Research Programs Completed by High School Students | Polygence

Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Jesse Hu
Jesse Hu
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “The Role of Small Modular Reactors in Decentralizing Energy Production: Assessing Economic Viability, Safety, and Environmental Impact in Underdeveloped Regions“

Harry Huang
Harry Huang
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Creative Multimedia AI Applications and its Limitations“

Olivia Huang
Olivia Huang
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Coping with climate change: evaluating the plastic responses of brittle stars to ocean acidification and warming“

Jordyn Hurwitz
Jordyn Hurwitz
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How do non-profits (specifically homeless non-profits) function and how do they handle their finances? Along with this, how do non-profits gain donors and what makes donors want to donate?“

Maya Hutchby
Maya Hutchby
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Among pediatric and young adult patients with aneurysmal bone cysts, what treatment options are the most successful?“

Jay (Jeonghoo) Hyun
Jay (Jeonghoo) Hyun
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How can the pigeonhole principle be applied to modern scenarios where social distancing is needed.“

Afrah Imam
Afrah Imam
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How can neural networks effectively model the relationship between fibromyalgia and autism based on behavioral questionnaires?“

Eren Isbiliroglu
Eren Isbiliroglu
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Review of the Biology of Atherosclerosis and Mechanisms of Action of Empagliflozin and Metoprolol Succinate“

jack jacobs
jack jacobs
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How does the impact of political uncertainty, such as elections and geopolitical tensions, affect the stock market volatility?“

Sumer Jnagal
Sumer Jnagal
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Personhood and Dementia“

Varsha Jonnalagadda
Varsha Jonnalagadda
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Assessing CRISPR Guide Site Viability and Downstream Transcriptomic Effects in CFTR Editing“

Siri Kadalbal
Siri Kadalbal
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Using an ANN (more specific later) to model the impact & distribution of (pollution, wildfires, invasive species ) on (3-5 species)’s habitat distribution in a given time period in (CA ecosystem). “

Viswanath Kaja
Viswanath Kaja
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Design and Validation of a 12U Satellite With a Solar Shield for Deep Space Solar Research“

Aryahi Kalanuria
Aryahi Kalanuria
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “The Evolution of Social Standards: How the ‘Ideal’ Man in the Middle Ages Deviated from Roman Times.“

Saachi Kalra
Saachi Kalra
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “AI Ethics: Generative AI’s Effects on Societal Bias & Discrimination“

Ahana Kameshwar
Ahana Kameshwar
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Social media usage and adolescent mental health“

Mathura Kannan
Mathura Kannan
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy: Systematic Review“

Anya Kapila (ak7279)
Anya Kapila (ak7279)
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “SupportShelf - Creating a website to provide mental health-related resources easily.“

Mahita Karnati
Mahita Karnati
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Quality of Life for People Living with Diabetes - Results from Survey and Lab“

Maya Kartik
Maya Kartik
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Stage-Focused Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Distinct Gene Expression Patterns in Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Subtypes“