Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

Fresh graduates taking a selfie
Jaiden Lee
Jaiden Lee
Millburn High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Citizen Science Game: Identifying iNaturalist Animals via Gamification“

Jinkyu Lee
Jinkyu Lee
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “How has the development of AVs influenced the way they are assessed for public safety and how has their mass deployment impacted the safety of real-world roads?“

Kate Lee
Kate Lee
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “Still working on it. “

Kyoungmin Lee
Kyoungmin Lee
Appleton North High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Phage Therapy against antibiotic-resistant pathogens“

Quisha Lee
Quisha Lee
The Hotchkiss School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Phenomenology of Pregnancy and Possibility“

Ryan Lee
Ryan Lee
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Mitochondrial Disease: Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy and its causes, effects, and treatments.“

Wonseo Lee
Wonseo Lee
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “How do cognitive load, social presence, self-regulated learning skills, and technology acceptance contribute to the differences in information retention between classroom learning and online learning?“

Wilma Legault
Wilma Legault
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “From Ritual to Retail: Trajectories of Black Soap from Africa to the world.“

Jermaine Lei
Jermaine Lei
San Mateo High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Optimization of Firefighting Resource Positions with Linear Programming“

Avi Lekkelapudi
Avi Lekkelapudi
Bellarmine College Prep
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “What are inner speech's viability and relevant characteristics for Brain-computer interface use?“

Aja Lelchuk
Aja Lelchuk
Berkeley High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Question: Can a student write and publish a children's book that demonstrates an effective way to teach problem-solving skills?“

Bella Lent
Bella Lent
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “To what extent should the United States government be able to utilize the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal aliens, and what alternatives exist to using the Act?“

Jeron Leonard
Jeron Leonard
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Use of personalized cancer vaccines“

Anna Levin
Anna Levin
The Dalton School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “ Metanalysis of 2012-2022 Data on Antibiotic Resistance in Mycoplasma Pneumonaie Across Geographic and Socioeconomic Factors“

Amonda Li
Amonda Li
Branksome Hall
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “An Asian-Canadian Story: Admittance of Wrongdoings and Promises of Improvements“

Isabelle Li
Isabelle Li
The King's Academy
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “The Role of Epithelial Cell Extrusion in Carcinoma: Mechanotransduction and Drug Treatment“

Wesley Li
Wesley Li
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “State Estimation of Ground Robots“

zihe Li
zihe Li
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “How does the properties of fundamental particles that construct different mediums affect the propagation of momentum?“

Tatiana Liang
Tatiana Liang
Temple City High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Redwoods: the Double-Edged Knife of Evolutionary Adaptation“

Claire Lim
Claire Lim
Brigham Young University Independent Study
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “The Associations between Childhood Abuse and Emotion Regulation“