Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Stefan Shakeri
Stefan Shakeri
Vintage High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Student is still figuring this out!“

Abhinav Shanbhag
Abhinav Shanbhag
Monta Vista High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Exploring Causes, Effects, and Solutions to Financial Illiteracy and Exclusion among the Unbanked“

Laura Shang
Laura Shang
Polygence Scholar 2025

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

Kirthi Shankar
Kirthi Shankar
Dougherty Valley High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “How the Interest of US Twitter Users in Environmental Issues Varies Per Region“

Pallavi Shankar
Pallavi Shankar
Amador Valley Highschool
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “How has westernization influenced eating disorders in Fiji?“

Janae Shao
Janae Shao
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Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Visualizing Crime in Urban America“

Raghav Sharma
Raghav Sharma
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Strategic Criteria for Implementing Robotic Process Automation vs. Human Labor in Recurring Tasks“

Satvik Sharma
Satvik Sharma
Northwood High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Analysis of Genes involved in DNA Damage and DNA damage repair and their role in Breast Cancer“

Taara Shastri
Taara Shastri
Basis Phoenix
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Why was Hurricane Harvey (2017) so devastating?“

Ella Shaw
Ella Shaw
Quarry Lane High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Cancer Anti-Angiogenic Therapy and Mechanisms of Therapy Resistance“

Sofonias Shawul
Sofonias Shawul
Polygence Scholar 2025

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

Hanan Sheha
Hanan Sheha
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Maladaptive daydreaming as a multidimensional phenomenon: Psychological coping approaches and daydream typology“

Deshna Shekar
Deshna Shekar
Evergreen Valley High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Barriers to Eating Disorder Treatment“

Kiera Sheth
Kiera Sheth
Legacy Magnet Academy
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “What are the primary immune cell mediators that cause or trigger IBD symptoms and how are these being used for targeted IBD therapy?“

Aditya Shetty
Aditya Shetty
Independence High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Cellular pathways of Parkinson’s Disease: Insights into pathogenesis and potential therapeutics“

Angel Shi
Angel Shi
Miss Porter's School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “How is language learned, processed, and used across different species, and what are some ways to facilitate cross-species communication? “

Emily Shih
Emily Shih
Ridley College
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “A Blog Exploring American Drug Law“

Alessandra Shires
Alessandra Shires
nsu university school
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “The Neurological and Physiological Side Effects of Adolescents with Active or Recovering Anorexia Nervosa “

Akshay Shivkumar
Akshay Shivkumar
Mountain View High School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “NLP Summary Comparisons of Self Help Books“

Rithwik Shivnani
Rithwik Shivnani
Neev Academy
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Governance mechanisms in digital communities: A comparative analysis using the IAD framework“