Research Programs Completed by High School Students | Polygence

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Fresh graduates taking a selfie
Boxuan Fu
Boxuan Fu
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “See shared Google doc“

Mao Fujikawa
Mao Fujikawa
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How should a company act when expanding internationally?“

Mika Furukawa-Lee
Mika Furukawa-Lee
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Crispr/Cas9 as a potential therapeutic option for genetic cases of Parkinson’s Disease“

Aryaman Garg
Aryaman Garg
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How did the addition of UPI as a payment method affect the transactions made by individuals and small businesses in India?“

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“

Olivia Goodman
Olivia Goodman
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How does an age-appropriate educational intervention influence children's emotional and behavioral responses to insect-related stimuli, particularly in relation to anxiety associated with bug phobia?“

Karthick Govindaraj
Karthick Govindaraj
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “LLM Assistend Disability Career/Job Counseling Web App“

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?“

Ariya Harrington
Ariya Harrington
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Palestinian National Identity and the Question of Settler Colonialism With consideration to the events of October 7 2023, how have scholars/journalists engaged with the subject of Palestinian national identity and indigeneity from the mid-20th century onwards?“

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?“

Hayley Herman
Hayley Herman
Polygence Scholar 2024
Symposium Presenter

Project: “What are Climate change’s effects on Biodiversity in Coral Reefs?“

Tori Hiatt
Tori Hiatt
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Computational Nuclear Physics / Engineering project (exact title TBD)“

Charles Ho
Charles Ho
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How Viable is Mycelium Packaging as a Sustainable Alternative to Styrofoam from an Economic and Environmental Perspective? “

Lucas Hsu
Lucas Hsu
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

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