Research Programs Completed by High School Students | Polygence

Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Brandon Chien
Brandon Chien
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “The Effects of Music Education on Brain Development, Academic Performance, Mood, and Behavior“

Elizabeth Cho
Elizabeth Cho
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “What are the difficulties with KRAS-targeted therapy in pancreas cancer?“

McKenna Cox
McKenna Cox
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Make a business plan for "Poseidon", a business that combines social media, video games, and robotics to help clean polluted bodies of water.“

Ranveer Daga
Ranveer Daga
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “The Role of Subsistence Farming in Solving Thailand's Crop Burning Crisis“

Milton Dai
Milton Dai
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “What brain region or neural network encodes semantic memory?“

Alfred Kwaku Debrah
Alfred Kwaku Debrah
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “MALOCCLUSION AND NON-NUTRITIVE SUCKING HABITS (NNSH)“

Talin Desai
Talin Desai
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Term Limits for the Supreme Court: History, Strategy, and the Politics of Reform“

Aditi Doddavaram
Aditi Doddavaram
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “To be submitted by student“

Mao Fujikawa
Mao Fujikawa
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Keys to Successful International Expansion: Lessons from Starbucks in Japan, Turkey, and Brazil“

Michelle G
Michelle G
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Peanut allergy and promising treatments in adolescents and children“

Alexandre Gervaud
Alexandre Gervaud
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Systematic Review of CAR T-Cell Therapy for Cancer Treatment in Leukemia and Beyond: Applications, Limitations, and Promise“

Aanya Goyal
Aanya Goyal
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “This brings me to my central research question: To what extent can natural treatments assist in successfully treating dermatological conditions, and what are their potential consequences, and how are these treatments portrayed on social media?“

Riya Goyal
Riya Goyal
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “In what ways does a person's identity and personhood persist, change, or evolve in cases of memory instability and loss due to dementia?“

Palash Gupta
Palash Gupta
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Overcoming Deficiencies in Gene Therapy Delivery with Chimeric and Inducible Vectors“

Shorya Gupta
Shorya Gupta
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Commotio Cordis“

Jackson Haddad
Jackson Haddad
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “To what degree is Synthetic Spider Silk a better alternative to a graft in ligament reconstruction surgery?“

Gabby Hall
Gabby Hall
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How does environment and upbringing impact creativity development from childhood to adolescence?“

Ryan Harsha
Ryan Harsha
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How accurately do ninja athlete stats on the international scale depict one's likely performance against their competitors in the sport?“

Veronica Hekiert
Veronica Hekiert
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Using existing antibody targets as a basis, what solid tumor-specific cell surface proteins are viable candidates for novel CAR-T therapies?“

Lucas Hsu
Lucas Hsu
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Assessing current and future heatwave risks and engineering solutions in San Jose, California“