By Dan Murphy
Westchester’s academic excellence continues with the announcment that 32 high school seniors were named Regeneron Science Scholars. Regeneron named 300 high school scholars in their 2023 Regeneron Science Talent Search, which recognizes independent scientific research. 32 Westchester students were named out of 300, an impressive total. Ossining HS had 6 winners, and Scarsdale and Byram Hills with 5 each. The Regeneron Science Talent Search is regarded as the most important math and science competition.
Congratulations to the following Westchester students, and their high schools:
Ariella Maia Blackman, 18, Harrison HS. Developing a Model in situ Resource Utilization System for Oxygen-Sustaining Life Support and Launch Cost Reduction for Mars.
Raka Bose,17, Yorktown HS. Using Artificial Intelligence for ICU Patient Triage.
Katie Brandler, Age: 17, Pelham Memorial High School. The First Report of Marine Debris as a Dispersal Vector for Native and Introduced Species in the Temperate Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Rohini Elora Das, 17, Byram Hills HS. “Let’s Sleep On It”: Employing the Brain App To Measure the Impact of Sleep in Consolidating Prior Learning.
Lauren Davidson, 17, Harrison HS. The Effect of Copper Sulfate Concentration on Locomotor Ability and Lifespan of Alzheimer’s Model Drosophila melanogaster.
Samara Davis, 17, Ossining HS. Developing Environmental DNA Metabarcoding for the Detection of Elusive Vernal Pool-Breeding Amphibians.
Cindy DeDianous, 17, Scarsdale HS Alpha Retinal Ganglion Cell Dysfunction Precedes Vascular Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes.
Vihaan Dheer, 18, Hackley School The Optimization of Flux Trajectories for the Adiabatic Controlled-Z Gate on Split-Tunable Transmons.
Ali El Moselhy,18, Scarsdale HS.Project Title: Framework for Optimal Budget Allocation of HIV Intervention Policies.
Jacob Elias Feldman,17, Fox Lane HS. Project Title: The Geometry and Reactivity of a Novel Zirconium-Centered Coordination Complex Supported by a bis-PN Ligand Framework.
Lucca Forrest,18, Hastings HS.. Project Title: A Quantitative Regression and Volatility Analysis of the Relationship Between Economics and Political Stability.
Sarah Gardner, 17, Ossining HS.. Project Title: Co-Evolving Across Time: Black Holes as Regulators of Their Host Galaxy Properties.
AriAnnah Goodwin,17, Ossining HS. Forecasting Visual Aura Characteristics: Perceived Stress Does Not Predict Temporal Aura Features in Adolescents.
Carly Googel, 17, Horace Greeley HS. The Connection Between Stress and a Person’s Ability To Understand Their Own Mind and the Minds of Others.
Sarah Delia Jennings, 17, Ossining HS. Project Title: Electron Transport Chain Acts as Potential Regulator of ER-Mitochondria Interactions.
Sameer Ullal Kini,17, Scarsdale HS Associations Between Pathophysiological Traits and Symptom Development in V30M and V122I Transthyretin Amyloidosis.
Elvin Lo, 17, Horace Greeley HS. Project Title: An Empirical Evaluation of Zeroth-Order Optimization Methods on AI-Driven Molecule Optimization.
Jesse Lynch, 17, Ossining HS. Project Title: Aerobic Exercise Serves as an Effective and Immediate Treatment for Decreased Sound Tolerance in Adolescents.
Remi Paige Matza, 18, Byram Hills HS. Project Title: Revealing the Retinal Vascular Changes Caused by Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Samantha Maya Milewicz, 17, Byram Hills HS./ Project Title: Selective Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Attenuates Traumatic Brain Injury-Mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in a Novel Dynamic in vitro Model.
Lindsay Miller, 17, Byram Hills HS. Project Title: Here Comes the Sun: The Impact of Chronotype and Seasonal Mood Variation on Pupillary Light Response Across the Circadian Cycle.
Joseph Miguel Robertazzi, 17, Ossining HS.. Project Title: Migration and Magnetism: A Longitudinal Analysis Identifying the Relationship Between the South Atlantic Anomaly and Shifts in Migratory Bird Populations.
Cami Sandell, Age: 18, John Jay-Cross River High School, Project Title: Can People Intentionally Wake Up From Sleep.
Samantha Schaevitz, 17, Byram Hills HS.. Project Title: Investigating the Use of Focused Ultrasound To Induce Blood-Brain Barrier Opening and Increase Drug Delivery Into a Murine Model of Primary High-Grade Glioma Tumors
Leah Sherbansky,17, Pelham Memorial HS.. Exploring the Relationship of SSTR2 Immunohistochemical and Textural Features to Neuroendocrine Tumor Grade.
Bryan Shi, Age: 17, Scarsdale High School. Project Title: A Mutagenesis Study of the Parkinson’s Protein α-Synuclein Reveals An Unexpected Link Between Membrane Association and Serine-129 Phosphorylation.
Jason M. Starr, Briarcliff HS. Project Title: An Agent-Based Model of COVID-19 Social Determinants of Health for Equitable Intervention Implementation.
Julia Sun, Age: 17, Horace Greeley High School. Project Title: Deregulated Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) and Malignant Transformation.
Jaden Tepper, Age: 17, Scarsdale High School, Project Title: Creating a Novel Device To Improve the Evacuation of Subdural Hematomas.
Emma Van Praagh, Age: 17, Pelham Memorial High School. Project Title: Investigating Connections Between Sensorimotor Impairment and Resting-State Functional MRI of the Spinal Cord in Multiple Sclerosis.
Amy Yang, Age: 17, Horace Greeley High School. Project Title: Image-Based Deep Learning on Air Quality Using a Nine-Layer Residual Neural Network.
Nicole Emma Zlotnikov, Age: 18, Scarsdale High School. Project Title: Asparagopsis taxiformis Reduces Methane Emissions and Alters Microbiome Composition in Organic Grazing Sheep.
Each student get a $2,000 honorarim and each high school also gets $2,000 per student. for more information visit
www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts/2023-scholars/
