Every finalist received at least $25,000. Names, schools, hometowns and project titles as published on the official finalist list.
Kamisi AdetunjiNorth Carolina School of Science and Mathematics · Durham, NCModifying Naturally Sourced Flavonoids for Increased Antioxidant Capacity and Antisickling Activity
Ariella Maia BlackmanHarrison High School · Harrison, NYDeveloping a Model in situ Resource Utilization System for Oxygen-Sustaining Life Support and Launch Cost Reduction for Mars
Angela ChenNorth Carolina School of Science and Mathematics · Durham, NCDeveloping Wildfire Risk and Burn Area Prediction Models Using Comprehensive Environmental Variables for California With Machine Learning
Corona ChenThe University of Chicago Laboratory High School · Chicago, ILUnderstanding Incidental Microbial Communities Inside Ordinary Concrete Toward Decarbonization
Madeleine de BelloyLycée Français de San Francisco · San Francisco, CAComputing the Mosaic Number of Reduced and Non-Reduced Projections of Knots
Cindy DeDianousScarsdale High School · Scarsdale, NYAlpha Retinal Ganglion Cell Dysfunction Precedes Vascular Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes
August DeerGeffen Academy at UCLA · Los Angeles, CAOn Multi-Round Privacy in Federated Learning
Angie FogartyGreenwich High School · Greenwich, CTRapid, Visual Detection of Illicit Substances in a Variety of Environments via Competitive, Amine-Responsive Fluorophores
Ambika GroverGreenwich High School · Greenwich, CTDesign of a Novel, Dual-Functioning, Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Factor XI-Inhibiting Anticoagulant Therapeutic for Rapid Ischemic Stroke Treatment
Hannah GuanBASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus · San Antonio, TXMulti-Dimensional Interpretable Interaction Network (MDiiN) for Modeling Aging Health and Mortality
Fenghuan (Linda) HeCommonwealth School · Boston, MAThe Impact of Primordial Black Holes on Exoplanet Systems
Michelle HuaCranbrook Kingswood School · Bloomfield Hills, MINovel Self-Supervised Deep Neural Networks for 3D Human Shape and Motion Reconstruction From a Monocular Video
Linden Chi JamesNorth Carolina School of Science and Mathematics · Durham, NCThyroid Hormone Treatment of Neurological Trauma Using the Model Galleria mellonella
Thaddaeus KikerSunny Hills High School · Fullerton, CAQPOML: Leveraging Machine Learning and Game Theory To Detect and Characterize Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in X-Ray Binaries
Elane KimStanford University Online High School · Redwood City, CAEffects of Chemotherapy on the Taste Stem Cell Microenvironment
Emily KimJericho Senior High School · Jericho, NYThe Dual Roles of Activated Carbon as an Adsorbent and Photocatalyst for Azo Dye Removal
Evan KimTesla STEM High School · Redmond, WAScGAN: A Generative Adversarial Network To Predict Hypothetical Superconductors
Ryan LeePalo Alto High School · Palo Alto, CAMitochondrial Fission Regulates Structural Plasticity and Synapse Maintenance in Circadian Pacemaker Neurons
Miah Christina MargianoSaint Anthony's High School · Melville, NYPotential Influence of LncRNAs in Tumor Regression: An Analysis of Prognostic LncRNAs in Neuroblastoma
Marissa Lilianna MartinezMonte Vista High School · Monte Vista, COA Habitat Assessment Protocol To Determine Suitability for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Occupancy in the Northern Rio Grande Watershed
Samantha Maya MilewiczByram Hills High School · Armonk, NYSelective Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Attenuates Traumatic Brain Injury-Mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption
Max MisterkaMisterka Homeschool · Harrisonburg, VAA Generalization of q-Calculus Using Formal Group Laws
Neel MoudgalSaline High School · Saline, MIUsing Unassigned NMR Chemical Shifts To Model RNA Secondary Structure
Ishika NagOviedo High School · Oviedo, FLDevelopment of an Engineered Face Mask With Optimized Nanoparticle Layering for Filtration of Air Pollutants and Viral Pathogens
Lavanya NatarajanViera High School · Viera, FLA Prescriptive IoT Solution To Detect and Mitigate Fugitive Methane Gas in Landfills via a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System
Oziomachukwu Chidubem ObiNorth Carolina School of Science and Mathematics · Durham, NCDetermining if a Combination of Treatments Ibudilast and Interleukin 4 Can Treat or Prevent Multiple Sclerosis Using Model Organism Lumbricus terrestris
Emily OcasioNew School of Northern Virginia · Fairfax, VADemographic Correlates of Humanizing Language in Media Coverage of Crime: Evidence From The Boston Globe, 1976-84
Siddhu PachipalaThe Woodlands College Park High School · The Woodlands, TXSuiSensor: A Novel, Low-Cost Machine Learning System for Real-Time Suicide Risk Identification and Treatment Optimization via Computational Linguistics
Joseph Miguel RobertazziOssining High School · Ossining, NYMigration and Magnetism: A Longitudinal Analysis Identifying the Relationship Between the South Atlantic Anomaly and Shifts in Migratory Bird Populations
Joshua Logan ShunkPerry High School · Gilbert, AZNeuron-Specific Dropout: A Deterministic Regularization Technique To Prevent Neural Networks From Overfitting and Reduce Dependence on Large Training Samples
Diego Emilio Suchenski LoustaunauMassachusetts Academy of Math & Science · Worcester, MAIn silico Design of Novel 2'FANA Oligonucleotides To Inhibit APOBEC3G
Jason Christopher WangBrentwood High School · Brentwood, TNDifferential Effects of Oncogenic Ras Isoforms on Epithelia
Nolan WenAmerican Heritage School Boca-Delray · Delray Beach, FLDevelopment and Characterization of a Novel Laponite-Enhanced Tannic Acid-Based Hydrogel
Vivian WuPalo Alto High School · Palo Alto, CAEvaluating the Impact of the Varroacide Formic Acid on Honeybee Foraging Performance
Ellen XuDel Norte High School · San Diego, CAA Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Kawasaki Disease Diagnosis
Jeffrey XuLowell High School · San Francisco, CACharacterizing Structure-Function Relationships in the CCR6/CCL20 Receptor-Ligand Pair
Ethan ZhouMcLean High School · McLean, VAOnline Learning of Smooth Functions
Kevin ZhuJericho Senior High School · Jericho, NYRecurrent Repeat Contractions and Micro-Changing Short Tandem Repeats: Investigating Underrepresented Factors of Polymorphism in Human Cancers
Sally ZhuThe Harker School · San Jose, CAOn the Smoothness and Regularity of the Chess Billiard Flow and the Poincaré Problem
Sophie ZhuWilliamsville East High School · East Amherst, NYFactorizations in Evaluation Monoids of Laurent Semirings