Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Omar Sirhandi
Omar Sirhandi
Lightridge High School and Loudoun Academy of Science
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “ON THE IMPACT OF HERBICIDE TREATMENT ON THE POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF MICROPTERUS NIGRICANS AND A LAKE’S RESILIENCE TO ABIOTIC FACTORS“

Rachel Siu
Rachel Siu
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “The Science of Political Polarization: How the U.S. became so divided (and what we can do about it)“

Nithin Sivakumar
Nithin Sivakumar
Flower Mound High School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “What is the most efficient way of detecting fake news on a text base level?“

Siddharth Sivakumar
Siddharth Sivakumar
Coppell High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Color In Film“

Neha Sivakumaran
Neha Sivakumaran
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “More Than a Statistic: How Black Women’s Birth Stories Can Reshape Maternal Healthcare in the U.S.“

Siddharth Sivalanka
Siddharth Sivalanka
Dougherty Valley High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “The research question I am currently tackling, is what are the similarities of certain genetic disorders, and how can we use that understanding to help us figure out possible solutions to them?“

Tirtha Sivanandam
Tirtha Sivanandam
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “TBD“

Ram Sivaraman
Ram Sivaraman
LASA High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Which noise-adaptive qubit mapping method is best for minimal error in a cryptographic hashing function?“

Christen Smith
Christen Smith
Horace Mann School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Repressed Memory Versus Dissociative Amnesia in Patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder“

Marshall Smith
Marshall Smith
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Molecular Signaling Differences in Systemic and Discoid Lupus Erythematosus“

Olivia Snyder
Olivia Snyder
Mt Spokane High School
Polygence Scholar 2021
Juniper Sohn
Juniper Sohn
Richard Montgomery High School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Is Rome a Part of Italy?“

Marley Soldan
Marley Soldan
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Speed Skating Prosthetic“

Harshal Somanahally
Harshal Somanahally
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Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “How nanoscience benefits the process of water purification“

Megha Somayaji
Megha Somayaji
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “ How does the level of intracellular oxygen affect the response of tumor and normal tissue in FLASH RT?“

Joseph Song
Joseph Song
Whittier Christian High School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “What are the implications of environmental maternal stress factors and the biological mechanism behind their positive correlation with autism?“

Nayan Soni
Nayan Soni
Westlake High school
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Soni Scholars“

Simran Soni
Simran Soni
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “The Detrimental Effect of Micro and Nano Plastics on the Human Brain“

Ivanka SooHoo
Ivanka SooHoo
Weston High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Concept Album“

Summer Sparrow
Summer Sparrow
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “How are deep-sea environments affected by microplastic pollution?“