2024 Scholars

Maryam Abdel-Azim, Age: 17
Central Bucks High School, PA
Project Title: Targeting Signaling Molecules of P. aeruginosa by Using Mucin as an Anti-Quorum Sensing Drug: A Novel Design To Evaluate Efficacy in the Context of Multidrug Resistance

Aiden Z. Ackerman, Age: 18
Stuyvesant High School, NY
Project Title: Assessing the Accuracy of a Generative Model for Creating Novel Spider Silk Proteins

Nikita Agrawal, Age: 18
Whitney Young Magnet High School, IL
Project Title: A Novel Approach for Predicting Large Wildfires Using Machine Learning Toward Environmental Justice via Environmental Remote Sensing and Atmospheric Reanalysis Data Across the United States

Shaurya Agrawal, Age: 17
Adlai E. Stevenson High School, IL
Project Title: Combinatorial Optimization and Machine Learning To Predict Optimal Cell-State Conversion Paths

Ishan Ahluwalia, Age: 18
Jesuit High School, OR
Project Title: NeuroMotus: An Intelligent Exoskeleton System To Improve Cerebral Palsy Patient Mobility Using Brain Computer Interface

Milo Akerman, Age: 18
School for Advanced Studies – Wolfson, FL
Project Title: Classification of Poisonous Russula Species Using CBAM-Integrated Convolutional Neural Networks and Bayesian Optimization

Saraswathy Amjith, Age: 18
Tesla STEM High School, WA
Project Title: A Novel Integrated Machine Learning Approach Utilizing Radar and Satellite Imagery for Selective Logging Remote Sensing Detection and Accompanying AI-Logging Map-Generating Webtool

Lily Anchin, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating the Immunophenotypic Differences Among T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients of Distinct Subtype, Sex and Race in Efforts To Improve Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy

Aarav Arora, Age: 18
Del Norte High School, CA
Project Title: A Mechanistic Basis for the Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Severity

Margaret Madeleine Arthur, Age: 18
Fairview High School, CO
Project Title: A Novel Phosphosite Localization Approach Using Tandem Phosphoprotein Mass Spectra and Temporal Dilated Networks

Aditi Avinash, Age: 17
Rock Canyon High School, CO
Project Title: Model Validation and Preclinical Testing of Digestive Enzymes for Gluten Breakdown: A Move To Cure Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease

Harshil Avlani, Age: 17
BASIS Chandler, AZ
Project Title: Analyzing the Effect of Mid-Circuit Measurement (MCM) on Spectator Qubits

Noah Kalyn Babel, Age: 17
Menlo School, CA
Project Title: Stable Equilibria Under Random Fitness and Recombination Rates

David Rodrigo Backer Peral, Age: 17
La Canada High School, CA
Project Title: Hot Button: Non-Invasive Approach for Studying Aggressive States

Reyansh Bahl, Age: 17
Green Level High School, NC
Project Title: Mapping Soil Organic Carbon for Regenerative Agriculture and Reducing Atmospheric Carbon Using Multispectral Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning

Justin Baldassarre, Age: 18
Hastings High School, NY
Project Title: STING-Rich Ciliated Cells Protect the Fallopian Tube From Early Transformation in the Development of Ovarian Cancer

Kunal Samir Bham, Age: 18
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: Discovering Hidden Pathways: A Network-Centric Approach Reveals Novel Pathways Impacted by Prader-Willi Syndrome

Arav Bhargava, Age: 18
The Potomac School, VA
Project Title: Low-Cost, 3D-Printed, Universal-Fit, Transradial Socket for Amputees in Developing Countries

Soumyadeep Bhattacharjee, Age: 15
Williamsville East High School, NY
Project Title: EM²GeM: Explainable Multiview Multimodal Behavioral Modelling for Generalized Mental Health Analytics

Aditi Bhattamishra, Age: 18
Amity Regional High School, CT
Project Title: The SFSA Ankle: A Novel Smart Fluidic Servo Actuator With Real-Time Environment Sensing for Low-Cost, Low-Power, High-Efficiency Transtibial Bionics

Neil Bhavikatti, Age: 17
Cherry Creek High School, CO
Project Title: On Algorithmic Cache Optimization

Matvey Borodin, Age: 18
Brookline High School, MA
Project Title: The Action of the Cactus Group on Arc Diagrams

Rebecca Bover, Age: 17
Herricks High School, NY
Project Title: The Novel Effect of Rosuvastatin on Cholesterol 25-Hydroxylase (Ch25h) Oxysterol Metabolism and IL-6 in Response to LPS and ssRNA40 Stimulation

Alexia Bravo, Age: 17
Union High School, WA
Project Title: An Investigation of New Brown Dwarf Spectral Binary Candidates From the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Initiative

Alan Bu, Age: 17
Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
Project Title: On the Maximum Number of Spanning Trees in a Planar Graph With a Fixed Number of Edges: A Linear-Algebraic Connection

Anwen Cao, Age: 17
Horace Greeley High School, NY
Project Title: An Exploration of mTOR in Epstein-Barr Virus: Evaluating the Effect of EBV Deubiquitinating Enzyme BPLF1 on mTOR Complex 1 and 2

David Lu Cao, Age: 18
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: The Implications of ‘Oumuamua on Panspermia

Elton Cao, Age: 17
Fairview High School, CO
Project Title: National Ground-Level NO₂ Predictions via Satellite Imagery-Driven Convolutional Neural Networks

Gaby Cao, Age: 18
Dana Hall School, MA
Project Title: Mining Novel Glaucoma Drug Target Using Disease-Associated Multiomics Between Ocular Hypertension-Dependent and Independent Pathways

Calvin Kirtley Harold Carpenter, Age: 18
All Saints Episcopal School, TX
Project Title: Identifying Novel Modes of Inhibition of C. pusillum and B. subtilis Bacteria Against Deadly Bat Fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans

Aidan Cazalet, Age: 17
Saint Anthony’s High School, NY
Project Title: Examination of the Effects by a Salinity and Temperature Gradient on Microcystis aeruginosa Morphology: A Keyence Fluorescence Microscope Analysis

Arnav N. Chakravarthy, Age: 18
Homestead High School, CA
Project Title: Leveraging Mitochondrial DNA Mutations for Macrophage Lineage Tracing in Primary Human Tissues

Alex Chen, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Evaluating the Neuroprotective Effects of Spearmint Oil in the Caenorhabditis elegans Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

Maxwell Chen, Age: 17
Lincoln High School, OR
Project Title: Improving Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells Using Nanoscale Metal Coatings

Sophie Chen, Age: 17
Caddo Parish Magnet High School, LA
Project Title: Intraoperative Histological Analysis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Tumor Margins Using a Convolutional Neural Network

Hiuyi Cheng, Age: 17
Herricks High School, NY
Project Title: Evaluating Border Associated Macrophages: A Novel Approach to Investigating Cerebral Blood Flow Dysregulation in ApoE4 Mice

Grace Seyoung Choi, Age: 18
Bloomington High School, IN
Project Title: Improving Transient Expression of Recombinant Proteins in Nicotiana benthamiana Using Color-Optimized Plastic Mulch Covers

Thomas Cong, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Overlooked Covariates in Metabolite Abundance Levels: Systematically Quantifying the Information Overlap Between Gene Expression and Metabolism Across Multiple Cancer Types

Jessica Mary Curran, Age: 18
Westhampton Beach High School, NY
Project Title: Analyzing the Effectiveness of Dasysiphonia japonica as a Seaweed Liquid Fertilizer Through Abelmoschus esculentus Growth and Pigment Concentration

Yash Dagade, Age: 17
Eden Prairie High School, MN
Project Title: SkyWindFarm: Harnessing High-Altitude Wind Power in a Scalable Manner

Rohan Keyur Dalal, Age: 17
Johns Creek High School, GA
Project Title: Neuromesodermal Progenitor Cells Give Rise to Blood Through a Myoblast/Hemangioblast Bipotential Intermediate

Sophie D’Halleweyn, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Alleviating the Energy Crisis: A Novel Multi-Task Machine Learning Algorithm for Designing Efficient Nanocatalysts To Reduce Industrial Energy Impact

Elizabeth Djajalie, Age: 18
Thunder Mountain High School, AK
Project Title: Quantitative Environmental DNA Metabarcoding for the Enumeration of Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.)

Anna Chang Du, Age: 18
Phillips Academy, MA
Project Title: Developing an AI-Enhanced Protocol for Simulating Abiogenesis: Novel Nano-Structured Carbon Materials as a Templatizing Surface for Prebiotic Nucleic Acid Oligomer Formation

Timucin Erbas, Age: 17
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, MA
Project Title: Autonomous Precision Rocket Landing Algorithm

Emma Bangai Fan, Age: 17
Chongqing Nankai Secondary School, China
Project Title: Unexpected Chemistry in the Synthesis of a Key Drug Intermediate Under Buchwald-Hartwig Amination Conditions

Jonathan Matthew Fan, Age: 18
Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Project Title: A Genomic Meta-Data Analysis of Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Reveals New Insights for Future Research

Michelle Fan, Age: 17
Canyon Crest Academy, CA
Project Title: A High-Throughput Screening Pipeline Targeting Mitochondrial Energetic Dysfunction in Patient-Derived Neurons

Roger J. Fan, Age: 18
Henry M. Gunn High School, CA
Project Title: Multidisperse Random Sequential Adsorption and Generalizations

Katherine Fang, Age: 18
High Technology High School, NJ
Project Title: Surveying Water Surface and Wetlands Using Cloud-Removed LandSat Data

Xinxin Fang, Age: 18
Episcopal Academy, PA
Project Title: A Graphical Approach to the Frobenius Number Problem in Three Variables

Jacob Noah Federici, Age: 18
American Heritage School, FL
Project Title: Mitigation of Decreased Protein Synthesis Under Elevated Carbon Dioxide in Arabidopsis thaliana Using Transgenic and Exogenous Approaches

Aiden Fel, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Deficiency of Tetrahydrobiopterin Impairs Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease and in Mild Cognitive Impairment

Jonathan Feldman, Age: 16
Robert L. Paschal High School, TX
Project Title: A Novel Multimodal Deep Learning-Based Approach to the Recognition and Analysis of Pro-Eating Disorder Content on Social Media

Hannah Flitman, Age: 18
Berkeley Preparatory School, FL
Project Title: Exploring Racial Disparities in Auto Insurance Pricing: A Novel Geographical Information Systems Approach to Analyzing Fatality and Rate Discrepancies

Christiana Foufas, Age: 18
Wellington C. Mepham High School, NY
Project Title: Adapting to Pressure: The Bone Structure-Function Relationship in the Rabbit Talus

Esabella Sunshine Fung, Age: 17
Saratoga High School, CA
Project Title: A Machine Learning Approach for Assessing Labor Supply to the Online Labor Market

Ruohan Gao, Age: 18
Noble and Greenough School, MA
Project Title: Deep Learning-Based Satellite Image Analysis for Predicting the Correlated Density of Ailanthus altissima

Sophie Gao, Age: 17
Hunter College High School, NY
Project Title: Uncovering Mechanisms of Action and Resistance for KRAS G12D Inhibitor MRTX1133 Using Drosophila melanogaster Models

William Gao, Age: 18
Centennial High School, MD
Project Title: Designing a Federated Learning-Driven Collaborative Diagnostic System for Metastatic Breast Cancer: Reducing Long Diagnosis Delays and Improving Patient Survival Outcomes in Developing Countries

Arnav Garg, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Treating Anorexia Nervosa Using Fluoxetine and Olanzapine in the Model Organism Caenorhabditis elegans

Ria Garg, Age: 17
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, TX
Project Title: Early Diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Nurses Based on Physical Behavior and Circadian Rhythm Modeled by a Recurrent Neural Network

Eric Ge, Age: 18
Groton School, MA
Project Title: An Autonomous Assisted-Feeding Robotic Arm With Computer Vision Capabilities

Wendy Geng, Age: 17
Liberal Arts & Science Academy, TX
Project Title: Mutation Effects on Chromophore Incorporation in the All1280 His-GAF2 Protein

Priya Ghanta, Age: 18
Pine Crest School, FL
Project Title: Soluble Plasma Proteins of Tumor Necrosis Factor and Immunoglobulin Superfamilies Reveal New Insights Into Immune Regulation in People With HIV and Opioid Use Disorder

Ishani Ghosh, Age: 18
Centennial High School, MD
Project Title: Saturated Lipid-Mediated Abrogation of Neurogenesis: A New Paradigm for Therapeutic Implication in Traumatic Brain Injury Among Obese and High Lipid-Indexed People

Vikram Srinivas Goddla, Age: 17
Detroit Country Day School, MI
Project Title: Optimal Policy Sparsification and Low-Rank Decomposition for Reinforcement Learning

Sarang Goel, Age: 18
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, TX
Project Title: IVY – Intelligent Vision System for the Visually Impaired: Innovative Low-Cost, AI-Based Eyeglasses To Help the Visually Impaired Overcome Mobility Limitations Through Navigational Assistance and Object Avoidance Algorithms and an Intuitive Vibration and Audio Guidance System

Jacob Goldman-Wetzler, Age: 17
Hastings High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating the Impact of Optimal Flashcard Creation Principles on Memory

Ethan Ryan Gonzalez, Age: 18
Bishop O’Dowd High School, CA
Project Title: Impact of Electric Fields on Aqueous Phase Contaminants

Benjamin Gordon, Age: 18
Paul D. Schreiber High School, NY
Project Title: Impact of Cannabinoids on Prostaglandin Synthesis in Activated Inflammatory Cells

Nira Goyal, Age: 17
Martin County High School, FL
Project Title: Quantification of Macrophomina phaseolina Survival After Organic Soil Treatments Under Multiple Temperature Regimes

Molly Rose Graff, Age: 17
Wellington C. Mepham High School, NY
Project Title: Think Fast: An Assessment of Cognitive Processing in Relation to Smartphone Proximity

Jacob Tyler Gross, Age: 17
Roslyn High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating Synergistic Interactions Among SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies

Aanya Gupta, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Initiating Astrocyte to Neuron Transdifferentiation Through MiR-124a: Implications in Neurodegenerative Disease

Aditya Gupta, Age: 18
William Fremd High School, IL
Project Title: Agri-GNN: A Novel Genotypic-Topological Graph Neural Network Framework Built on GraphSAGE for Optimized Yield Prediction

Gautam Gupta, Age: 17
Briarcliff High School, NY
Project Title: Predicting Future Internal Migration Patterns Within the United States Resulting From Shifts in Temperature and Precipitation

William Gvozdjak, Age: 17
Bellevue High School, WA
Project Title: Classification of Low-Rank Odd-Dimensional Modular Categories

Gracelynne Hao, Age: 17
Bridgewater-Raritan High School, NJ
Project Title: Green Synthesis of Black TiO2 Nanoparticles: A Promising Candidate for Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Water Decontamination

Charlie Haywood, Age: 17
Interlake High School, WA
Project Title: Real-Time Blind Deblurring Based on Lightweight Deep-Wiener-Network

Aiden Hightower, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Molecular Fusion: A New Methodology for the Rational Design of Novel DNA Motifs via the DX-Mediated Binding of DNA Tensegrity Triangle Unit Blocks

Griffin Hon, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Evaluating Differential Nutritional Regulation of Stem Cell Plasticity

Samuel Hsu, Age: 17
George W. Hewlett High School, NY
Project Title: A Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Regulated by Salicylic Acid (SA) and Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Plays an Integral Role in Prothallial Development of Gametophytes of Ceratopteris richardii

Chelsea Hu, Age: 17
BASIS Independent McLean, VA
Project Title: Silk Fibroin Microspheres: An Innovative Approach To Improve Drug Delivery to the Lungs for the Treatment of Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (NRDS)

Katherine Hua, Age: 17
Woodbridge High School, CA
Project Title: An AI-Powered Assistive Device for the Visually Impaired

Luke Huang, Age: 17
New Canaan High School, CT
Project Title: Binary Cellular Analysis: Understanding the Link Between Aging and Mortality Risk

Luke Huang, Age: 17
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: Multiscale Analysis of the Hubble Tension in an Evaluation of the ΛCDM Model

Vincent Weisi Huang, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: A Smart Computer Program LauePt4 for Recognizing and Simulating Laue Patterns and Its Applications

Leslie Elizabeth Hunter, Age: 17
C. E. Byrd High School, LA
Project Title: To What Extent Do Pesticides Alter Antioxidant Properties Found Within Rabbiteye Blueberries?

Emily Xingbao Huo, Age: 17
Augusta Preparatory Day School, GA
Project Title: Targeting Macrophage Glycolysis Suppresses Kidney Scarring in a Rodent Model

Isabella Jabbour, Age: 17
Edgemont High School, NY
Project Title: Insights Into Cellular Senescence: p16 and p21 Dynamics in Healthy Aging Spinal Cord Tissues

Howard Ji, Age: 17
University High School, CA
Project Title: Development of a Novel Autonomous Column-Climbing Robotic System (AutoBot) for Real-Time Detection and Mapping of Surface Cracks on Bridges

Melody Jiang, Age: 18
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Characterizing Effects of Natural Killer Cell Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 Interactions With Stromal Cells on Natural Killer Cell Development

Kaitlyn Jin, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: A Novel and Sustainably Synthesized Imine Resveratrol Analog as a Multi-Target-Directed Ligand for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Ishan Milind Joshi, Age: 17
Amador Valley High School, CA
Project Title: Development of a Mycorrhizae-Assisted Plant Microbioelectrochemical Fuel Cell for Optimized Bioelectricity Production and Copper Sulfate Mycorrhizoremediation

Seoyoung Jun, Age: 18
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: Integrated Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired – Implementation of a 3D Scanner With a Tactile Display and Machine Learning in Obstacle Identification

Amanrai Singh Kahlon, Age: 17
Sanford School, DE
Project Title: Enhancing Wearable Gait-Monitoring Systems: Identifying Optimal Kinematic Inputs in Typical Adolescents

Rohan Kalahasty, Age: 18
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: Hybrid Plasticity: Adaptive, Brain-Like Artificial Intelligence via Prefrontal Cortex-Inspired Meta-Learning

Gavriela Beatrice Kalish-Schur, Age: 18
Julia R. Masterman High School, PA
Project Title: IRE1 Knockdown Leads to an Anxiety Phenotype in Drosophila and Changes in BiP and BDNF Levels

Ashwin Kaliyaperumal, Age: 18
Tesla STEM High School, WA
Project Title: A Quantum Optimization Algorithm To Efficiently Route Public Transportation in Cities

Yifan Kang, Age: 18
Phillips Academy, MA
Project Title: CNOT-Optimal Circuit Synthesis

Saathvik R. Kannan, Age: 18
David H. Hickman High School, MO
Project Title: Revolutionizing Cancer Drug Discovery With DrugGen: Identifying a Novel Drug for DNA Polymerase θ

Isha Kapoor, Age: 18
Mayo High School, MN
Project Title: Overcoming Melphalan Resistance in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma — Year 2

Shraman Kar, Age: 17
duPont Manual Magnet High School, KY
Project Title: Dynamic Layer Pruning and Quantization Using Proximal Policy Optimization: A Synergistic Approach for Efficient Deep Learning Models

Zeyneb N. Kaya, Age: 17
Saratoga High School, CA
Project Title: MADLIBS: A Novel Multilingual Data Augmentation Algorithm for Low-Resource Neural Machine Translation

Bradley Kelton, Age: 18
Ward Melville High School, NY
Project Title: Geochronologic and Dynamic Constraints on the Topographic Evolution and Critical Mineral Deposits of the Southwestern United States

Nema Khan, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: The Impact of Media Attention to Gun Violence on the Elevation of Mass Shootings: The Rise of Copycat Shooters

Rania Khan, Age: 18
Charles E. Gorton High School, NY
Project Title: Combined Sewer Overflow Neutralizing Agent Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl) Ramifications on the Vitality of the Tetraselmis Population Within the Hudson River

Syon Khatter, Age: 18
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating Impacts of Sucralose on Hedonic Feeding Behaviors in C. elegans as a Model for Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Eating Disorders

Kevin Khitrov, Age: 17
Ardsley High School, NY
Project Title: Autophagy in Non-Cell Autonomous Regulation of Adipogenesis

Andrea Choo Kim, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: qPCR Assay for the Detection of Varroa destructor in the eDNA of Apis mellifera Colonies

Brandon Kim, Age: 17
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: Deciphering Receptor-Ligand Connectomes in Models of Lung Adenocarcinoma

Daniel Kim, Age: 18
Los Alamos High School, NM
Project Title: Engineered Underwater Vehicle for Ocean Litter Mapping

Joshua J. Kim, Age: 17
West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School, IN
Project Title: Camouflaged and Biosafe QR Code Bioprinting and Protein Tagging: Combatting Medicine Counterfeiting

Ryan Kim, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Exploring the Pathways of c-Maf Endothelial Cell Reprogramming

Ryan Jisup Kim, Age: 17
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: Hybrid Quantum-Classical Machine Learning for Dementia Detection

Antonia Maria Kolb, Age: 18
King School, CT
Project Title: DETICKT IT: A Machine Learning-Based Application for Real-Time Tick Identification and Spatiotemporal Disease Risk Assessment

Anoushka Kolluru, Age: 18
James Logan High School, CA
Project Title: Investigating the Proliferation, Invasion and Resistance to Chemotherapy-Induced Apoptosis of A549 Lung Cancer Cells in Relation to Synthetic Nicotine Exposure

Vaishnavi Kolluru, Age: 17
Dougherty Valley High School, CA
Project Title: Human Milk Immune Complexes Isolated Following Pregnancies Complicated by COVID-19 Infection Contain SARS-CoV-2 Nsp13 Helicase and Biologically Active Factors

Aditya Kiran Koushik, Age: 17
La Cueva High School, NM
Project Title: ACPLearn: A Deep Neural Network Model To Predict Novel Anticancer Peptides

Srikar Kovvuri, Age: 18
Adlai E. Stevenson High School, IL
Project Title: Multifaceted Wildfire-Induced Risk Assessment for Electric Power Grid: An Analytical Approach With Implications for Resilient Infrastructure

Natasha Kulviwat, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: The Neurobiology of Suicide: Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown as a Novel Suicide-Risk Biomarker

Lucia Marie Lammers, Age: 17
Harrison High School, NY
Project Title: Colorimetric and Spectroscopic Analysis of Textiles Dyed With Local Invasive Plants Species and Waste-Derived Mordants

Ella Selina Lan, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: Creating HD-Performer: A Biomedical Waveform Transformer With Two New Attention Modules, TSA and SPA, for Diabetes Detection

Katherine Lee, Age: 18
Plano West Senior High School, TX
Project Title: Finding an Accessible, Environmentally Friendly Solution to Water Purification: Testing the Effectiveness of Aloidendron barberae and Bambusa dolichomerithalla as Natural Coagulants on Heavy Metal Concentration

Matthew Minwoo Lee, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Using Spectral Entropy as a Measure of Chaos To Quantify the Transition From Laminar to Turbulent Flow

Reia Lee, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: Analyzing the gKDR-GMM Model’s Simulation of C. elegans Brain Activity Data and Its Wider Applications in Time-Series Data Analysis

Benjamin Max Levy, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Using Machine Learning To Uncover Hidden Linguistic Differences Within Online Mental Health Disclosures Between Men and Women

Aaron Li, Age: 18
Newark Academy, NJ
Project Title: The Dynamics of a Neutrally Buoyant Particle in Laminar Flow

Alexis Li, Age: 17
Hamilton High School, AZ
Project Title: BrainSTEAM: A Practical Pipeline for Connectome-Based fMRI Analysis Toward Brain Disorder Classification

Arielsie Li, Age: 18
Phillips Academy, MA
Project Title: FlexLizard: A Fast-Running Bipedal Lizard Robot With Optimized Lateral Bending

Brian Minghan Li, Age: 18
Mission San Jose High School, CA
Project Title: Intertwining Operators Between Subregular Whittaker Modules for 𝑔𝑙_𝑁 and Non-Standard Quantizations

Lucy Li, Age: 17
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Footprint Reduction of PET Fiber Waste in Refuse Environments via Non-Toxic Ideonella sakaiensis Degradation

Samuel Li, Age: 17
Stuyvesant High School, NY
Project Title: Turning Fat to Muscle by Activating Muscle-Specific Genes

Eric Liang, Age: 17
Branham High School, CA
Project Title: Predicting Pedestrian Crosswalk Behavior Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Katherine Liang, Age: 17
Ward Melville High School, NY
Project Title: Differentially Private Deep Learning in Biomedical Research

Yiwei Liang, Age: 18
Princeton International School of Math and Science, NJ
Project Title: Discovery and Validation of Small Molecule TIGIT Inhibitors for Cancer Immunotherapy

Kyleen Liao, Age: 17
Saratoga High School, CA
Project Title: Simulating the Air Quality Impact of Prescribed Fires Using a Graph Neural Network-Based PM2.5 Emissions Forecasting System

Audrey Lin, Age: 17
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Eco-Friendly Remediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Stormwater via Magnesium-Infused Calcite Crystal, Supramolecular Hydrogel Scaffolding

Felix Lin, Age: 18
Mission San Jose High School, CA
Project Title: Creation of WAL-SEA: The First Shallow-Ocean Multifunctional Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for the Study of Near-Shore Ocean Ecosystems

Jonathan Lin, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Analysis of Distinctive MicroRNA Conservation Patterns as Markers for Unique MicoRNA Processing Mechanisms

Collin Liou, Age: 17
Sequoia High School, CA
Project Title: Programmable Multistability and Rigid Flattenability in Origami Cubes by Adding a Minimal Cut

Allison An-Li Liu, Age: 17
Lexington High School, MA
Project Title: Next-Generation Synthetic Receptor Circuits for T-Cell Therapy

Brian Zhou Liu, Age: 17
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: Evaluating the Applied Effectiveness of ECG Compression Algorithms for Myocardial Infarction Detection

Jiahe Liu, Age: 17
Edgemont High School, NY
Project Title: Forecasting Post-Wildfire Vegetation Recovery in California Using a Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Tensor Regression Network

Sophia Liu, Age: 17
Cherry Hill High School East, NJ
Project Title: Global and Personalized Models for Detecting Myocardial Infarction With Wearable Devices

Katherine Lynch, Age: 18
Sacred Heart Academy, NY
Project Title: Mindset Over Matter: Can Self-Reported Implicit Theories of Intelligence Regulate the Desire for Academic Rigor, Academic Achievement and Motivation?

Dimitrios Mahairas, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Overcoming Dataset Imbalance Using Light-Weight Vision Transformers With Applications to Computational Drug Design Derived From Botanical Prototypes During Post-Antibiotic Era

Alexandra Mahajan, Age: 17
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, MA
Project Title: A Novel Method To Determine Precise Stellar Radii and Temperatures of Low Mass Stars Using JWST Transits and Occultations

Bhuvi Mamtani, Age: 18
BASIS Phoenix, AZ
Project Title: Identifying Potential Markers To Combat Afatinib Resistance in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Meghna Manjith, Age: 18
Wiregrass Ranch High School, FL
Project Title: Preventing Surgical Site Infections: Designing a Novel Post-Surgical Treatment Using Silver Nitrate and Ayurvedic Extracts in Combination With DNA Sequence Analysis

Jonathan M. Manowitz, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: The Use of What Remains: Repurposing Harvest Waste From Romaine Lettuce Cultivation for Cell-Based Meat Production

Joshua Martoma, Age: 18
Pine Crest School, FL
Project Title: Predicting Criminal Recidivism With an Ensemble Machine Learning Model Using Logistic Regression, Random Forests and Neural Networks

Siddharth Maruvada, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Design, Synthesis and Testing of Novel Small Molecule Interleukin-6 Inhibitors for the Amelioration of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Daniel Mathew, Age: 17
Poolesville High School, MD
Project Title: MiniMesh: Real-Time 5,000-Node Anatomical Human Body Mesh Reconstruction for Portable Devices

Simran Mattikalli, Age: 17
Winston Churchill High School, MD
Project Title: Deep Learning Segmentation of Hip Radiographs for Guiding Opportunistic Management of Osteoporotic Bone Fractures

Arnav Meduri, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Deep Learning-Based Detection of Posterior Vitreous Opacities for Retinal Tear Prediction

Akansha Mehta, Age: 17
American Heritage School, FL
Project Title: Quorum Quenching Potential of Novel Phytochemicals on Chromobacterium violaceum Quorum Sensing

Julie Meng, Age: 17
Belmont High School, MA
Project Title: Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Factors Associated With Not Receiving Mental Health Services Among Children With a Mental Disorder in Early Childhood in the United States, 2021-2022

Aryan Mhaskar, Age: 18
Mills E. Godwin High School, VA
Project Title: Hybrid Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation in the Presence of an Implantable Pulse Generator

Charlotte Lenore Michaluk, Age: 17
Hopewell Valley Central High School, NJ
Project Title: Innovative Climate Change Emissions Reduction: Cargo Ship Active Vortex Scrubber Sail

Ekansh Mittal, Age: 17
Westview High School, OR
Project Title: Harnessing Machine Learning and 3D Spheroid Cultures To Identify Biomarkers for Combating Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer

Maya Mohanty, Age: 18
American Heritage School Boca-Delray, FL
Project Title: Utilizing Caulobacter crescentus To Target the NF-κB-Bcl-2 Pathway and BH3-Only Proteins To Induce Apoptosis in Nasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Ramon Moreno Jr., Age: 17
Thousand Oaks High School, CA
Project Title: The Influence of Isonicotinamide on the Chronological Lifespan of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains

Sadie Rain Muller, Age: 17
Paul D. Schreiber High School, NY
Project Title: Inside the Echo Chamber: A Closer Look at Climate Change Discourse on Twitter (X) and Political Correlates of Affective Polarization

Madison Rieko Hiilani Murata, Age: 17
Kamehameha Secondary School, HI
Project Title: Studies on Gracilaria salicornia: Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Sunscreen Exposure and Use as Agricultural Fertilizer

Kiran C. Myneni, Age: 17
James Madison High School, VA
Project Title: Public Health Strategies for Disease Mitigation in the SIR Model

Rashmi Rajeev Narayanan, Age: 17
Briarcliff High School, NY
Project Title: Understanding Pathological Structures of Pyroglutamate Modified Amyloid-β (Aβ) in Alzheimer’s Disease

Daniel Ndocaj, Age: 17
Byram Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating the Potential of Optically Tunable Metasurfaces for Enhanced Detection of Fluorescent Molecules

Alfardi Nuruzzaman, Age: 17
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: SMAD4 Signaling Pathway’s Role on Production of Exosomes and Associated Extracellular Vesicles

Haruki Ohara, Age: 17
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, MA
Project Title: Bio-Physical Sensing of Feeding Patterns on Squid and Applications for Smart Recreational Fishing

Isabella Palit, Age: 17
Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science, MA
Project Title: Developing 2D and 3D Models of Human Myometrium To Improve Understanding of Intramural Uterine Leiomyoma Pathology and Study Potential Risk Factors

Christina Pan, Age: 17
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: A Novel Application of the Fenton Reaction in the Chemical Upcycling of Polystyrene

Tej Parekh, Age: 17
Paul D. Schreiber High School, NY
Project Title: Utilizing Artificial Intelligence for Categorizing Wildfire Origins Through Satellite Image Analysis

Naomi Park, Age: 17
Greenwich High School, CT
Project Title: Development and Life Cycle Assessment of a Novel, Multi-Functional Remediation Framework for the Concurrent Removal of Oceanic Carbon Dioxide and Oil-in-Water Contaminants

Daniela Parmigiani, Age: 17
Saint Anthony’s High School, NY
Project Title: The Optimization of the MS2/MCP-GFP Live Transcriptional Imaging Platform in Caenorhabditis elegans

Heemali Kalpeshkumar Patel, Age: 17
Herricks High School, NY
Project Title: Visualizing Correlational Trends Between Average Monthly Temperature and Total Monthly Precipitation With Amphibian Populations in Canadian National Parks: A Linear Regression Approach

Smruti Patil, Age: 17
William G. Enloe High School, NC
Project Title: Design and Synthesis of ATPase Inhibitors To Target the Activity of Rix7 in the Ribosome Assembly Pathway

Sruti Peddi, Age: 17
BASIS Scottsdale, AZ
Project Title: FloodCast: Real-Time Flood Mapping and Prediction in Southeast Asia Using Remote Sensing Data

Stella Margaret Goldman Perini, Age: 17
Harrison High School, NY
Project Title: Protective Effects of Resveratrol Following Repetitive Head Injury in Wild Type and Amyloid β42 Drosophila melanogaster

Ava June Phelps, Age: 17
Spring Valley High School, SC
Project Title: Relationship Between Root-Zone Soil Moisture and Proportion of E. solidaginis Galls Attacked by Parasitic Insects in South Carolina Level III Ecoregions

Ella Pilacek, Age: 17
Oviedo High School, FL
Project Title: Promoting Attraction of Apis mellifera to the Synthetic Scent of the Endangered Orchid Prosthechea cochleata Using Pavlovian Conditioning and Direct Feeding Paradigms for Conservation

Alanna Gabrielle Polyak, Age: 17
Plano West Senior High School, TX
Project Title: Utilizing Planarian (Dugesia tigrina) Neoblast Stem Cells on Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) as a Model Organism To Investigate Possible Specializing Cures and Preventative Measures for Central Nervous System (CNS) Disorders

Aayush Prakash, Age: 18
Half Hollow Hills High School, NY
Project Title: Understanding the Cis-Regulatory Code of Mammary Epithelial Cells

Jordan Prawira, Age: 17
Mountain House High School, CA
Project Title: Pura Aer 2: Dual-Stage, Energy-Efficient, Modular Air Purifier System Inspired by Porifera To Improve Air Quality

Elena Prisament, Age: 18
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Novel Annotations in Machine Translation Facilitate Language Acquisition: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Lorenzo Pulmano, Age: 17
American Heritage School, FL
Project Title: A Microwave-Based Machine Learning Approach To Predict Eyewall Replacement Cycles

Cindy Pyo, Age: 18
Tenafly High School, NJ
Project Title: Metabolic Program of Intestinal Stem Cell in Pediatric Development and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Andy Qin, Age: 17
Plano West Senior High School, TX
Project Title: An Improved Cooperative Perception Framework for 3D Vehicle Detection Using Multiscale Feature Extraction

Yunjia Quan, Age: 17
Charlotte Country Day School, NC
Project Title: Enhancing Ethereum’s Security With LUMEN, a Novel Zero-Knowledge Protocol Generating Transparent and Efficient zk-SNARKs

Ankur Raghavan, Age: 17
Bethpage High School, NY
Project Title: The Reduction of Agricultural Water Consumption Through the Utilization of Wireless Sensor Arrays

Achyuta Rajaram, Age: 17
Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
Project Title: Automatic Discovery of Visual Circuits

Rhea Rastogi, Age: 18
Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, AL
Project Title: Understanding How the Maternal Epigenetic Reprogramming Function of LSD1 Contributes to Inherited Developmental Disease

Anabel Reed, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: Musical Training Decreases Cognitive Workload During Hearing-in-Noise Tasks Among Adolescents

Logan Reich, Age: 17
Hunter College High School, NY
Project Title: A Detailed Analysis of the Active Galactic Nucleus in NGC 4151 Using JWST and OSIRIS/Keck With an Emphasis on the Possibility of a Recoiling or Binary Black Hole

Mihir Relan, Age: 18
Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions, TX
Project Title: Cultivation of Semi-Dwarf Wheat in an Indoor Hydroponic System as a Model for Food Security and Climate Change

Kun-Hyung Roh, Age: 18
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Novel Drug Discovery Methodology Using Machine Learning for Gene Expression-Based Virtual Screening Predicts Novel Compounds To Reverse Alzheimer’s Disease With Applications to Cancer and Longevity by Inhibiting CtBP2 Expression

Emmie Rose, Age: 18
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Analyzing NOₓ Removal Efficiency and Washing Resistance of Iron Oxide-Decorated g-C3N4 Nanosheets Attached to Recycled Asphalt Pavement Aggregate

Hannah Isabelle Rosenberg, Age: 17
Paul D. Schreiber High School, NY
Project Title: Christian Nationalism, Antisemitism and Attitudes Toward the War in Ukraine

Harrison Roth, Age: 17
Paul D. Schreiber High School, NY
Project Title: Quantitative Implications of Nesting in State Legislatures

Aadita Roy, Age: 17
Pelham Memorial High School, NY
Project Title: Pro-Inflammatory Macrophages Induce Pyroptotic Death of β-Cell; Modeling Macrophage-Mediated Pancreatic Endocrine β-Cell Damage Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Vascularized Macrophage-Islet Organoids

Arjun Saha Choudhury, Age: 18
Millburn High School, NJ
Project Title: MELODY: Exploring the Characteristics of Music That Helps Relieve Stress

Amrita Saini, Age: 18
Peak to Peak Charter School, CO
Project Title: Investigating Hydrogels To Sustain Pyrocystis fusiformis for Natural Lighting and Carbon Dioxide Removal

Rohan Sampath, Age: 17
Geffen Academy at UCLA, CA
Project Title: Synthesis and Characterization of PEDOT:AlgS — Biomacromolecules for Boosting Hydrogel Conductivity

Luigi J. Sartori, Age: 17
Mineola High School, NY
Project Title: A Proposed Method for Measurement of Oil Spill Bioremediation Enhancement

Krrishika Saxena, Age: 17
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, CA
Project Title: Development of a Simple, Affordable Zinc Oxide-Zeolite Chemiresistor VOC Sensor To Detect Colorectal Cancer From the Exhaled Breath: A Solution for the Underserved Communities

Claire Schwartz, Age: 17
John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: The Administration of Sulforaphane via Broccoli Sprouts Ameliorates Parkinson’s Disease Phenotypes in a Drosophila melanogaster Model

Aryan Nirav Shah, Age: 17
Syosset High School, NY
Project Title: Analyzing the Effects of Different Types of Gerrymandering on Congressional Representation Across the 2010 Redistricting Cycle

Shae R. Shandroff, Age: 17
Ossining High School, NY
Project Title: The Short- and Long-Term Migratory Patterns of Young-of-Year Shortfin Mako Sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Western North Atlantic With Implications for a Localized Nursery Area

Kishan Shanmugananthan, Age: 17
Herricks High School, NY
Project Title: Investigating the MSI2 Germline Variance Effects on Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP)

Rishit Arnav Shaquib, Age: 17
Vanguard High School, FL
Project Title: Bi-Directional Hygiene: Evaluating the Use of Artificial Microbiomes of Commensal Bacteria To Combat Nosocomial Infection

Cayden Shen, Age: 17
Roslyn High School, NY
Project Title: Using an Inexpensive Night Vision Camera as a Novel Detector in NIR Spectroscopy

Dylan Jinhong Shen, Age: 17
Smithtown High School East, NY
Project Title: A Novel Algorithm for Measuring Forest Incursions Using Pixelated Remote Sensing Data

Lauren Shen, Age: 18
Morgantown High School, WV
Project Title: Two-Step X-Ray Transit Identification: Bayesian Block Simplification and Sequential Machine Learning Techniques

Kemmora Simmons, Age: 17
Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School, NY
Project Title: The Effect of the Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical Soy on the Psychological Stress Levels of Neonatal Drosophila melanogaster

Harsh Singh, Age: 17
Edward S. Marcus High School, TX
Project Title: TNF Ligand Promotes Angiogenesis in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Through Activation of Inflammatory Regulatory Networks

Sanskriti Singh, Age: 17
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley, CA
Project Title: CheX-Nomaly: Segmenting Lung Abnormalities From Chest Radiographs Using Machine Learning

Bliss Singhal, Age: 17
Issaquah High School, WA
Project Title: Unveiling Intractable Epileptogenic Brain Networks With Deep Learning Algorithms: A Novel and Comprehensive Framework for Scalable Seizure Prediction With Unimodal Neuroimaging Data in Pediatric Patients

Ishaan Sinha, Age: 17
South Brunswick High School, NJ
Project Title: Characterizing West Nile Virus Dynamics With Explainable Machine Learning

Noah Gabriel Sodickson, Age: 17
Mamaroneck High School, NY
Project Title: In Search of Decay: An Analysis of the Transit Times of Hot Jupiters

Joanna Sohn, Age: 17
Keystone School, TX
Project Title: Investigating the Link Between Visual Impairment and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: Potential Interventions To Mitigate Damage

Alan Song, Age: 18
Wellesley High School, MA
Project Title: Reinforcement Learning-Based Horizontal Scaling for Serverless Systems

Eric Ruike Song, Age: 17
Yorktown High School, NY
Project Title: A Framework for Ransomware Detection and Mitigation

Aarohi Sonputri, Age: 18
Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences & the Arts, AR
Project Title: Small Molecule Stabilization of the CARD11 G-quadruplex Represses Transcription: Developing a Therapeutic Target for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Chloe Sow, Age: 18
The Downtown School: A Lakeside School, WA
Project Title: Escaping Synthetic Carcinogens: An Integration of Chemically-Based Testing Methods in a Comprehensive, Multi-Use Origami Paper-Based Microfluidic Device (μPAD) for Detecting Carcinogens and Other Harmful Substances in Personal Care and Cosmetic Products

Hari Srikanth, Age: 18
Mira Loma High School, CA
Project Title: Multimodal Computer Vision and Novel Reinforcement Learning for Robot Navigation in Fires

Maya Gabrielle Aler Srinivasan, Age: 18
Notre Dame High School, CA
Project Title: Optogenetically Examining Channelrhodopsin and CsChrimson-Stimulated Locomotive Behavior To Classify “Moonwalker” Stalling in Drosophila melanogaster

Milo Stammers, Age: 18
Poolesville High School, MD
Project Title: On Elementary Generation of SL₂ Over Integer Rings of Imaginary Function Fields

Samantha Ashley Stewart, Age: 17
Mineola High School, NY
Project Title: The Use of Perfluorooctyl Bromide as an Oxygen Diffsuer To Treat Chronic Lung Diseases

Lana L. Stout, Age: 17
Satellite High School, FL
Project Title: Accelerating Carbon Sequestration Through Olivine Using Direct Mineral Carbonation With Carbonic Acid

Katie Sun, Age: 18
Crystal Springs Uplands School, CA
Project Title: Designing a Novel Primer Blocker Using Bioconjugation of Single-Stranded Binding Protein and Oligonucleotides for Improved KRAS Mutation Detection

Arjun Praphulla Suryawanshi, Age: 17
Unionville High School, PA
Project Title: ArmLev — A Low-Cost, Wearable and Dual-Mechanism Arm-Stabilizing Device Aimed To Mitigate Tremors

Victoria Tan, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, NY
Project Title: Frontiers in Exoplanetary Science: Novel Approaches to Temperature Prediction and Habitability Assessment

Eric Tang, Age: 17
River Hill High School, MD
Project Title: Building Redundancy for Resilient Distributed Optimization

Helen Tang, Age: 18
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: Impact of Unmet Social Needs on Acute and Long-Term Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients

Linus Tang, Age: 17
Davidson Academy Online, NV
Project Title: Extremal Bounds on Peripherality Measures

Claire Tao, Age: 17
North Shore High School, NY
Project Title: TIGIT is Highly Expressed Across Various Types of Immunosuppressive Myeloid Cells Induced by Glioblastoma Extracellular Vesicles

Edmund Tsou, Age: 17
Briarcliff High School, NY
Project Title: Language Models as Catalysts in EEG-Based BCI Speller Systems: A Low-Cost Solution for Paralyzed Patients

Riya Tyagi, Age: 16
Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
Project Title: Using Computer Vision To Disentangle Features Enabling AI To Learn Self-Reported Race and Ethnicity From Medical Images

Kosha Upadhyay, Age: 17
Bellevue High School, WA
Project Title: MemSpark: Artificially Intelligent Virtual Reality System for Non-Intrusive Therapy and Evaluation of Dementia

Maruthi Mukhesh Vemula, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Mitigating Information Asymmetry in Governmental Policies: An AI-Driven Approach

Srilakshmi Venkatesan, Age: 17
Hopkinton High School, MA
Project Title: Utilizing Hypermagnesemia To Understand the Impact of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents on Caenorhabditis elegans: A Safe Novel Model for Paralytic Drug Testing

Avi Verma, Age: 17
Palo Alto High School, CA
Project Title: Novel Neural Network Models for Predicting Mental Health Outcomes in the U.S. Youth Population

Srikara Vishnubhatla, Age: 18
Math and Science Academy, MN
Project Title: An Exploratory Analysis of Mosaic Chromosomal Aberrations in the Canine Genome: Toward a Comparative Genomics Model

Jack Voelker, Age: 17
Manhasset High School, NY
Project Title: The Effect of Anthropogenic Sound on the Reproductive Success of Tigriopus californicus

Joseph Amichai Vulakh, Age: 17
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, KY
Project Title: Positive Traces on Deformations of Kleinian Singularities of Type D

Aidan Wang, Age: 18
University School of Milwaukee, WI
Project Title: A Novel Alignment-Free Method for Genome Sequence Comparative Analysis Using Dinucleotides-Based Discrete Fourier Transform

Angelika Wang, Age: 17
Cary Academy, NC
Project Title: Construction of Modified Speckle Optical Tweezers for Horizontal Particle Trapping in Air

Grant Wang, Age: 17
Williamsville East High School, NY
Project Title: MLOffense: Multilingual Offensive Language Detection and Target Identification on Social Media Using Graph Attention Transformer

Katherine Huaizhen Wang, Age: 18
Developing Virtue Secondary School, CA
Project Title: Whole-Genome Variant Detection in Long-Read Sequencing Data From Ultra-Low Input Tumor Samples

Miranda Wang, Age: 17
Kent Place School, NJ
Project Title: A Machine Learning Study of Shoreline Change Prediction for United States Coasts

Cole Wasserman, Age: 18
John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: APC-Mediated Expansion of hPSC-Derived Natural Killer Cells

Michelle Wei, Age: 17
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: Solving Second-Order Cone Programs Deterministically in Matrix Multiplication Time

Nathan Wei, Age: 17
Buchholz High School, FL
Project Title: Novel Elastomeric Polystyrene via Photopolymerization and Post-Functionalization of Durable Ultra-High Molecular Weight Perfluorostyrene Copolymers

Joseph Jai Weitzen, Age: 18
Sleepy Hollow High School, NY
Project Title: Discovery and Validation of Tumor-Specific and Tumor-Associated HLA-Presented Peptides in Glioblastoma for Use in Immunotherapeutics

Richard Austin Wong, Age: 18
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, NY
Project Title: Temporal Phage Therapy: A Strategy for Managing MRSA Resistance Utilizing Bacteriophage Sb-1

Angela Yue Wu, Age: 18
Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Project Title: Calcium-Induced Mitochondrial Sorcin Aggregation: A Model System for Investigating Chaperone Suppression of Protein Aggregation

Evan Wu, Age: 18
Memphis University School, TN
Project Title: Conserved Spatiotemporal Expression Landscape of Dominant tRNA Genes in Human and Mouse

Isabella Wu, Age: 17
Choate Rosemary Hall, CT
Project Title: ST-TopoCAN: A Novel Histopathological System for Clinical Prediction With Topology- and Spatial Genome-Informed Deep Learning

Julianne Wu, Age: 17
University High School, CA
Project Title: Sex-Related Signaling of the Angiotensin II Pathway in Primary Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells

Maggie Wu, Age: 18
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: Effects of Dissolved Oxygen Levels on the Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Denitrification Performance of Woodchip Bioreactors Treating Onsite Wastewater

Rachel Marie Wu, Age: 17
Bronx High School of Science, NY
Project Title: Detecting the Effect of Textual Features in Social Media Using an Innovative Machine Learning Approach With Applications for Managing Public Opinion

Richard Wu, Age: 17
Dublin High School, CA
Project Title: BiblioBERT: Sentence Transformer-Based Semantic Recommendation Engine Using Large Language Model-Enhanced Query Segmentation for Personalized Bibliotherapy Recommendations

Samantha Wu, Age: 18
Valley Christian High School, CA
Project Title: Effect of Storage Conditions on Small Noncoding RNA Concentrations in Human Milk Using the Size Exclusion Chromatography Method for Extracellular Vesicle Isolation

Steven XiPeng Xiang, Age: 17
Bancroft School, MA
Project Title: DDR2 and Substrate Stiffness Regulate Cancer Cell Proliferation Through Metabolic Reprogramming

Justin Xie, Age: 18
Westview High School, OR
Project Title: Emotion and Sentiment-Guided Paraphrasing

Alexander Yaokun Xu, Age: 18
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: CARe-BERT: BERT-Powered Graph Augmentation for Context-Aware Radiology Report Retrieval

Anthony Xu, Age: 16
Allen High School, TX
Project Title: A Low-Cost, Low-Power, Long-Range Location Tracking System Using Helium Network

Linda Xue, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Social Isolation on Behavior and Physiology in the Model Gromphadorhina portentosa

Andy Yang, Age: 17
Dutch Fork High School, SC
Project Title: CRFNN: Contextual Reasoning-Based Fuzzy Neural Networks for the Uncertainty Output in Object Recognition

Matt Yang, Age: 17
Wellington C. Mepham High School, NY
Project Title: MultiFormer: Single-Cell ATAC to RNA Prediction Framework

Michael Yang, Age: 18
The Lakeside School, WA
Project Title: Rigidity and Rank of Group-Circulant Matrices

Sydney Josephine Yeboah, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: A Docking Study and Modification of Eugenol To Increase Selectivity in Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition

Ella Yee, Age: 18
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: Identification of Circadian Regulator ARNTL2 and Associated Genes as Novel Biomarkers for Cancer Progression

Carey Huang Yi, Age: 17
Columbus Academy, OH
Project Title: Predictive Models and Impact of Interfacial Contacts and Amino Acids on Protein-Protein Binding Affinity

Adrian Yin, Age: 18
Brookfield Academy, WI
Project Title: The Impact of the Community Reinvestment Act on the Local Economy

Sunny You, Age: 17
Miami Palmetto Senior High School, FL
Project Title: Predicting Future Tropical Cyclone Intensity Using a Convolutional Neural Network and 20 Years of IMERG Satellite Rainfall Data

Michelle Yu, Age: 17
North Shore High School, NY
Project Title: Salvia hispanica L. Ameliorates the Effects of Alzheimer’s Disease in Drosophila melanogaster

Max Zeldes, Age: 17
The Potomac School, VA
Project Title: Improvement to Electroencephalography-Based Imagined Speech Brain-Computer Interfaces Using a Targeted, Dense Array of Electrodes With Scalp Current Density Calculations

Eric Zhan, Age: 17
Mountain View High School, WA
Project Title: On Nontrivial Winning and Losing Parameters of Schmidt Games

Colin Zhang, Age: 17
Carlmont High School, CA
Project Title: Complete Molecular Structure Prediction From Infrared Spectroscopy Using Deep Learning

Jocelyn Zhang, Age: 18
Del Norte High School, CA
Project Title: Novel Photoluminescence Recovery Method of Porous Silicon Quantum Dots for Bioimaging Application

Jonathan Zhang, Age: 18
Commack High School, NY
Project Title: Efficient Differentiation of Sleep-Related Hypermotor Epilepsy and REM-Sleep Behavior Disorder via Neural Aperiodic Components

Lilly Zhang, Age: 17
Unionville High School, PA
Project Title: Urban Heat Island Mitigation With Aerogel Composites

Maureen Zhang, Age: 16
Pittsford Sutherland High School, NY
Project Title: A Semi-Supervised Approach To Determine the Number of Exoplanets in a Given Planetary System Based on NASA Exoplanet Archive Data

Ryan Ruien Zhang, Age: 18
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: PEDS-AI: A Deep Learning-Based UAV System for In-Field Insect Species Identification and Pest Early Detection

Selina Zhang, Age: 18
North Hunterdon High School, NJ
Project Title: ArTreeficial: A Novel AI-Integrated Solution to Reducing Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Populations

Tiffany Zhang, Age: 17
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY
Project Title: Resolving the Constraints Imposed by Chiral Effective Field Theory and Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics on the Neutron Star Equation of State

William Zhang, Age: 18
The Harker School, CA
Project Title: A ChatGPT-Based System With Semi-Closed Domain as an Automatic Online Teaching Assistant in Math Education

William Zhang, Age: 17
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: Synchronization-Free Light Sheet Microscopy for 3-Dimensional Tissue Imaging

Christina Zhao, Age: 17
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC
Project Title: Rational Design and Synthesis of a PHD2 Inhibitor for Oral Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease-Induced Anemia

Jason Ziren Zhao, Age: 17
Marquette High School, MO
Project Title: A Machine-Learning Based Approach to Monitoring Carpal Tunnel Risk Factors in High Schoolers Using Desktop Computers in an Office-Like Environment

Alex Zheng, Age: 16
Plano West Senior High School, TX
Project Title: Dissecting Bias of ChatGPT in College Major Recommendations

Shayla Zheng, Age: 17
Roslyn High School, NY
Project Title: Cell Fusion as a Novel Mechanism Behind JQ1 Resistance in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Brian Lee Zhou, Age: 17
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Project Title: Novel Data-Driven and Constraint-Guided Deep Learning Models Optimize a Multi-Objective Flapping Fin Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Control System

Cyrus Ma Zhou, Age: 16
Innovation Academy, GA
Project Title: An Acoustic Noise Reduction Hood for Infant MRI

Maggie Zhou, Age: 18
Bergen County Academies, NJ
Project Title: The Effect of Calpastatin on an In Vitro Model of Parkinson’s Disease

Anthony Zhu, Age: 17
Barrington Community High School, IL
Project Title: Detection of COVID-19 Through a Heptanal Biomarker Using Transition Metal-Doped Graphene

Christopher Zorn, Age: 17
Irvington High School, NY
Project Title: The Role of MYC in RET Fusion Tumorigenesis and RET Inhibitor Resistance

Charisse Zou, Age: 17
Dougherty Valley High School, CA
Project Title: The Development of a Free-Flying Method To Study the Effect of Neonicotinoids on the Positive Transfer of Learning in the Visual Domain of Honeybees