Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Oscar Sun
Oscar Sun
St. Robert Catholic High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “With many attributing substance abuse as a biological disease, how important are the other factors, outside of physiology, to the development and treatment of drug addictions? What are some drugs’ clinical applications and commercial values, apart from the negative stereotypes associated with them?“

Yinuo Sun
Yinuo Sun
Keystone Academy
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “Wong Kar Wai's Use of Cinematic Space in mid 1990s Hong Kong“

Nandhini Sundar
Nandhini Sundar
California High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Anxiety Disorders and their connection to Interoceptive and Exteroceptive sensibility“

ellie sung
ellie sung
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Domestic Dogs as Sentinels for Lyme Disease: A One Health Approach“

Zadie Sung
Zadie Sung
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “The One Big Beautiful Bill and Its Impact on Medicaid and U.S. Healthcare“

Karishmma Suntheresen
Karishmma Suntheresen
Lake Washington High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “The Aftermath of War: Explaining Racism in Sri Lanka“

Ayush Sura
Ayush Sura
Skyline High School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Landmine Locater“

Sonya Surapaneni
Sonya Surapaneni
The Athenian School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “The Emotional Effect of Variability--Socioeconomic Status, Race, Sexuality, and Parental Expectations--on Students Applying to University“

Swarna Rishika Suresh
Swarna Rishika Suresh
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Evaluating the efficacy of genetic modifications as potential therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases“

Tulesi Suresh
Tulesi Suresh
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “How Can Effective Policies Close Loopholes in Carbon Markets?“

Aditi Swaminathan
Aditi Swaminathan
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Inuit Health and Wellbeing In Response to Climate Change“

Sami Syed
Sami Syed
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Examination of surfing's potential to improve mental health“

Logan Symson
Logan Symson
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Cardiovascular biomarkers associated with cardiac abnormalities in youth with Turner syndrome“

Paco Sze
Paco Sze
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “How do the portrayal and evolution of Aeneas’s character differ or evolve from his Homeric correspondences?“

Samhitha T
Samhitha T
Holliston High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Transgenerational occurrence of allergies and modification in genes“

Sadhana Tadepalli
Sadhana Tadepalli
Dougherty Valley High School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “To Tip or not to Tip?: A Closer Look at Nudges“

Kosei Takanashi
Kosei Takanashi
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “AI-enabled affective pain extrapolation from sensory data“

Luka Takki
Luka Takki
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “LIPAS.: Building and Evaluating a Cross-Hazard Machine Learning Approach to Unified Lunar Forecasting“

Ria Talwar
Ria Talwar
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Explaining genetic variation in the Pacific white-sided dolphin with environmental factors“

FATEMA TAMBAWALLA
FATEMA TAMBAWALLA
The J.B. Petit High School for Girls
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Eichmann and Us: Differences in Moral Responsibility and Reasoning “