Research Programs Completed by High School Students | Polygence

Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Roshan Shah
Roshan Shah
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Research Question: How does competitive balance vary across professional sports, and what is the path for the NBA to become more competitive?“

Rehan Shahid
Rehan Shahid
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Mini soccer-playing robot“

Laura Shang
Laura Shang
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Balancing Speed and Precision: A Comparative Analysis of Lightweight LLMs on SAT Reading and Writing Tasks“

Sofonias Shawul
Sofonias Shawul
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Ethiopia's Akaki River Watershed: An Overview of Water pollution Causes, Trends, Impacts, and Continued Remediation Strategies.“

Zenia Siddiqui
Zenia Siddiqui
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How might CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing overcome the therapeutic challenges of glioblastoma brain tumors and improve patient outcomes?“

Elizabeth Siegel
Elizabeth Siegel
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How did the abuse of power and lack of responsibility by psychiatrists during the Holocaust shape modern psychiatric ethics, and how do similar ethical violations, such as overmedication, forced institutionalization, and insurance driven care, continue to affect the profession today?“

Manya Sikka
Manya Sikka
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Teens' perspectives on E-cigarettes vs. traditional cigarettes“

Dhruva Singu
Dhruva Singu
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How can gene therapy be utilized to target specific mutations in Usher Syndrome, and what are the current successes, limitations, and future directions in developing an effective treatment?“

Shalini Sinha
Shalini Sinha
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “What can be inferred from the GW150914 signal about the merger event?“

Ananya SINHA
Ananya SINHA
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Continuity Without Rupture: The Colonial Foundations of Singapore’s Postcolonial State“

Neha Sivakumaran
Neha Sivakumaran
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

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

Tirtha Sivanandam
Tirtha Sivanandam
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “TBD“

Megha Somayaji
Megha Somayaji
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

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

Simran Soni
Simran Soni
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

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

Shreeya Subramani
Shreeya Subramani
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “How can we effectively build an AI-guided web platform that makes the research process easier to understand for underprivileged students?“

Krishna Sulibhavi
Krishna Sulibhavi
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “An investigation into the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis with bacteriophages and other means“

ellie sung
ellie sung
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Domestic Dogs as Sentinels for Lyme Disease: A One Health Approach“

Zadie Sung
Zadie Sung
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “The One Big Beautiful Bill and Its Impact on Medicaid and U.S. Healthcare“

Arielle Tobi
Arielle Tobi
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Navigating Neurodiversity: A deep dive into diagnoses, treatments, and emerging solutions“

Ege Çınar Tosun
Ege Çınar Tosun
Polygence Scholar 2025
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Technological Monopolization and Politics“