Regeneron Science Talent Search 2019 Semifinalists

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Alumni of Research Science Institute (RSI) and USA Biology Olympiad (USABO)
 

California
Ko, Jonathan – Mission San Jose High School 
The Impostor Phenomenon and Performance

Huang, Allen – Canyon Crest Academy
Targeting elF4A3 by RNA Interference: A New Strategy for Breast Cancer Therapy
 
Huang, Charles – Lynbrook High School
Characterization of NADPH Binding Patterns for the Rational Design of a Photoactivatable NADPH Analog
Nebraska
Subramaniam, Vighnesh - Millard North High School
Estimating Frequency of Patterns
Georgia
**Weiss, Zoe – Lakeside High School
New Cell Type Detection via a Universal Single-Cell Gene Expression Algorithm
North Carolina
Gong, Albert - North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Data Augmentation Using Generative Adversarial Networks: A Novel Machine Learning Framework
 
Kansas
Wang, William – Blue Valley Northwest High School
Admissibility of the Radon Transform in 2-Element Finite Fields
Oregon
Li, Lauren- Westview High School
Tracing Cell Lineages from Single-Cell Data Using Markov Affinity Estimation
Kentucky
**Chadha, Anjali - DuPont Manual Magnet High School Chadha
Development of a Fully Automated 3D Printed IoT Sensor for Arsenic Detection in Groundwater
 
**Seevers, Rachel - Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
The Virtual Winglet: A Novel Approach to Boundary Layer Manipulation and Wingtip Vortex Suppression
Pennsylvania 
Anderson, Walker- Central Bucks High School
NP – Completeness of the Five Cells Pencil Puzzle
Louisiana
Zaman, Anu - Baton Rouge Magnet High School
SHERLOCKv3: Duplexed Viral Diagnostic Using CRISPR-Cas13 and LASSO
Tennessee
**Liu, Gabrielle - Ravenwood High School
Weight Friction: A Simple Method to Overcome Catastrophic Forgetting and Enable Transfer Learning in Neural Networks
Maryland
Durvasula, Naveen – Montgomery Blair High School
A Bayesian Optimization Approach to Estimating Expected Match time and Organ Quality in Kidney Exchange
Texas
Zhang, Phyllis - Lubbock High School
Co-Overexpression of AVP1 and PP2A-C5 Increases Plant Tolerance to Multiple Stresses
Massachusetts
Hou, Kaiying – Phillips Academy
The Hardness of Finding Hamiltonian Cycle in Grids Graphs of Semi-Regular
 
Srivastava, Shashvat – Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science
AnonStake: An Anonymous Proof-of-Stake Cryptocurrency via Zero-Knowledge Proofs and Aldorand
 
Xu, Guanpeng - Phillips Academy
NExplore: Visualizing Recurring Structures in Dynamic Networks with Automated Pattern Extraction
Utah
Cheng, Alexander - Hillcrest High School
Using Machine Learning and Image Segmentation to Analyze Retinal Blood Vessel Growth in Retinal Flat Mount Images
Michigan
Tan, Matthew - Cranbrook Kingswood School
Hardware Integrated LiDAR Simulation for the Development of Collision-Avoidance Algorithms
Virginia
Wu, Wenbo – Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Discovery of Topological Insulators with Spintronics Properties in the 2D Materials BiSb, BiSbF2, and BiSbI2
New Jersey
Agrawal, Harshal - Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School
Using Stropharia Mushroom Mycelium (S. rugosoannulata) and Waste Treatment Residual for Filtration of Nitrate/Total Dissolved Nitrogen and Phosphate from Agricultural Runoff to Prevent Harmful Algae Blooms
Washington
**Saxena, Eshika - Interlake High School
HemaCam: A Computer Vision-Enhanced Mobile Phone Imaging System for Automated Screening of Hematological Diseases with Convolutional Neural Networks

 

** Denotes Regeneron 2019 STS Finalist

Note: 20 Regeneron 2019 Scholars attended RSI and 3 semifinalists attended USABO