Research Programs Completed by High School Students | Polygence

Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Jesse Hu
Jesse Hu
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “The Role of Small Modular Reactors in Decentralizing Energy Production: Assessing Economic Viability, Safety, and Environmental Impact in Underdeveloped Regions“

Harry Huang
Harry Huang
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Creative Multimedia AI Applications and its Limitations“

Olivia Huang
Olivia Huang
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Coping with Climate Change: Evaluating the Plastic Responses of Brittle Stars to Ocean Acidification and Warming“

Jordyn Hurwitz
Jordyn Hurwitz
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How do non-profits (specifically homeless non-profits) function and how do they handle their finances? Along with this, how do non-profits gain donors and what makes donors want to donate?“

Maya Hutchby
Maya Hutchby
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Among pediatric and young adult patients with aneurysmal bone cysts, what treatment options are the most successful?“

Jay (Jeonghoo) Hyun
Jay (Jeonghoo) Hyun
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How can the pigeonhole principle be applied to modern scenarios where social distancing is needed.“

Eren Isbiliroglu
Eren Isbiliroglu
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Review of the Medicinal Chemistry of Atherosclerosis and Gold-Standard Treatments with Metoprolol and Atorvastatin“

Sumer Jnagal
Sumer Jnagal
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Personhood and Dementia“

Varsha Jonnalagadda
Varsha Jonnalagadda
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Assessing CRISPR Guide Site Viability and Downstream Transcriptomic Effects in CFTR Editing“

Aryahi Kalanuria
Aryahi Kalanuria
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “The Evolution of Social Standards: How the ‘Ideal’ Man in the Middle Ages Deviated from Roman Times.“

Saachi Kalra
Saachi Kalra
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “AI Ethics: Generative AI’s Effects on Societal Bias & Discrimination“

Ahana Kameshwar
Ahana Kameshwar
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Social media usage and adolescent mental health“

Mathura Kannan
Mathura Kannan
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy: Systematic Review“

Anya Kapila (ak7279)
Anya Kapila (ak7279)
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “SupportShelf - Creating a website to consolidate mental health-related resources easily.“

Maya Kartik
Maya Kartik
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Stage-Focused Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Distinct Gene Expression Patterns in Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Subtypes“

Amir Kashani
Amir Kashani
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “What are the advantages and limitations of iPSCs against MSCs in cardiomyocytes in post-MI models?“

Suditi Kedambadi
Suditi Kedambadi
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “A Novel Antibody-Drug Conjugate to Inhibit Glioblastoma Multiforme Progression“

Ian Kim
Ian Kim
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “What are the immediate and long-term cognitive effects of concussions on high school student-athletes as reported in existing literature, and what preventative and management measures exist?“

Samuel Kim
Samuel Kim
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Adaptive Sleep Alarm“

Mairin King
Mairin King
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Developing a New Ranking System for US Climbing“