Winners

Category Award Name School Title
Behavioral/Social Science 1st Jessica Valerie Solomon (Paul D Schreiber High School), Evie Loewy (Paul D Schreiber High School) Paul D Schreiber High School What Drives Student AI Use? The Effects of Personality Traits, Grade Level, and English Language Proficiency on Academic Artificial Intelligence Use
2nd Kate Alexandra Spieler (North Shore High School) North Shore High School Gut-Brain Connections in Autism: Examining Cross Group Variations in Mental Health and Socioeconomic Status
2nd Joia Zahner (Paul D Schreiber High School), Vivienne Gilliar-Smith (Paul D Schreiber High School) Paul D Schreiber High School The Short Term Effects of the New York State Phone Ban on Students' Perceived Satisfaction and Bullying in Schools
3rd Tiffany Y Zhou (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Bot Spotting: Identifying Cognitive Predictors of Accuracy in Distinguishing ChatGPT-Generated Faces
3rd Erik Cunha Ravn (Chaminade High School) Chaminade High School Donor Commitment Signaling as an Electoral Predictor Compared to Traditional Polling Under Public Financing Policies
3rd Rose Layla Lifland (Paul D Schreiber High School) Paul D Schreiber High School The New York State “Bell-To-Bell” Ban on Personal Internet Enabled Electronic Devices and Its Impact on Student Perception of Academic Performance and Socialization
H.M Adishree Das (Herricks High School) Herricks High School The Impact of Word Valence, Arousal, and Mood Disorders on Memory Recall and Intrusion
H.M Jivika Mandar Raut (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Effects of Optogenetic Stimulation of the BLA-DMS Pathway on Grooming in Mice
H.M Ella Claire Graziani (Roslyn High School), Zara Cooper (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Fair or Flawed? Uncovering Hidden Biases Embedded in AI Grading
H.M Joanna Huang (Roslyn High School), Anannya Anand (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School AI as a Research Participant — Can AI Supplement Human Data?
Cellular and Molecular Biology 1st Regina Yejin Choi (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Investigating the Effects of Ret Deficiency on Gene Expression and Cellular Phenotypes in Non-Enteric Nervous System Tissues in Hirschsprung Disease
2nd Samuel Kim (Commack High School) Commack High School Evaluating the Effect of Rottlerin on Muscle-Specific Dystrophin Knockdown in Drosophila melanogaster
2nd Armaan Singh Dewal (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Mdivi-1 Modulation of Mitochondrial Respiratory Complex Integrity in a Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Model
3rd Rehan Malhi (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Manganese Exposure During Early Differentiation Alters Adipocyte Maturation and Metabolic Identity.
3rd Isabella Rosa Mueller (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Engineering ecDNA-Mediated MYC Amplifications in Colorectal Cancer Cells by Combining CRISPR-Cas9 Technology and Cre-loxP Systems
H.M Ronan Michael Higgins (Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School) Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School The Antimicrobial Effects of Syzygium aromaticum Essential Oil as a Preservative Agent in Starch-Based Bioplastic Packaging for Fresh Sus domesticus Sausage Meat
H.M Austin Qu (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Investigating the Nutrient Production Capacity of Mucin-Associated Gut Bacteria Using Genomic Analysis
H.M Sohan Shah (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Effect of Sulforaphane and Deferoxamine on Alveolar Bleeding and Macrophage Markers in a Glycerol-Induced Premature Rabbit Model of Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Chemistry 1st Liam Patrick Connolly (Manhasset High School), Lucus Pai (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Novel L-Carnitine-Tuned Fe (II) Phenyl Oxazoline Chitosan-Supported nZVI Composite for Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants
2nd Emma Wang (Manhasset High School), Yihan (Anna) Wang (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Employment of Microalgal Biofilms in Investigating the Application of Carrot, Raspberry, and Rosehip Seed Oils in Topical Photoprotective Agents as a Method Towards Sustainable Prevention of UV-B Radiation Derived Skin Cancers
Engineering and Physical Science 1st Naya Gilja Shah (Manhasset High School), Katelynn Cai (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Building a Low-Cost, Paper-Based Sensor for On-Site Detection of Microplastics via Molecular Imprinting and Fluorescent Dye Response using the Natural Biopolymer Cellulose
2nd Sara Suba Shikder (North Shore High School) North Shore High School Construction of a GHz-modulated injection-locked laser
3rd Aidan Kai Lee (Friends Academy) Friends Academy Early Failure Prediction in Hydraulic Systems Using Machine Learning Long-Short Term Memory Networks and Multisensor Time-Series Data
3rd Jack Thomas Laurinavicius (St Anthony's High School) St Anthony's High School Observing the Electrical Behavior of a YBCO Superconductor Above and Below its Electrical Capacity
H.M Jolyna Weng (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Optimization of PAA, CS, and Gel Concentrations for Hydrogel Synthesis
H.M Sara Yu (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Assessing Spatial Fidelity Using Fuzzy Ripple Free Functional MRI: An Analysis of Cortical Layers.
Environmental Science 1st Nicolas Spencer Keyoung (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Solar-Activated TiO2-Biochar Smart Filter for Predictive Water Filtration
2nd Emma Jiayun Yan (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School), Sanjana Kunam (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School), Manjot Kaur Tamber (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School Alkaline Pretreatment and Enzyme Synergy for Effects on Surface Erosion and Tensile Strength Reduction in PLA Filaments
2nd Isabella Elyse Conzo (St Anthony's High School) St Anthony's High School The Digestion of Microplastics in G. sigillatus (banded cricket)
3rd Charles Qin (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Enhancing Enzyme Reusability: Immobilization of Lipase for PLA Degradation Using Calcium Alginate and Biochar
3rd Celia Jaye Platt (Paul D Schreiber High School) Paul D Schreiber High School The Effect of Changing Sea Depths and Fault Slip on Tsunami Velocity, Strength, and Future Predictability
H.M Belén Maria Vázquez (Manhasset High School), Krisha Henna Wadhwa (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Investigating the Potential of Algae-Derived Hydrogen from Microplastic-induced Oxidative Stress Combated by Antioxidants for PEM Fuel Cells
H.M Olivia Hang (Friends Academy), Christina Yin (Friends Academy), Jaya Gambhir (Friends Academy) Friends Academy Determining Quantities of Microplastics in 25 Home Tap Water Samples Throughout Long Island and New York City and Testing a Novel Solution
H.M Aashrita Koyi (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Investigating Earth Orientation Parameters as Predictors of Global Temperature Anomalies
Mathematics and Computer Sciences 1st Cameron Blake Alevy (Paul D Schreiber High School) Paul D Schreiber High School Computational Identification of Novel Regulators of Klotho, SIRT1, and Nrf2 Using Graph Neural Networks
2nd Matthew Calle (East Hampton High School) East Hampton High School Multi-layer Perceptron and Graph Neural Networks for the accurate prediction of Molecular Properties
3rd Juan Felipe Torres (East Hampton High School) East Hampton High School Effects of multi-Acousto-Optic Deflectors (AOD) on Circuit's Compilation Runtime and Fidelity in Neutral Atom Quantum Circuits that use the Zoned Quantum Architecture Compiler (ZAC).
H.M Jonah Rolnick (Lynbrook Senior High School) Lynbrook Senior High School Development of an Electromyography Tracked Virtual Reality Glove with Electric Muscle Stimulation Haptics
H.M Michael Zvi Bank (The Wheatley School) The Wheatley School The Investor Emotional Volatility Index (IEVI)
Medicine and Health Services 1st Aanya Gupta (Jericho High School) Jericho High School The Effect of Erlotinib on TRPV3 Skin Ion Channels as an Inhibitor in Olmsted Syndrome.
2nd Baran Kamil Eriskin (Commack High School) Commack High School The Effect of Alpha Lipoic Acid in Drosophila Melanogaster With Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Focus on Reducing Oxidative Stress in Myocardial Cells
2nd Joshua Lin (Manhasset High School), Daniel Shen (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Exploring the efficacy of short chain fatty acids on reducing cancer biomarkers in gut immune crosstalk-related oncogenesis in a C. elegans model
2nd Jonah Sethna (Manhasset High School), Arjun Wanchoo (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Development of a Waste-Based Quercetin–D-Limonene Hydrogel for Anti-Biofilm Wound Treatment.
3rd Sarah Khan (Friends Academy) Friends Academy Comparison of Fasicular Network Topology in Paired Human Cervical and Thoracic Vagus Nerves via Morphometric Micro-CT Analysis
3rd Brianna Tam (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Investigating the Changes in Water Compartmentalization in Epilepsy Associated With Inflammation Using NODDI and SANDI Diffusion Models
3rd Vanessa Theodos (Roslyn High School), Patrick Hermosura (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Using ResNet-18 to Detect the Three Major Blood Cancers: Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma
3rd Grace Li (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Comparative Antibiofilm Activity of Manogepix and Micafungin Against Clinically Relevant Candida Species
H.M Elivia Choong Yi Choong (Manhasset High School), Talie Lin (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Ecotoxicological effects of polyethylene microplastics on the growth, regeneration, and behavior of Dugesia tigrina
H.M Prisha Chadha (Commack High School) Commack High School Identifying a Correlation of Non-Coding MicroRna Gene Expression Between Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Colorectal Cancer
H.M Terrence Wang (The Stony Brook School) The Stony Brook School A Brain-Computer Interface Soft Exoskeleton for Gamified and Adaptive Upper-Limb Post-Stroke Rehabilitation
H.M Kayla Margaret Straker (Seaford High School) Seaford High School The Effect of Eugenol on the Short-and-Long Term Memory of Planaria (Dugesia dorotocephala)
Plant Sciences 1st Bentley Lam (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Optimizing Hydrogels as Amendments and for the Control of Invasive Ant Species
2nd Alessa Picco (East Hampton High School) East Hampton High School Conditions that affect the Properties of Nanoparticles
3rd Rosina Marie Wickham (Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School) Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School The Effect of Microplastics on the Photosynthetic Properties of Medicago sativa via Aquatic Exposure at Various Time Increments During Growth
H.M Asher Jacob Abir (Lynbrook Senior High School) Lynbrook Senior High School The Effects of Rhizobium Inoculation and Red Worm Activity on Vigna Radiata Growth in Lunar Regolith Simulant