Every finalist received at least $25,000. Names, schools, hometowns and project titles as published on the official finalist list.
Jessika BaralMission San Jose High School · Fremont, CAMachine Learning Tool for Detection of Small Cell Lung Cancer Stage Using Novel Nuclear Factor I/B Expression: Significantly Increase Patient Survival in Less than One Minute
Beau Taylor BinghamCascia Hall Preparatory School · Tulsa, OKAnalysis of the Antimicrobial Efficacies and Structural Characteristics of Fractional Components of Selected Algal Extracts
Sambuddha ChattopadhyayMontgomery Blair High School · Silver Spring, MDOn T-Reflection via Analytic Continuation in Quantum Mechanics
Jonathan H. ChungHendrick Hudson High School · Montrose, NYInteraction of Circulating Gut Microbiota-generated Metabolites with the Function and Expression of SLC6A3, the Dopamine Transporter
Rohan DalviMontgomery Blair High School · Silver Spring, MDKinetic Trapping and Structural Determination of Native-State Biomolecules in the Gas Phase
Indrani DasAcademy for Medical Science Technology · Hackensack, NJExosomal miR-124a: Novel Translational Astrocyte Repair in Reactive Astrogliosis in vitro
Vineet EdupugantiOregon Episcopal School · Portland, ORDevelopment of a High-Performance Biodegradable Battery for Transient Electronics
Steven Thomas ElliottMagnolia Academy · Parker, TXA Quadcopter Nonlinear Motor Controller Using Force Sensor Feedback
Jacy FangAcademy for Medical Science Technology · Hackensack, NJThe Living Drug: A Novel Method of Inducing Stem-Like Memory T Cells from Antigen-Experienced Cells for CAR-T Immunotherapy
Isabella Iris GrecoBronx High School of Science · Bronx, NYThe Effect of Gender Stereotype and Stereotype Inconsistency on False Memory of Occupation Descriptions
Natalia HajlaszTaylor Allderdice High School · Pittsburgh, PAAtomistic Simulation of Pathways for Mg2+ - Water Dissociation With Rigorous Kinetics
Blake HordDobbs Ferry High School · Dobbs Ferry, NYHigh Mass Planet Spiral Shocks as a Source of Infrared Emission from Protoplanetary Disks
Krithika IyerPlano East Senior High School · Plano, TXBayesian Knowledge Trace for Mind Theoretic Applications
Apoorv KhandelwalTesla STEM High School · Redmond, WAMolecular Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Fabrication of Nanoporous Graphene Membranes for Optimal Water Permeability in Reverse Osmosis Desalination
Nathaniel Paul LeeJericho High School · Jericho, NYNovel Femtosecond ZnSe Ceramic based Optical Parametric Oscillators: Cost-effective Lasers for Infrared Spectroscopy Applications
Dylan LiHunter College High School · New York, NYDesigning and Testing a Compound Targeting the Divergent Roles of Adipose PPARg Isoforms in Regulating Metabolic Homeostasis
Vrinda MadanLake Highland Preparatory School · Orlando, FLIdentification of Highly Selective Anti-malarial Compounds and Characterization of Mechanisms of Action
Prathik NaiduThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology · Alexandria, VADNALoopR: A Novel High-Performance Machine Learning Predictor to Identify Genome-Wide 3D DNA Interactions in Cancer
Ethan Joseph NovekGreenwich High School · Greenwich, CTLow-Temperature Carbon Capture Using Aqueous Ammonia and Organic Solvents
Emily Ann PetersonSmithtown High School East · Saint James, NYLecithin-Retinol Acyl Transferase in Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The Relationship Between Oncology and Wound Repair
Laura Catherine PiersonThe College Preparatory School · Oakland, CASignatures of Stable Multiplicity Spaces in Restrictions of Representations of Symmetric Groups
Evani Radiya-DixitThe Harker School · San Jose, CAIdentification of Diagnostic Biomarkers and Therapeutic Cancer Targets Across Adenocarcinomas Using Genome-wide DNA Methylation Analyses
Arjun Srinivasan RamaniWest Lafayette Junior-Senior High School · West Lafayette, INFast Sampling of Stochastic Kronecker Graphs
David Boris RekhtmanWalt Whitman High School · Bethesda, MDA Study of the Induction of Immunogenic Cell Death in Response to Local Ablative Therapies of Cancer
Audrey SaltzmanByram Hills High School · Armonk, NYSwift XRT and UVOT Investigation of Low-mass X-ray Binary 1RXS J180408.9-342058
Manan Ajay ShahThe Harker School · San Jose, CADeep Learning Assessment of Tumor Proliferation in Histopathological Images for Categorical and Molecular Breast Cancer Severity Diagnosis
Arjun SubramaniamThe Harker School · San Jose, CACadML: A New, Computational Approach to Optimizing Antibody Affinity for Design of Antibody Therapeutics
Alec SunPhillips Exeter Academy · Exeter, NHInfinite-Dimensionality of Certain Representations of Rational Cherednik Algebras of Type D
Jessica C. TianDel Norte High School · San Diego, CAAntibacterial Property of Cellulose Paper Decorated with Ag/TiO2 Nanocomposites
Archana VermaJericho High School · Jericho, NYSpin-orbit Coupling Induced Heterogeneous Excited State Dynamics in 6-coordinate Transition Metal Protodyes
Stefan WanAlexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts · West Palm Beach, FLFunctionalizing Biochar with Mg-Al and Mg-Fe Layered Double Hydroxides for Phosphate Removal from Aqueous Solutions
Felix WangThe Roxbury Latin School · West Roxbury, MAFunctional Equations in Complex Analysis and Number Theory
Jackson Barker WeaverDr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School · Jersey City, NJThe Electrifying Speed of Enzymes
Julian WellmanGreenhills School · Ann Arbor, MILower Bounds on Davenport-Schinzel Sequences via Rectangular Zarankiewicz Matrices
Derek WooGreenwich High School · Greenwich, CTBattling Honey Bee CCD via Reduction of Neonicotinoid Content in Guttation Droplets Using Biochar Soil Additives
Byron Lee XuWilliam P. Clements High School · Sugar Land, TXDirect Determination of Ocean Temperature Profiles from Seismic Oceanography
Amber Zoe YangTrinity Preparatory School · Winter Park, FLOrbital Recognition System for Space Debris Tracking Using Artificial Neural Networks—A Journey from Inner-Brain GPS to Outer-Space GPS
Michael YangCharlotte Latin School · Charlotte, NCModelling Protein Population Interactions for Rapid Investigation of Collective Behavior
Aaron Joseph YeiserPerkiomen Valley High School · Collegeville, PAA Next Generation Partial Differential Equation Solver
Mary ZhuNashua High School South · Nashua, NHImpact of Carbon Tax Policies on the Global Agricultural Economy: A Computational Spatial Partial Equilibrium Modeling Approach