Winners

Category Award Name School Title
Animal Sciences 1st Kaitlin Kaiting Ho (North Shore High School) North Shore High School Cocoa's Cognitive Triumph: The Rescue of the Alzheimer's Model of Drosophila melanogaster with Theobroma cacao Supplementation
1st Katherine Lee (Jericho High School) Jericho High School C-Fos and Reelin Protein Localization: Brain Fluorescence Imaging of Activity Pathways in Mice During Sensory Behavior Tasks
2nd Nicole Lynn Yeroushalmi (John L. Miller Great Neck North High School) John L. Miller Great Neck North High School The Effect of Diet on Galleria mellonella Larvae's Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis
3rd Kayla Palumbo (Sacred Heart Academy) Sacred Heart Academy CAN MODERN BLUE LIGHT-BLOCKING TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVELY SHIELD DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER FROM HARM?
3rd Yasmeen Antonia Muñoz (Paul D. Schreiber High School) Paul D. Schreiber High School Host Preference of the Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), Throughout its Life Cycle: A Citizen Science Observational Analysis
H.M Margit Tess Romero (Paul D. Schreiber High School) Paul D. Schreiber High School Estimating the Density of the Endangered Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis) Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring
H.M Brenton Lee (Syosset High School) Syosset High School The Effects of Astragalus membranaceus Derivatives on the Prevention of Neuron Degeneration Caused by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in C. elegans and Computational Protein Software
Behavioral and Social Sciences 1st Stasya Selizhuk (Half Hollow Hills East) Half Hollow Hills East Design of Generic Epinephrine Auto-Injector Minimizes Administration Error and Fingerstick Injury
1st Syon Khatter (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School Investigating Impacts of Sucralose on Hedonic Feeding Behaviors in C. elegans as a Model for Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Eating Disorders
2nd Ryan Joon Yong Lee (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School Investigating the Effects of Emotional Parent-Child Communication and Perceived Parental Acculturation on the Coping-Self Efficacy of Adolescents
2nd Ashley-Ann Vinece Francis (Valley Stream South High School) Valley Stream South High School Childhood Environment & Maternal vs. Paternal Role in Food Addiction Development: A Cross-Cultural Study
3rd Matthew Wang (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Elucidating Adolescent Mental Health via Social Determinants of Mental Health Clusters
3rd Holly Rae Sternlicht (Paul D. Schreiber High School) Paul D. Schreiber High School Investigating the Influence of Closed Captions on Viewers' Advertisement Experience
3rd Eli Joshua Weseley-Jones (North Shore High School) North Shore High School Improving Understanding of Conditional Probability in Medical Screening Tests
H.M Sarah Sun (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Cognitive Differences in the Optimization of Entrepreneurial Constructs and Opportunity Exploitation in Experienced vs. Novice Entrepreneurs
H.M Alexandra Kanner (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School The Effect of Logo and Board Representation on Perceptions of Autism Advocacy Organizations
H.M Damariz Irene McCrae (Plainedge High School) Plainedge High School Predicting GOP Voter Preferences Through Sentiment, Polarity, and Word Cloud analyses of Political Rhetoric from The 2023 GOP Primaries; Implications on the Democratic Process
H.M Hannah Isabelle Rosenberg (Paul D. Schreiber High School) Paul D. Schreiber High School Christian Nationalism, Anti-Semitism, and Attitudes Toward the War in Ukraine
Biomedical and Health Sciences 1st Natasha Kulviwat (Jericho High School) Jericho High School CLDN5 Downregulation and Albumin: Investigating Hallmarks of Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown as Novel Biomarkers of Suicide Neuropathology
1st Alena Tsai (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Integrated In-silico and In-vitro Experimental Strategies for the Application of Carbon Quantum Dots in Alzheimer's Research
2nd Griffin Hon (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Evaluating Differential Nutritional Regulation of Stem Cell Plasticity
2nd Hiuyi Cheng (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Evaluating Border Associated Macrophages: A Novel Approach to Investigating Cerebral Blood Flow Dysregulation in APOE4 Mice
3rd Alaina Brooke Pinto (The Wheatley School) The Wheatley School Microscopy of Claudin and Occludin Internalization in Brain Endothelial Cells After IL-32 Stimulation.
3rd Rebecca Bover (Herricks High School) Herricks High School The Novel Effect of Rosuvastatin on Cholesterol 25-Hydroxylase (Ch25h) Oxysterol Metabolism and IL-6 in Response to LPS and ssRNA40 Stimulation
3rd Shayla Zheng (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Cell Fusion as a Novel Mechanism Behind JQ1 Resistance in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
H.M Ashna Muni (Herricks High School) Herricks High School A Novel Prognostic Assessment of an Anti-tumor Biomarker: An in silico Analysis of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Melanoma
H.M Evalina Lentini (Sacred Heart Academy) Sacred Heart Academy Evaluation of Therapeutics to Target ​Stem Cell-Like Prostate Cancer
H.M Lillian Wu (John L. Miller Great Neck North High School) John L. Miller Great Neck North High School Developing an Organoid Model Using Mouse Intestinal Stem Cells To Examine the Effect of Retinoic Acid on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Cellular and Molecular Biology with Biomedical Engineering 1st Ava Brooke Goldsmith (John F. Kennedy High School) John F. Kennedy High School Targeting of Epichaperome Downregulates HCFC1 Mediated Transcription of Oncogenes: Implications in Breast Cancer Therapy
1st Rishi Aravind (Half Hollow Hills East) Half Hollow Hills East A Novel Role for aIIbB3 in the Development of Procoagulant Platelets via Phosphatidylserine (PS) Exposure
2nd Madeline Ella Rong (The Wheatley School) The Wheatley School Investigating the Impacts of Dasatinib, Resveratrol and Gallic Acid on Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cell Proliferation
2nd Anjali Anand (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Fli1 and Galectin-3: Targets to Reduce Collagen Accumulation in Scleroderma.
3rd Hannah Rubin (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Assessing the quality of 5% GelMA bioink
3rd Aasiya Zehra Zaidi (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Reading the Book of Life, One Palindrome at a Time: Creating Novel Short Palindromic Sequence Detectors and High-Resolution Conservation Tools to Identify Important Sequence in C. elegans
H.M Sahil Nilesh Patel (St Anthony's High School) St Anthony's High School Unraveling a Circrna-Mirna-Mrna Axis: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
H.M Aafia Ahmed (Elmont Memorial) Elmont Memorial Investigating the JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Pathway in Methylmercury-Induced Toxicity in Mouse Astrocyte Neuronal C8-d1a Cell Line
H.M Ishana Chadha (Commack High School) Commack High School The Effect of Metal Toxicity Induced mtDNA Mutations on Parkinson's Disease Pathology in Model Organism C. elegans
Chemistry and Material Science 1st Samyra Mahiba (Jericho High School) Jericho High School DNA Crystallography: Exploring Small-Molecule Interactions With DNA for Nanoscale Drug Delivery
2nd Jolene Hanying Cao (Smithtown High School East) Smithtown High School East Synthesis of Stable and Magnetically Tunable Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots by Nano-Encapsulation
3rd Derek Zhang (The Wheatley School), Ashley Huang (Syosset High School) The Wheatley School The Impact of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Keratinacyte Proliferation and Differentiation
H.M Dylan Dale Butler (George W. Hewlett High School) George W. Hewlett High School Synthesis of N2, N4-Disubstituted quinazoline-2,4-diamine Derivatives as inhibitors of Adenosine/Guanosine Nucleoside Hydrolase in Trichomoniasis
H.M Aman Thawani (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Computational Solution of the Time-Independent Schroedinger Equation via a Finite Legendre Polynomial-based Spectral Expansion
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 1st Tessla Chan (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Utilizing Deep-Learning to Facilitate Diagnosis of Look-Alike Leukemia Subtypes
2nd Mannat V. Jain (Garden City High School) Garden City High School A Deep Learning Algorithm to Identify and Predict Tissue Abnormality in Fetal Ultrasounds.
3rd Michael Ren (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Elucidating Resistance Mechanisms in Staphylococcus epidermidis: A High-Performing MALDI-TOF MS-Based Proteomic Approach for Predictive Modeling
H.M Erin Wong (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Predicting Lobula Columnar Cell Responses in Drosophila
H.M Matt Yang (W.C. Mepham High School) W.C. Mepham High School MultiFormer: Single-Cell ATAC to RNA Prediction Framework
Earth and Environment with Environmental Engineering 1st Yoav Zeev Muscal (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School Using Machine Learning Species Distribution Modeling as a Novel Approach to Efficiently Predict Forest Development Suitability
1st Dylan Yoon (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School The Enhancement of a Novel 3D-Printed Electrodialysis Device through the Implementation and Optimization of Spacer Designs
1st Manfred Lim (Jericho High School) Jericho High School From Data to Insights: Understanding Global Soil Respiration Through Machine Learning
2nd Allison Chen (Herricks High School) Herricks High School The Accelerated Retreat of Andean Glaciers: Using Google Earth Engine and Landsat Satellite Imagery to Quantify the Imminent Threat to Water Security in Andean Communities
2nd Shuewei Chen (Manhasset High School), Sonali Patel (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Adapted Algae-Powered Photovoltaic Cells Remediate Microplastics From Water: A Cost-Effective and Sustainable Solution
2nd Gunoo Shin (Smithtown High School West) Smithtown High School West Erosia: A Fully Digitally Focused Application to Accurately Compute Soil Erosion in a Raster Format via GIS Based on the Universal Soil Loss Equation.
2nd Bradley Scott Kelton (Ward Melville High School) Ward Melville High School Geochronologic and Dynamic Constraints on the Topographic Evolution and Critical Mineral Deposits of the Southwestern United States
3rd Andrew Michael Falco (Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School) Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School The Use of Pueraria montana in the Production of a Biodegradable Low Density Polyethylene Plastic
3rd Emily Zhao (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Novel Eutrophication Remediation Turbine For Piezocatalytic Inactivation Of Anabaena In Optimized Turbulent Flow
3rd Dylan Jinghong Shen (Smithtown High School East) Smithtown High School East A Novel Algorithm for Measuring Forest Incursions Using Pixelated Remote Sensing Data
3rd Tej Jonah Parekh (Paul D. Schreiber High School) Paul D. Schreiber High School Utilizing Artificial Intelligence for Categorizing Wildfire Origins through Satellite Image Analysis
3rd Yujay An (Ward Melville High School) Ward Melville High School Understanding the Predictability of the U.S. Seasonal Surface Temperature with Convolutional Neural Networks Trained on CESM2 LENS
H.M Stephanie Pizano (Brentwood High School) Brentwood High School The Development and Assessment of Anionic Resins for the Use in Mitigating Nitrogen in Sewage Drains and Agricultural Runoff
H.M Oscar Wang (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Scale-Invariance of Trait Distribution Patterns in Tropical Trees: Consistency Across Spatial Scales
H.M Alenna Lin (Ward Melville High School) Ward Melville High School AOP (Advanced Oxidation Process)/ARP (Advanced Reduction Process) for PFAS in Water Systems
H.M Grace Kathryn Orr (Westhampton Beach High School) Westhampton Beach High School Calcium Hydroxide Enhances the Adaptive Ability of Coral Species E. Ancora, D. Actinodiscus, and M. Capricornis, Exposed to Decreased pH and Elevated Temperatures in an Ocean Simulated Environment
H.M Bethany Marie Kosinski (Valley Stream South High School) Valley Stream South High School The Effect of Increased Oxygen and Temperature on Microalgae's Ability to Remove Phosphorous and Nitrogen From Water Samples
Embedded, Technology Arts, Technology Engineering, and Energy Sustainability 1st Michelle Luo (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Anisotropic Ion Transport Properties of Thin-Film Solid Polymer Electrolytes
1st James Nagler (Garden City High School) Garden City High School Project Vision - Assisted Navigation & Waypoint Positioning through 3D Mapping
2nd Dylan Ann Cashin (East Hampton High School) East Hampton High School Saccharina latissima in biofuel production: Identifying the ideal water conditions and their effect in biofuel production through a chemical extraction method
3rd Sarah Phinney (Garden City High School) Garden City High School Using an Intraoral Scanner to Extract and Evaluate Contours of Oboe Reeds
H.M Vincent W. Huang (Syosset High School) Syosset High School An Aerodynamic Analysis of Blended-Wing Body Aircraft with Nonplanar Wing Geometry
Math, Physics and Astronomy 1st Arav Chand (Half Hollow Hills West) Half Hollow Hills West Extensions of Legendre's Formula and Fine's Theorem to the Fibonacci Factorial
2nd Nora Kathleen Kane (Lynbrook Senior High School) Lynbrook Senior High School Analysis of Fourier Transforms Using a Combined Encoder-Decoder and Deep Neural Network Model: A Novel Method for Determining Chromaticity
3rd Cayden Shen (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Using an Inexpensive Night Vision Camera as a Detector in NIR Spectroscopy
3rd Benjamin Hongxuan Zhang (Ward Melville High School) Ward Melville High School Emulating Quenching in Galaxy Groups Using High-Resolution Cosmological Simulations
H.M Ethan Cole Berkowitz (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School The Strength of p-Coloring as a Knot Invariant
H.M Tiffany Zhang (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Resolving the Constraints Imposed by Chiral Effective Field Theory and Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics on the Neutron Star Equation of State
Microbiology and Biochemistry 1st Mehek Kaur Sawhney (Commack High School) Commack High School Secretion of the Francisella tularensis Protein FTL_1123 by Escherichia coli Containing the HlyBD Operon
2nd Kiran Kaur Johar (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Determination and Analysis of Apolipoprotein-L1 Binding Site Nature with Partnering Isoforms to Treat APOL1-Mediated Kidney Dysfunction
3rd Jayden Tucker Simon (John F. Kennedy High School) John F. Kennedy High School The Utilization of Metagenomics to Determine the Effects of Plastic Polymer Types and a Temporal Gradient on Microbial Communities
H.M Zoe Naree Chinda (Bethpage High School) Bethpage High School Evaluating the Effects of Plasmid Copy Number and Size on Bacterial Host Cell Fitness
H.M Nicole Kiaei (John L. Miller Great Neck North High School) John L. Miller Great Neck North High School The Binding Affinity of Python-Derived 16α-Hydroxylated Bile Acid ‘Pythocholic Acid' to Human Bile Acid Receptors TGR5, FXR, and VDR
Plant Sciences 1st Leah Irene Fromm (East Hampton High School) East Hampton High School Growth promotion of hydroponic Lactuca sativa var. capitata and microgreen Raphanus sativus when exposed to Pseudomonas psychrotolerans consistently throughout the growth period
2nd Jessica Mary Curran (Westhampton Beach High School) Westhampton Beach High School The Efficacy of Rhodophyta as a Seaweed Liquid Fertilizer through Okra and Arabidopsis Growth, Pigment Concentration, and Macronutrient/Micronutrient Distribution Using Tender Energy Spectroscopy
2nd Lilly Sarah Horowitz (Jericho High School) Jericho High School The Role of DNA Methylation as an Epigenetic Silencing Mechanism of Ds1 and Ds2 Transposition in Maize
3rd Ariella Joy Golbin (George W. Hewlett High School) George W. Hewlett High School Regulation of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Kinase 7 (MKK7) affects salt tolerance in the gametophytes of Ceratopteris richardii​
3rd Meredith Margaret Browne (East Hampton High School) East Hampton High School Influence of mycorrhizal inoculants on mass, and water uptake in Lactuca sativa var. capitata under salt stress
H.M Samuel Hsu (George W. Hewlett High School) George W. Hewlett High School A Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Regulated By Salicylic Acid (SA) And Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Plays An Integral Role In Prothallial Development Of Gametophytes Of Ceratopteris richardii
H.M Cameron Oliver Mitchell (East Hampton High School) East Hampton High School Influence of common chemical phosphorus and nitrogen fertilizers with mycorrhizal fungi Rhizophagus and Glomus families on the growth of Pisum sativum legumes.
Robotics, Intelligent Machines and Software 1st Milan Lustig (Cold Spring Harbor High School) Cold Spring Harbor High School A Configurable Compiled Programming Language With Integrated Transpilation
2nd Marcus Wu (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Optimizing Measurement Error Mitigation to Account for Cross-Talk Errors in Superconducting Quantum Computers
3rd Alexander Y Xu (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School CARe-BERT: BERT-Powered Graph Augmentation for Context-Aware Radiology Report Retrieval
H.M Zabelle Bobelian (Cold Spring Harbor High School) Cold Spring Harbor High School Deep Neural Nets for Imaging Systems
H.M Alex Lu (Manhasset High School), Johnny Liu (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Context Is All You Need: Learning Context-Based Emotional Nuances From Uncontextualized Labels
Translational Medical Science 1st Sophia Antonina Tarasenko (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Effects of Calcitriol on Menstrual Effluent-Derived Endometrial Stromal Cell Viability, Decidualization, and Proliferation
2nd Caden Li (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Automated Volumetric Biomarker Segmentation and Combination for Superior ADPKD Progression Prediction using Machine Learning
3rd Alex Chen (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Evaluating the Neuroprotective Effects of Spearmint Oil in the Caenorhabditis elegans Model of Alzheimer's Disease
H.M Jonathan Zhu (Carle Place High School) Carle Place High School ​​Exploring the Potential Synergistic Antitumor Effect of L-Se-Methylselenocysteine and Sulforaphane on Human Cancer Cell Lines
H.M Amy Hong Xiao (Garden City High School) Garden City High School A Novel Approach to Characterizing Pathogenicity of SLC25A13 Variants in Patients with Citrin Deficiency