Winners

School Award Name Category Title
Bethpage High School 2nd Maya Lillian Maciel-Seidman (Bethpage High School), Suchitha Channapatna (Bethpage High School), Ruchitha Channapatna (Bethpage High School) Environmental Engineering Solar-Powered Soil Sensing Robot: A Novel Agricultural Device for Monitoring Moisture and pH
Brentwood High School 2nd Leena Alzafarani (Brentwood High School) Plant Sciences TURN TO NATURE: THE USE OF SALT WATER FOR THE MITIGATION AND CONTROL OF JAPANESE KNOTWEED, REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA
Cold Spring Harbor High School H.M Andrew Khanin (Cold Spring Harbor High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Testing the Effects of Flavorant Propylene Glycol Acetals on the Locomotor Behavior of Drosophila Melanogaster Using the Rapid Iterative Negative Geotaxis (RING) Assay
Commack High School 2nd Brianna Han (Commack High School) Earth and Environmental Sciences Markov chain Monte Carlo methods for estimating rainfall rate from dual-polarization weather radar
H.M Chapin Luke Zerner (Commack High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Using Machine Learning to Predict Features Related to the Adaptive Immune Response in COVID-19
East Meadow High School 2nd Nishanth Chinnadurai (East Meadow High School), Udithi Kothapalli (St Anthony's High School), Hugo Patrick Onghai (Earl L. Vandermeulen High School/Port Jefferson UFSD) Chemistry AND Material Science AND Energy:Sustainable Materials & Design Molecular-Imprinted Biosensor for SARS-CoV-2 Detection
H.M Noel F Manalil (East Meadow High School), Jayden Abraham (East Meadow High School) Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effects of Media and Hydraulic Retention time on Nitrogen Retention in Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment
Elmont Memorial 2nd Christopher Edward Alexander (Elmont Memorial) Microbiology Avian Paramyxovirus Serotype 4 (APMV-4) Promotes Apoptotic Cell Death & Stimulated Immune Responses in Malignant Melanoma and Relapse Cancers in respect to Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV): Characterization of a Novel Oncolytic Virus
Elwood - John H. Glenn 1st Rithika Narayan (Elwood - John H. Glenn) Earth and Environmental Sciences Harnessing Deep Learning to Assess Coral Reef Health through Crowd-sourced Efforts
George W. Hewlett High School 1st Blake Charles Lippman (George W. Hewlett High School), Tyler Logan Bissoondial (John F. Kennedy High School) Plant Sciences Lipopolysaccharide and Galactose Induce Cell Death in Prothallial Cells of Gametophytes of Ceratopteris richardii
3rd Benjamin Alex Sherman (George W. Hewlett High School) Chemistry AND Material Science AND Energy:Sustainable Materials & Design Size Optimization of Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized on PEMFC Interfaces to Increase Power Efficiency
Great Neck North High School 1st Danielle Lauren Gruber (Great Neck North High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics A Game Theoretic Model of the Resting State Brain
Half Hollow Hills East 2nd Mark Shapiro (Half Hollow Hills East) Robotics and Intelligent Machines Analysis of Neural Network Community Structure: a Network-Theoretic Approach
Half Hollow Hills West 2nd Aaliyah Naomi Bullen (Half Hollow Hills West) Behavioral and Social Sciences The Prevalence of Energy Intake Methods in New York State Obesity Prevention Policies
Herricks High School 2nd Kyle Pinzon (Herricks High School) Cellular and Molecular Biology AND BioChemistry Screening and Modifying DEDDh Exonuclease Inhibitors for Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 nsp14 ExoN Catalytic Site
H.M Rhea Rasquinha (Herricks High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Identifying the Prognostic, Tumor-suppressive and Immunologic Roles of IRF5 in Breast Cancer
Huntington High School 3rd Erin Lynn Ye (Huntington High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Desde Casa: Examining the Correlation between Perception of Learning in a Virtual Model and Bilingual Vocabulary Knowledge in Spanish-Speaking ENL Students
Jericho High School 1st Catherine Kim (Jericho High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Novel Prediction of Adverse Drug Reactions and Underlying Pathological Mechanisms via Hierarchical Classification
1st Janice Kirti Rateshwar (Jericho High School) Translational Medical Science AND Biomedical Engineering Molecular Mechanisms of Direct Inhibition of NF-κB Subunits by 9-chloro-8-(hexyloxy)-2H-chromeno[2,3-d] pyrimidine-2,4(3H)-dione (IT-848)
2nd Natalia Pahlavan (Jericho High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences AcuRe: Third-Generation Machine Learning Cancer Detection Model Using Nanopore Read Alignments
2nd Alice Zhaoyi Chen (Jericho High School) Translational Medical Science AND Biomedical Engineering MRgRT and delta radiomics: Early prediction of survival in pancreatic cancer
H.M Rebecca Cho (Jericho High School) Earth and Environmental Sciences Associations between the North Atlantic Subtropical High and Tropical Cyclone Movement and Precipitation
John F. Kennedy High School 2nd Jordyn Paige Krinsky (John F. Kennedy High School) Animal Sciences The Combinatorial Effects of Diet and Caffeine Mitigate Parkinson's Disease in a Drosophila melanogaster System
3rd Julia Mary Levine (John F. Kennedy High School) Animal Sciences Reduced Fasciclin 2 Expression in Drosophila melanogaster Leads to Impaired Locomotor Function and Abnormal Stress Response Following Dietary Alterations of Carbohydrates in a Celiac Disease Model
Kings Park High School 2nd Ryan WIlliam Menier (Kings Park High School) Embedded Systems AND Engineering Mechanics The Electron Ion Collider and the Evaluation of Steering Magnets for the Polarized Electron Source Prototype
Long Beach High School 2nd Uma Arengo (Long Beach High School) Math AND Physics & Astronomy Using Box-Counting Dimension to Quantify the Progressive Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy
Lynbrook High School 1st Ashley Katherine Roth (Lynbrook High School) Earth and Environmental Sciences Aquatic Habitat Nitrate Levels on Long Island: The Effect of High Nitrate Levels on Anuran Species Abundance
1st Kathryn Elizabeth Postiglione (Lynbrook High School) Math AND Physics & Astronomy Analyzing the Photometry of Star Cluster Messier 39: Creation of Color Magnitude Diagram, Age Calculation, and Distance Measurement
Manhasset High School 1st Ethan Horowitz (Manhasset High School) Robotics and Intelligent Machines CET-CNN: Modular Hierarchical Image Classification Using Conditional-Execution Tree CNNs
1st Julius Yoh (Manhasset High School) Environmental Engineering The Optimization of Desalination and Ion-Removal Rate Through the Engineering of Novel Turbulent Modular Designs in an Electrodialysis System
3rd Mir Zayid Alam (Manhasset High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Identification of Genetic Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using an Automated Microarray-Based Pipeline and Pathway Enrichment
Northport High School 1st James Connor (Northport High School) Systems Software Attributing State-backed Information Operations on Twitter through Machine Learning
Paul D. Schreiber High School 1st Samantha Rose Radinsky (Paul D. Schreiber High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences The role of bone lineage cells during digit tip regeneration in adult mice
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School 1st Carly Sara Friedman (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Education During a Pandemic: Exploring the Effectiveness of Synchronous versus Asynchronous E-learning From A Teacher's Perspective
1st Brian Insuhp Lee (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Chemistry AND Material Science AND Energy:Sustainable Materials & Design Evaluating the efficacy of repurposed and modified traditional eastern medicinal compounds on Coronavirus Family specific target structures.
Sacred Heart Academy H.M Mary Helen Menger (Sacred Heart Academy) Animal Sciences Canaries in the Coalmine: Evaluating the Effect of Petrochemical Contamination on the Cardiovascular Health of Daphnia Magna
Smithtown High School East 1st Nethmi Withanage (Smithtown High School East) Behavioral and Social Sciences The Analysis of the Use of Color in Pandemic Artwork Using Digital Quantifications
St Anthony's High School 2nd Steven Anthony Cayea (St Anthony's High School) Systems Software Efficiency of Data Compression Algorithms for Low-Cost Laser Transceivers
3rd Miah Christina Margiano (St Anthony's High School) Cellular and Molecular Biology AND BioChemistry Synergy of Treatment: Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Small Cell Lung Cancer
Syosset High School 1st Maiya Ali Raghu (Syosset High School) Animal Sciences The Effect of EGCG on Oxidative Stress in C. elegans
1st Isabella Souza (Syosset High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Seeing Through the Scan: The Impact of fMRI Evidence on Juror Satisfaction and Verdicts
1st Giselle Leah Rasquinha (Syosset High School) Microbiology FD028: A Bifunctional HIV-1 Inactivator Acts Before Host Cell Entry
H.M Jennie Dapice (Syosset High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences The Influence of Political Party on the Extent of State E-cigarette Regulation
H.M Michael Chu (Syosset High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics CoronaXNet: Using Convolutional Neural Networks to Automate the Detection of COVID-19 from Chest X-Ray Images
The Wheatley School 1st Yifang Zha (The Wheatley School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Curcumin and Capsaicin Synergistically Suppress Neuroblastoma Tumor Development
Valley Stream South High School 3rd Sameer Singh (Valley Stream South High School) Math AND Physics & Astronomy Exo2: An Investigation into a Novel Characterization Model for Transit Photometry
W. Tresper Clarke High School 3rd Blessycicilia Sebastian (W. Tresper Clarke High School) Earth and Environmental Sciences Analyzing the Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Aquatic Daphnia Magna
H.M Elianna Michelle Rivera (W. Tresper Clarke High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Measuring Opportunity for Immigrants Through the Creation of a Political Index: A Longitudinal Study
Wantagh High School 1st Margaret Anne Gates (Wantagh High School) Embedded Systems AND Engineering Mechanics Autonomous Wildfire Detection and Containment System
Ward Melville High School 1st Neil Mehta (Ward Melville High School) Cellular and Molecular Biology AND BioChemistry The Effect of IL-22 Stimulation on Paneth Cell Granule Morphology and Epithelial Cell Proliferation
3rd Akshay Malhotra (Ward Melville High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Impact of Body Mass Index on Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes in Adults with Cardiac Arrest Undergoing Coronary Angiogram
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School 2nd Reid Fleishman (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Creation of a Machine Learning App to Facilitate Pancreatic Cancer Prediction