Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Sanjana Subramanyan
Sanjana Subramanyan
Leland High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Investigating the Role of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Mental Health“

Krishna Sulibhavi
Krishna Sulibhavi
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “An investigation into the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis with bacteriophages and other means“

Hana Sultan
Hana Sultan
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “What parallels can we find between the economic impacts of the relief efforts from the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic and the COVID 19 Pandemic in order to inform future pandemic responses?“

Eric Sun
Eric Sun
The Loomis Chaffee School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “NeRF-UAV: Inexpensive 3-D Reconstruction and View Synthesis Using RGB Camera Equipped Drones and Neural Radiance Fields“

Evan Sun
Evan Sun
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “In what ways can microRNA treatment be employed to prevent proliferation and reduce visibility of post-surgical scars?“

John Sun
John Sun
Barrington Highschool
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Risk Management in Quant Investing“

Michael Sun
Michael Sun
Barrington High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Mark Rothko: A Psychological Analysis Using Art and Biography“

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“