Outstanding High School Student Research Projects: Announcing the Winners of our 12th Symposium

Hundreds of student researchers, their families and friends and Polygence mentors and judges came together on March 22nd for the 12th Polygence Symposium of Rising Scholars. Our High School Research Symposium, an online event with student presentations in subject areas ranging from Environmental Science and Public Health to AI, Machine Learning and Aerospace is hosted twice each year to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of our scholars, all of whom worked tirelessly on their own individual projects over the preceding months.

Each year we recognize a handful of students whose projects and presentations were exceptional in their innovation, creativity, rigor and masterful delivery. Please join us in celebrating our 12th Symposium of Rising Scholars Award Winners!

First Place Live Talk

Winner: Vivaan Echambadi

Topic: AI, Machine Learning & Technology

Project Title: "Financial Market Sentiment Analysis Using LLM and RAG"

Second Place Live Talk

Winner: Amina Gorman

Topic: Neuroscience, Behavioral Science & Psychology

Project Title: "Developmental Trajectories of Antisocial Personality Disorder During Childhood and Adolescence"

Third Place Live Talk

Winner: Shruthi Inamdar

Topic: Genetics, Biotechnology, and Medicine

Project Title: "Correlation Between COVID-19 at Time of MI and Myocardial Infarction Mortality: A Meta-Analysis"

Top Asynchronous Talk

Winner: Arav Choudhary

Topic: Biology, Food Science

Project Title: "Evaluating Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) and Dietary Interventions for Aging Populations"

Top Asynchronous Pitch

Winner: Yunji Kim

Topic: Biology, Veterinary Medicine

Project Title: "Canine Collie Eye Anomaly (CEA) underlying genetic causes and future medical/therapeutic implications"

For the first time ever, we have TWO students who earned top scores in our Innovation category. We're pleased to announce the two recipients of the Innovator Award!

Winner: Bae Bonalle

Topic: AI, Machine Learning and Technology

Project Title: "AI Art Teacher"

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Winner: Arkapravo Sen

Topic: Biotechnology and Engineering

Project Title: "NeuroGuard: Real-Time Field Concussion Detection System"