2019 Fellows

Cynthia Chen, 17
Cupertino, CA
Science: “Decoding Neural Networks: Novel Computational Methods to Discover Anti-Tumor B Cell Receptor Binding Motifs”

Varun Kumar, 18
Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Science: “Dihydrotanshinone: A Pan-Therapeutic Treatment for Chemoresistance in Cancer”

Natasha Maniar, 17
Sunnyvale, CA
Technology: “MapAF: Deep Learning to Improve Therapy of Complex Human Heart Rhythm Abnormalities”

Charlotte Marckx, 17
Bellevue, WA
Music: “The Pursuit of Mastery”

Aayush Karan, 17
Muskego, WI
Mathematics: “Generating Set for Nonzero Determinant Links Under Skein Relation”

Neeyanth Kopparapu, 17
Herdon, VA
Technology: “MRI Image Synthesis for the Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease using Deep Learning”

Roey Leonardi, 17
Charleston, SC
Literature: “Flesh of My Flesh, Bone of My Bones”

Siona Prasad, 18
Vienna, VA
Science: “Characterizing Uncertainty in Urban Inversions of Carbon Sources / Sinks using Low Cost Sensor Measurements”

Isha Puri, 18
Chappaqua, NY
Technology: “A Scalable and Freely Accessible Machine Learning Based Application for the Early Detection of Dyslexia”

Rachel Seevers, 18
Lexington, KY
Engineering: “The Virtual Winglet: A Novel Approach to Boundary Layer Manipulation and Wingtip Vortex Suppression”

William Wang, 17
Tulsa, OK
Science: “Red photoluminescent europium-doped yttrium oxide nanostructures as LED photon down-converters”

Madeline Yang, 17
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Engineering: “Enabling M2-incorporated Influenza Virus-like Particles (VLPs) as a Potential Universal Influenza Vaccine”

Aryia Dattamajumdar, 17
Sunnyvale, CA
Engineering: “An early warning AI-powered portable system to reduce workload and inspect environmental damage after natural disasters”

Evan Hu, 17
Potomac, MD
Music: “ Inspiring Hope, Note by Note”

Hiba Hussain, 16
Old Greenwich, CT
Science: “Non-Invasive, Low-Cost Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease via Smartphone Breath Analysis”

Vishnu Akash Polkampally, 17
Ossining, NY
Science: “Utilizing Sugar derived Glassy Matrices to Test a Controversial Mechanism for N2O3 Production within the Red Blood Cell”

Anna Quinlan, 18
Atherton, CA
Engineering: “A Low Cost, Closed Loop Insulin Pump for the Better Management of Types 1 and 2 Diabetes Mellitus”

Ari Willner, 17
Los Angeles, CA
Engineering: “Scalable and Reconfigurable Optical Tap-Delay-Line for Multichannel Equalization and Correlation of 20-Gbaud QPSK Signals Using Nonlinear Wave Mixing and a Microresonator Kerr Frequency Comb”

Brian Wu, 17
Scarsdale, NY
Science: “Tatooine Found! Discovery and Characterization of the First-Ever Circumbinary Planet Detected Using Doppler Spectroscopy”

Daniel Zhu, 17
Potomac, MD
Mathematics: “On the Okounkov-Olshanski formula for the number of skew shapes”