Bumper Crop: Over 80 Indian Americans Among Top 300 Scholars in Regeneron Science Talent Search
- They will be awarded $2,000 each and their schools will be awarded $2,000 for each enrolled scholar.
Several Indian Americans are among the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nationās oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. The 300 scholars will be awarded $2,000 each and their schools will be awarded $2,000 for each enrolled scholar.
This yearās scholars were selected from 2,162 entrants from 712 high schools across 46 states, Puerto Rico and 10 other countries ā āthe highest number of entrants since 1969 and an increase of over 200 from 2023,ā Regeneron said in a press release. They were chosen ābased on their outstanding research, leadership skills, community involvement, commitment to academics, creativity in asking scientific questions and demonstration of exceptional promise as leaders in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through original, independent research projects, essays, and recommendations.ā
This year, research projects cover topics from artificial intelligence/machine learning assistance and detection to climate change prevention for wildfires, floods to drug discovery and more. Other students chose to focus on ways to tackle other pressing societal issues like teen mental health, anxiety, and suicide.
Forty finalists will be announced on Jan. 24. They will then compete for more than $1.8 million in awards during a week-long competition in Washington, D.C., from March 6-13.
āCongratulations to the top 300 scholars in this yearās Regeneron Science Talent Search,ā said Maya Ajmera, president and CEO, Society for Science and executive publisher of Science News. āWe received a record-breaking number of applications this year; interest in this prestigious competition is at an all-time high. I am truly impressed by the quality of the projects and the ingenuity that each student brings to the competition. Their diligence, passion, and perseverance should be celebrated.ā
Indian American scholars include:
Nikita Agrawal, 18, Whitney Young Magnet High School, Illinois.
Project Title: A Novel Approach for Predicting Large Wildfires Using Machine Learning Toward Environmental Justice via Environmental Remote Sensing and Atmospheric Reanalysis Data Across the United States.
Shaurya Agrawal, 17, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Illinois.
Project Title: Combinatorial Optimization and Machine Learning To Predict Optimal Cell-State Conversion Paths.
Ishan Ahluwalia, 18, Jesuit High School, Oregon.
Project Title: NeuroMotus: An Intelligent Exoskeleton System To Improve Cerebral Palsy Patient Mobility Using Brain-Computer Interface.
Saraswathy Amjith, 18, Tesla STEM High School, Washington.
Project Title: A Novel Integrated Machine Learning Approach Utilizing Radar and Satellite Imagery for Selective Logging Remote Sensing Detection and Accompanying AI-Logging Map-Generating Webtool.
Aarav Arora, 18, Del Norte High School, California.
Project Title: A Mechanistic Basis for the Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Severity.
Aditi Avinash, 17, Rock Canyon High School, Colorado.
Project Title: Model Validation and Preclinical Testing of Digestive Enzymes for Gluten Breakdown: A Move To Cure Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease.
Harshil Avlani, 17, BASIS Chandler, Arizona.
Project Title: Analyzing the Effect of Mid-Circuit Measurement (MCM) on Spectator Qubits.
Reyansh Bahl, 17, Green Level High School, North Carolina.
Project Title: Mapping Soil Organic Carbon for Regenerative Agriculture and Reducing Atmospheric Carbon Using Multispectral Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning.
Kunal Samir Bham, 18, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Virginia.
Project Title: Discovering Hidden Pathways: A Network-Centric Approach Reveals Novel Pathways Impacted by Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Arav Bhargava, 18, The Potomac School, Virginia.
Project Title: Low-Cost, 3D-Printed, Universal-Fit, Transradial Socket for Amputees in Developing Countries.
Soumyadeep Bhattacharjee, 15, Williamsville East High School, New York.
Project Title: EMĀ²GeM: Explainable Multiview Multimodal Behavioral Modeling for Generalized Mental Health Analytics.
Aditi Bhattamishra, 18, Amity Regional High School, Connecticut.
Project Title: The SFSA Ankle: A Novel Smart Fluidic Servo Actuator With Real-Time Environment Sensing for Low-Cost, Low-Power, High-Efficiency Transtibial Bionics.
Neil Bhavikatti, 17, Cherry Creek High School, Colorado.
Project Title: On Algorithmic Cache Optimization.
Arnav N. Chakravarthy, 18, Homestead High School, California.
Project Title: Leveraging Mitochondrial DNA Mutations for Macrophage Lineage Tracing in Primary Human Tissues.
Yash Dagade, 17, Eden Prairie High School, Minnesota.
Project Title: SkyWindFarm: Harnessing High-Altitude Wind Power in a Scalable Manner.
Rohan Keyur Dalal, 17, Johns Creek High School, Georgia.
Project Title: Neuromesodermal Progenitor Cells Give Rise to Blood Through a Myoblast/Hemangioblast Bipotential Intermediate.
Arnav Garg, 18, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, North Carolina.
Project Title: Treating Anorexia Nervosa Using Fluoxetine and Olanzapine in the Model Organism Caenorhabditis elegans.
Ria Garg, 17, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Texas.
Project Title: Early Diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Nurses Based on Physical Behavior and Circadian Rhythm Modeled by a Recurrent Neural Network.
Priya Ghanta, 18, Pine Crest School, Florida.
Project Title: Soluble Plasma Proteins of Tumor Necrosis Factor and Immunoglobulin Superfamilies Reveal New Insights Into Immune Regulation in People With HIV and Opioid Use Disorder.
Ishani Ghosh, 18, Centennial High School, Maryland.
Project Title: Saturated Lipid-Mediated Abrogation of Neurogenesis: A New Paradigm for Therapeutic Implication in Traumatic Brain Injury Among Obese and High Lipid-Indexed People.
Vikram Srinivas Goddla, 17, Detroit Country Day School, Michigan.
Project Title: Optimal Policy Sparsification and Low-Rank Decomposition for Reinforcement Learning.
Sarang Goel, 18, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Texas.
Project Title: IVY ā Intelligent Vision System for the Visually Impaired: Innovative Low-Cost, AI-Based Eyeglasses To Help the Visually Impaired Overcome Mobility Limitations Through Navigational Assitance and Object Avoidance Algorithms and an Intuitive Vibration and Audio Guidance System.
Nira Goyal, 17, Martin County High School, Florida.
Project Title: Quantification of Macrophomina phaseolina Survival After Organic Soil Treatments Under Multiple Temperature Regimes.
Aanya Gupta, 17, Bergen County Academies, New Jersey.
Project Title: Initiating Astrocyte to Neuron Transdifferentiation Through MiR-124a: Implications in Neurodegenerative Disease.
Aditya Gupta, 18, William Fremd High School, Illinois.
Project Title: Agri-GNN: A Novel Genotypic-Topological Graph Neural Network Framework Built on GraphSAGE for Optimized Yield Prediction.
Gautam Gupta, 17, Briarcliff High School, New York.
Project Title: Predicting Future Internal Migration Patterns Within the United States Resulting From Shifts in Temperature and Precipitation.
Ishan Milind Joshi, 17, Amador Valley High School, California.
Project Title: Development of a Mycorrhizae-Assisted Plant Microbioelectrochemical Fuel Cell for Optimized Bioelectricity Production and Copper Sulfate Mycorrhizoremediation.
Amanrai Singh Kahlon, 17, Sanford School, Delaware.
Project Title: Enhancing Wearable Gait-Monitoring Systems: Identifying Optimal Kinematic Inputs in Typical Adolescents.
Rohan Kalahasty, 18, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Virginia.
Project Title: Hybrid Plasticity: Adaptive, Brain-Like Artificial Intelligence via Prefrontal Cortex-Inspired Meta-Learning.
Ashwin Kaliyaperumal, 18, Tesla STEM High School, Washington.
Project Title: A Quantum Optimization Algorithm To Efficiently Route Public Transportation in Cities.
Saathvik R. Kannan, 18, David H. Hickman High School, Missouri.
Project Title: Revolutionizing Cancer Drug Discovery With DrugGen: Identifying a Novel Drug for DNA Polymerase Īø.
Isha Kapoor, 18, Mayo High School, Minnesota.
Project Title: Overcoming Melphalan Resistance in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma ā Year 2.
Shraman Kar, 17, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Kentucky.
Project Title: Dynamic Layer Pruning and Quantization Using Proximal Policy Optimization: A Synergistic Approach for Efficient Deep Learning Models.
Zeyneb N. Kaya, 17, Saratoga High School, California.
Project Title: MADLIBS: A Novel Multilingual Data Augmentation Algorithm for Low-Resource Neural Machine Translation.
Nema Khan, 17, Bronx High School of Science, New York.
Project Title: The Impact of Media Attention to Gun Violence on the Elevation of Mass Shootings: The Rise of Copycat Shooters
Rania Khan, 18, Charles E. Gorton High School, New York.
Project Title: Combined Sewer Overflow Neutralizing Agent Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl) Ramifications on the Vitality of the Tetraselmis Population Within the Hudson River.
Syon Khatter, 18, Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, New York.
Project Title: Investigating Impacts of Sucralose on Hedonic Feeding Behaviors in C. elegans as a Model for Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Eating Disorders.
Anoushka Kolluru, 18, James Logan High School, California.
Project Title: Investigating the Proliferation, Invasion and Resistance to Chemotherapy-Induced Apoptosis of A549 Lung Cancer Cells in Relation to Synthetic Nicotine Exposure.
Vaishnavi Kolluru, 17, Dougherty Valley High School, California.
Project Title: Human Milk Immune Complexes Isolated Following Pregnancies Complicated by COVID-19 Infection Contain SARS-CoV-2 Nsp13 Helicase and Biologically Active Factors.
Aditya Kiran Koushik, 17, La Cueva High School, New Mexico.
Project Title: ACPLearn: A Deep Neural Network Model To Predict Novel Anticancer Peptides.
Srikar Kovvuri, 18, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Illinois.
Project Title: Multifaceted Wildfire-Induced Risk Assessment for Electric Power Grid: An Analytical Approach With Implications for Resilient Infrastructure.
Natasha Kulviwat, 17, Jericho Senior High School, New York.
Project Title: The Neurobiology of Suicide: Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown as a Novel Suicide-Risk Biomarker.
Alexandra Mahajan, 17, Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, Masachussetts.
Project Title: A Novel Method To Determine Precise Stellar Radii and Temperatures of Low Mass Stars Using JWST Transits and Occultations.
Bhuvi Mamtani, 18 BASIS Phoenix, Arizona.
Project Title: Identifying Potential Markers To Combat Afatinib Resistance in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.
Meghna Manjith, 18, Wiregrass Ranch High School, Florida.
Project Title: Preventing Surgical Site Infections: Designing a Novel Post-Surgical Treatment Using Silver Nitrate and Ayurvedic Extracts in Combination With DNA Sequence Analysis.
Siddharth Maruvada, 18, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, North Carolina.
Project Title: Design, Synthesis and Testing of Novel Small Molecule Interleukin-6 Inhibitors for the Amelioration of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Simran Mattikalli, 17, Winston Churchill High School, Maryland.
Project Title: Deep Learning Segmentation of Hip Radiographs for Guiding Opportunistic Management of Osteoporotic Bone Fractures
Arnav Meduri, 18, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, North Carolina.
Project Title: Deep Learning-Based Detection of Posterior Vitreous Opacities for Retinal Tear Prediction.
Akansha Mehta, 17, American Heritage School, Florida.
Project Title: Quorum Quenching Potential of Novel Phytochemical on Chromobacterium violaceum Quorum Sensing.
Aryan Mhaskar, 18, Mills E. Godwin High School, Virginia.
Project Title: Hybrid Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation in the Presence of an Implantable Pulse Generator.
Ekansh Mittal, 17, Westview High School, Oregon.
Project Title: Harnessing Machine Learning and 3D Spheroid Cultures To Identify Biomarkers for Combating Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer.
Maya Mohanty, 18, American Heritage School Boca-Delray, Florida.
Project Title: Utilizing Caulobacter crescentus To Target the NF-ĪŗB-Bcl-2 Pathway and BH3-Only Proteins To Induce Apoptosis in Nasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Kiran C. Myneni, 17, James Madison High School, Virginia.
Project Title: Public Health Strategies for Disease Mitigation in the SIR Model.
Rashmi Rajeev Narayanan, 17, Briarcliff High School, New York.
Project Title: Understanding Pathological Structures of Pyroglutamate Modified Amyloid-Ī² (AĪ²) in Alzheimerās Disease.
Tej Parekh, 17, Paul D. Schreiber High School, New York.
Project Title: Utilizing Artificial Intelligence for Categorizing Wildfire Origins Through Satellite Image Analysis.
Heemali Kalpeshkumar Patel, 17, Herricks High School, New York.
Project Title: Visualizing Correlational Trends Between Average Monthly Temperature and Total Monthly Precipitation With Amphibian Populations in Canadian National Parks: A Linear Regression Approach.
Smruti Patil, 17, William G. Enloe High School, North Carolina.
Project Title: Design and Synthesis of ATPase Inhibitors To Target the Activity of Rix7 in the Ribosome Assembly Pathway.
Sruti Peddi, 17, BASIS Scottsdale, Arizona.
Project Title: FloodCast: Real-Time Flood Mapping and Prediction in Southeast Asia Using Remote Sensing Data.
Aayush Prakash, 18, Half Hollow Hills High School, New York.
Project Title: Understanding the Cis-Regulatory Code of Mammary Epithelial Cells.
Ankur Raghavan, 17, Bethpage High School, New York.
Project Title: The Reduction of Agricultural Water Consumption Through the Utilization of Wireless Sensor Arrays.
Achyuta Rajaram, 17, Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire.
Project Title: Automatic Discovery of Visual Circuits.
Rhea Rastogi, 18, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, Alabama.
Project Title: Understanding How the Maternal Epigenetic Reprogramming Function of LSD1 Contributes to Inherited Developmental Disease.
Mihir Relan, 18, Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Texas.
Project Title: Cultivation of Semi-Dwarf Wheat in an Indoor Hydroponic System as a Model for Food Security and Climate Change
Aadita Roy, 17, Pelham Memorial High School, New York.
Project Title: Pro-Inflammatory Macrophages Induce Pyroptotic Death of Ī²-Cell; Modeling Macrophage-Mediated Pancreatic Endocrine Ī²-Cell Damage Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Vascularized Macrophage-Islet Organoids.
Arjun Saha Choudhury, 18, Millburn High School, New Jersey.
Project Title: MELODY: Exploring the Characteristics of Music That Helps Relieve Stress.
Amrita Saini, 18, Peak to Peak Charter School, Colorado.
Project Title: Investigating Hydrogels To Sustain Pyrocystis fusiformis for Natural Lighting and Carbon Dioxide Removal.
Rohan Sampath, 17, Geffen Academy at UCLA, California.
Project Title: Synthesis and Characterization of PEDOT: AlgS ā Biomacromolecules for Boosting Hydrogel Conductivity.
Krrishika Saxena, 17, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, California.
Project Title: Development of a Simple, Affordable Zinc Oxide-Zeolite Chemiresistor VOC Sensor To Detect Colorectal Cancer From the Exhaled Breath: A Solution for the Underserved Communities.
Aryan Nirav Shah, 17, Syosset High School, Nw York.
Project Title: Analyzing the Effects of Different Types of Gerrymandering on Congressional Representation Across the 2010 Redistricting Cycle.
Kishan Shanmugananthan, 17, Herricks High School, New York.
Project Title: Investigating the MSI2 Germline Variance Effects on Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP).
Rishit Arnav Shaquib, 17, Vanguard High School, Florida.
Project Title: Bi-Directional Hygiene: Evaluating the Use of Artificial Microbiomes of Commensal Bacteria To Combat Nosocomial Infection.
Harsh Singh, 17, Edward S. Marcus High School, Texas.
Project Title: TNF Ligand Promotes Angiogenesis in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Through Activation of Inflammatory Regulatory Networks.
Sanskriti Singh, 17, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley, California.
Project Title: CheX-Nomaly: Segmenting Lung Abnormalities From Chest Radiographs Using Machine Learning
Bliss Singhal, 17, Issaquah High School, Washington.
Project Title: Unveiling Intractable Epileptogenic Brain Networks With Deep Learning Algorithms: A Novel and Comprehensive Framework for Scalable Seizure Prediction With Unimodal Neuroimaging Data in Pediatric Patients.
Ishaan Sinha, 17, South Brunswick High School, New Jersey.
Project Title: Characterizing West Nile Virus Dynamics With Explainable Machine Learning
Aarohi Sonputri, 18 Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences & the Arts, Arkansas.
Project Title: Small Molecule Stabilization of the CARD11 G-quadruplex Represses Transcription: Developing a Therapeutic Target for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.
Hari Srikanth, 18, Mira Loma High School, California.
Project Title: Multimodal Computer Vision and Novel Reinforcement Learning for Robot Navigation in Fires.
Maya Gabrielle Aler Srinivasan, 18, Notre Dame High School, California.
Project Title: Optogenetically Examining Channelrhodopsin and CsChrimson-Stimulated Locomotive Behavior To Classify āMoonwalkerā Stalling in Drosophila melanogaster.
Arjun Praphulla Suryawanshi, 17, Unionville High School, Pennsylvania.
Project Title: ArmLev ā A Low-Cost, Wearable and Dual-Mechanism Arm-Stabilizing Device Aimed To Mitigate Tremors.
Riya Tyagi, 16, Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire.
Project Title: Using Computer Vision To Disentangle Features Enabling AI To Learn Self-Reported Race and Ethnicity From Medical Images.
Kosha Upadhyay, 17, Bellevue High School, Washington.
Project Title: MemSpark: Artificially Intelligent Virtual Reality System for Non-Intrusive Therapy and Evaluation of Dementia.
Maruthi Mukhesh Vemula, 17, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, North Carolina.
Project Title: Mitigating Information Asymmetry in Governmental Policies: An AI-Driven Approach.
Srilakshmi Venkatesan, 17, Hopkinton High School, Massachusetts.
Project Title: Utilizing Hypermagnesemia To Understand the Impact of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents on Caenorhabditis elegans: A Safe Novel Model for Paralytic Drug Testing.
Avi Verma, 17, Palo Alto High School, California.
Project Title: Novel Neural Network Models for Predicting Mental Health Outcomes in the U.S. Youth Population.
Srikara Vishnubhatla, 18, Math and Science Academy, Minnesota.
Project Title: An Exploratory Analysis of Mosaic Chromosomal Aberrations in the Canine Genome: Toward a Comparative Genomics Model.
(Top photo, courtesy of Regeneron Science Talent Search)