Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Gabriella Felix
Gabriella Felix
Carondelet High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “A proposal to genetically edit the mutated Cardiac Troponin T gene using CRISPR to lower the incidence of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy“

JingChen Feng
JingChen Feng
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Music subscription cases: do consumer change their behavior upon a subscription price change“

Sonia Fereidooni
Sonia Fereidooni
Irvine High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Evaluation of metronidazole resistance in Bacteroides“

Melissa Frankel
Melissa Frankel
San Dieguito Academy
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “How do people under the age of 25 become financially literate and pave a financially stable path for their futures?“

Elizabeth Frisbie
Elizabeth Frisbie
Richard Montgomery High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Risk Factors of Alzheimer’s Disease, and the Impact of Socioeconomic Status“

Francesca Froio
Francesca Froio
Lower Merion High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “hNSCs potential in aiding penetrating traumatic brain injury recovery“

israa fyaz
israa fyaz
guilford high school
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Neurobiological and Psychological effects of Childhood Stress“

William Gao
William Gao
Choate Rosemary Hall
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Predicting song popularity from lyrical content using machine learning“

Manav Garg
Manav Garg
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Automated Machine Learning: Evaluation without Training“

Shriya Gautam
Shriya Gautam
Interlake High School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Using Computer Vision to analyze Satellite Images for Ecological Characteristics“

Sanvi Ghorpade
Sanvi Ghorpade
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “To what extent do laws such as Prop 47 and more local, action-based community interventions such as surveillance cameras aim at reducing petty theft effectively comparing and contrasting the crime rates 6 months after the intervention passed address the root causes and lead to lower recidivism rates among offenders?“

Tara Girisaballa
Tara Girisaballa
Inventure Academy
Polygence Scholar 2022
Matthew Goerge
Matthew Goerge
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Are performance based payment structures more strongly correlated with better health outcomes compared to fee-for-service payment (i.e., paid for doing procedure not on outcome) for surgeons?“

Param Gogia
Param Gogia
Mahindra United World College in India (MUWCI)
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “A Theoretical Study of the Magnetic Field Generated due to the Rotation of Coronae in Active Galactic Nuclei“

Vasanth Gogineni
Vasanth Gogineni
Greenwood High International School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Optimizing Satellite Trajectories For Optimal Communication Across Planets“

Jada Gohar
Jada Gohar
Brentwood School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “N/A“

Sophie Goldstein
Sophie Goldstein
Mainland Regional High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “If you are a carrier of the BRCA mutation, can certain lifestyle factors reduce your risk of getting cancer? (Stress, diet, exercise)“

Lale Goncuoglu
Lale Goncuoglu
Tenzile Erdogan Kiz Anadolu Imam Hatip Lisesi
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “In Search of the Just: Reflections on John Rawls’s Ideal Theory“

Oktay Gonen
Oktay Gonen
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Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Emotional Trauma and the Brain“

Asha Gopinath
Asha Gopinath
Windward School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Making and engineering sustainable textiles and fabric from macro- and microalgae.“