High School, HI
Project Title: Identifying the Molecular Mechanisms of a Safer Neuroblastoma Cure Using the Native Hawaiian ʻAwapuhi (Zingiber zerumbet) Herb

Minnahil Tariq, Age: 17
Brentwood High School – Sonderling Center, NY
Project Title: Evaluating the Invasive Macroalga, Dasyshiphonia japonica, on Long Island Coasts and Assessing Its Effect on Carbon Sequestration, Nitrogen Loading and Climate Change

Jaden Tepper, Age: 17
Scarsdale High School, NY
Project Title: Creating a Novel Device To Improve the Evacuation of Subdural Hematomas

Akshata Tiwari, Age: 17
Aliso Niguel High School, CA
Project Title: Non-Invasive Stress Monitoring From Video for Semi-Autonomous Systems

Nikhil Trepeta, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Decreased Levels of TSP-2 Results in Under-Activation of the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway and Alters Gene Expression in NIH-3T3 Cell Lines

Vivek Turakhia, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Aluminum Hydroxide-Induced Dopaminergic Neuron Degeneration and α-Synuclein Aggregation in the Caenorhabditis elegans Model of Parkinson’s Disease

Sachleen Tuteja, Age: 16
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, IL
Project Title: Investigating Shared Genetic Underpinnings in Autoimmune Diseases of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Scleroderma and Rheumatoid Arthritis by Implementing Polygenic Risk Scores on Cohorts Identified Using Electronic Health Record Data

Suraj Vaddi, Age: 18
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: Tar Print: Convolutional Remote Sensing Techniques To Quantify Urbanization and Study Water Quality Through Macroinvertebrate Assemblages

Emma Van Praagh, Age: 17
Pelham Memorial High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating Connections Between Sensorimotor Impairment and Resting-State Functional MRI of the Spinal Cord in Multiple Sclerosis

Keshav Varadarajan, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Long-Term Hazardous Air Pollutant Estimates Across the United States

Adi Vatsavai, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: A Massive Spring Analogy to Josephson Junctions in an External Magnetic Field

Ganesh Venu, Age: 17
Friendswood High School, TX
Project Title: Cost-Effective Visual Aids for Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients

Deeya Viradia, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: Satellite Observations of NO2 and Surface/Ground Measurements for Indian Cities

Patrick Michael Wahlig, Age: 17
Falmouth High School, ME
Project Title: Towards a System for Modeling the Impact of Ocean Acidification on Sea Scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) in Massachusetts Bay

Claire Wang, Age: 18
Phillips Academy, MA
Project Title: Correlating Spatial Massive Memory and Temporal Massive Memory

Alex Wang, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Spatially Multiplexed Gold Leaf Electrodes for Affordable Pathogenic Detection

Charles Han Wang, Age: 19
Noble and Greenough School, MA
Project Title: Association Between Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior With Depressive Symptoms Among U.S. High School Students

Eric Wang, Age: 17
Millburn High School, NJ
Project Title: Effects of Various Soil Microbiomes on Native and Invasive Plants

Grace Li Wang, Age: 18
Franklin Regional Senior High School, PA
Project Title: Preparation and Characterization of Superabsorbent Beads via Super-Fast Photopolymerization

Jason Christopher Wang, Age: 18
Brentwood High School, TN
Project Title: Differential Effects of Oncogenic Ras Isoforms on Epithelia

Joshua Wang, Age: 17
Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Project Title: AutoPower: Detecting IoT Malware With Power Measurements

Junyi Wang, Age: 17
Boston University Academy, MA
Project Title: Study of Behaviors of Bilinear Forms Under Field Extensions

Kevin Ro Wang, Age: 17
The Roxbury Latin School, MA
Project Title: Interpretability in the Wild: A Circuit for Indirect Object Identification in GPT-2 Small

Rich Wang, Age: 17
William P. Clements High School, TX
Project Title: Ending States of a Special Variant of the Chip-Firing Algorithm

Xina Wang, Age: 17
Amador Valley High School, CA
Project Title: In silico Screen and Benchtop 19F Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy-Enabled Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies of the Synthesis of Carmofur and Related 5-Fluorouracil Analogs

Yue Wang, Age: 18
George School, PA
Project Title: Investigation in U.S. Healthcare Referral System With Graph Neural Networks

Emmy Wei, Age: 18
Evergreen Valley High School, CA
Project Title: Solving Aliasing-Induced Problems in Convolutional Nonlinear Networks

Nolan Wen, Age: 17
American Heritage School Boca-Delray, FL
Project Title: Development and Characterization of a Novel Laponite-Enhanced Tannic Acid-Based Hydrogel

Julia Westwater Brodsky, Age: 17
H-B Woodlawn, VA
Project Title: Characterization of Novel Acinetobacter baumannii Phages EAb3 and EAb7

Jacob Winick, Age: 17
Millburn High School, NJ
Project Title: Targeting Neoantigens Derived From the ZRSR2 Mutation in Hematologic Malignancies

Celine Wu, Age: 18
Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Project Title: Most Significant Factors Associated With Marijuana Use by U.S. High School Students During 1991 to 2019

Samuel Hong Wu, Age: 17
Dublin High School, CA
Project Title: A Novel Strategy for the Reversal of Tumor Cell Immortality

Vivian Wu, Age: 17
Palo Alto High School, CA
Project Title: Evaluating the Impact of the Varroacide Formic Acid on Honeybee Foraging Performance

Emily Xing, Age: 17
Centennial High School, MD
Project Title: Analysis of Culturally-Exploitative Appeals on Chinese Cigarette Packs

Andy Xu, Age: 17
Millburn High School, NJ
Project Title: VAPOR: A Novel Approach to Power Forecasting in a Photovoltaic Microgrid

Ellen Xu, Age: 17
Del Norte High School, CA
Project Title: A Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Kawasaki Disease Diagnosis

Ganning Xu, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Identifying Provocative Sentences From Fearful WhatsApp Messages

Jeffrey Xu, Age: 17
Lowell High School, CA
Project Title: Characterizing Structure-Function Relationships in the CCR6/CCL20 Receptor-Ligand Pair

Lance Yunhao Xu, Age: 17
Central Bucks High School, PA
Project Title: The Correlation of Different Demographics to the Effects of Different Types of Framing in Medical Contexts

Shirley Xu, Age: 17
Bishops School, CA
Project Title: A Heuristic Solution to the Closest String Problem Using Wave Function Collapse Techniques

Felicia Yan, Age: 18
William G. Enloe High School, NC
Project Title: Modeling Sea Level Rise-Driven Coastal Forest Loss and the Aboveground Carbon Impacts With Remote Sensing and Machine Learning

Alex Yang, Age: 18
Marriotts Ridge High School, MD
Project Title: Global Premature Mortality by Dust and Pollution PM2.5 Estimated From the MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis

Amy Yang, Age: 17
Horace Greeley High School, NY
Project Title: Image-Based Deep Learning on Air Quality Using a Nine-Layer Residual Neural Network

Anna Yang, Age: 18
Milton Academy, MA
Project Title: Improved Ethanol Tolerance and Production in Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Anna Yang, Age: 17
Notre Dame High School, CA
Project Title: Smart Bee Colony Monitor: Internet of Things Device and Fusion Convolutional Neural Network for Queen Assessment

Benjamin Yue Yang, Age: 17
McCallie School, TN
Project Title: Inflammatory Effect of Microplastics on Human Lung Cells

Grace Yang, Age: 17
Dougherty Valley High School, CA
Project Title: An Examination of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis Using an APOE4 Stratified and Trajectory Inference-Based Approach

Ryan Yunrui Yang, Age: 18
Choate Rosemary Hall, CT
Project Title: Aggregation in the Mirror Space (AIMS): A Low-Cost, Gossip-Based Distributed Machine Learning Framework

Tyler Benjamin Yang, Age: 17
Yorba Linda High School, CA
Project Title: Integrity of Fecal Microbiome Biospecimen Diversity and Composition Across Various Practical Conditions

Victor Yin, Age: 17
Tsinghua International School,
Project Title: Algorithms for Calculating the Lefschetz Number and Nielsen Number: Using Dehn Twists in Fixed Point Theory

Andrew Yu, Age: 17
Phillips Academy, MA
Project Title: Quantum Complexity of Permutations

Edward Yu, Age: 17
The Lakeside School, WA
Project Title: Turán Problems for Mixed Graphs

Jean Yu, Age: 18
Gwinnett School of Mathematics, GA
Project Title: The Role of Ribosomal rRNA Modifications in Ribosome Biogenesis

Temmie Yu, Age: 18
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: A Novel Biomarker of Psychological Stress: Salivary Cell-Free Mitochondrial DNA (cf-mtDNA)

Andrew Yuan, Age: 17
Poolesville High School, MD
Project Title: Assigning Agents To Increase Network-Based Community Diversity

Maxx Yung, Age: 17
Roslyn High School, NY
Project Title: μ-Opioids Endomorphin-1 and Endomorphin-2 Modulates Memory Processes in Alzheimer’s and COVID-19 Cell Models

Holy Mary Zaher, Age: 17
Smithtown High School, NY
Project Title: The Correlation Between Peroxisome Levels and Short-Term Memory Loss in a PINK1 -/- Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease

Andrew Y. Zhang, Age: 17
Del Norte High School, CA
Project Title: A Novel Blood-Based MicroRNA Diagnostic Model With High Accuracy for Multi-Cancer Early Detection

Kathleen Zhang, Age: 17
Stuyvesant High School, NY
Project Title: Temporal Regression Method for Removing Hemodynamic Signal During Wide-Field Fluorescent Imaging of Epileptiform Activity

Raymond Ming Zhang, Age: 17
Edward Clark High School, NV
Project Title: A Time-Dependent Method for Calculating Astronomical Spirals: Applications to Eccentric Planets in Protoplanetary Disks

Tianyi (Tina) Zhang, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Consonant Correspondences in Sound Symbolic Words Across Indo-European Languages

Eileen Zheng, Age: 17
Brooklyn Technical High School, NY
Project Title: Paired Mutational Analyses of RNA-Binding Proteins-Interactome and Overall Survival in Cancer Patients

Brian Zhou, Age: 17
Plano West Senior High School, TX
Project Title: The Use of Social Media To Increase Vaccine Uptake: An Analysis of the Impact of the CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccine Communication on Twitter

Ethan Zhou, Age: 17
McLean High School, VA
Project Title: Online Learning of Smooth Functions

Allison Youwen Zhu, Age: 17
Lawrenceville School, NJ
Project Title: Risk Factors Associated With Youth Suicidality Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From the National 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey and the 2021 Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey

Kevin Zhu, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Recurrent Repeat Contractions and Micro-Changing Short Tandem Repeats: Investigating Underrepresented Factors of Polymorphism in Human Cancers

Sally Zhu, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: On the Smoothness and Regularity of the Chess Billiard Flow and the Poincaré Problem

Sophie Zhu, Age: 16
Williamsville East High School, NY
Project Title: Factorizations in Evaluation Monoids of Laurent Semirings

Nicole Emma Zlotnikov, Age: 18
Scarsdale High School, NY
Project Title: Asparagopsis taxiformis Reduces Methane Emissions and Alters Microbiome Composition in Organic Grazing Sheep

Liam Zuckerman, Age: 17
Packer Collegiate Institute, NY
Project Title: Infrared Nova Candidates From the WISE Space Telescope Help Constrain the Global Nova Rate

*Scholars ages listed as of 1/10/2023