Winners

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