2020 Fellows

Ethan Levy, 17
Miami, FL
Science: “Efficiency of a Novel Nano-Cardiac Device for Atherectomy of Coronary Artery Occlusion”

Annie Ostojic, 18
Munster, IN
Science: “Targeting Cancer via Signaling Pathways: A Novel Approach to the Discovery of Gene CCDC191’s Double-Agent Function using Differential Gene Expression, Heat Map Analyses through AI Deep Learning, and Mathematical Modeling”

Jacob Yasonik, 18
Mequon, WI
Technology: “Multiobjective De Novo Drug Design with Recurrent Neural Networks and Nondominated Sorting”

Maximilian Zhang, 18
Emerson, NJ
Science: “PIF1 Gene Integration: A Novel Chemosensitizing Approach in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”

Audrey Anderson, 18
Omaha, NE
Science: “Resilin Distribution and Abundance in Apis mellifera Wing Joints across Biological Age Classes”

Kevin Chen, 17
Saint James, NY
Science: “A Toxic Lunar Environment: Adverse Effects of a Lunar Soil Simulant (JSC-1A) on Alveolar Cellular Health and Genomic Integrity”

Jessie Gan, 16
San Diego, CA
Science: “Use of a Novel Force Measurement Method to Quantify the Metastatic Potential of RasV12 Cells”

Alyssa Keirn, 18
Fort Collins, CO
Engineering: “Solar-Powered Ozone and UVC-Based Decontaminator”

Lev Kruglyak, 17
Irvine, CA
Mathematics: “The Rational Cherednik Algebra of Type A_1 with Divided Powers”

Wiley Skaret, 18
Bogota, Colombia
Music: “Recording and Outdoor Video Production of Modern Stylistic Use and Arrangement of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes”

Emily Tianshi, 16
San Diego, CA
Science: “Biomimicking Torrey Pine Needles: Atmospheric Moisture Harvesting Device Through Alternating Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Micro-Patterns”

Katherine Vandermel, 17
Closter, NJ
Literature: “The Language of Memory: Combating the Erasure of Self-Identity”

Jack Albright, 16
Los Altos, CA
Technology: “Forecasting the progression of Alzheimer’s disease using neural networks and a novel preprocessing algorithm”

Hailey Edelman, 17
Syosset, NY
Science: “Exploring the Role of Cannabidiol in a Caenorhabditis elegans Epilepsy Model”

Jason Liu, 17
Reno, NV
Mathematics: “Quantum Integer-Valued Polynomials”

Nadine Meister, 18
Exeter, NH
Science: “Cooperative Relaxation in Supercooled Liquids: Kadanoff’s Block Construction and Wilson’s Renormalization Group Transformation”

Jason Ping, 18
Fort Lee, NJ
Technology: “Enabling Personalized Medicine: A Novel Deep Learning Tool for Classifying Genetic Mutations Using Text from Clinical Evidence”

Anushka Sanyal, 16
Los Altos, CA
Science: “Rethinking Therapeutic Targets in Alzheimer’s Disease: A multipronged study linking the nAChR α7 and its role in the G-protein Signaling Pathway for AD”

Kasey Shao, 16
Cincinnati, OH
Music: “Music through stories: A new kind of fairytale”

Kevin Yao, 18
Katy, TX
Science: “A Novel and Feasible Method to Detect and Prevent the Ambient Degradation of Two-Dimensional MoS2 Structures”