The Town of North Hempstead continued its tradition of honoring semifinalists from the Regeneron Science Talent Search, during a virtual ceremony before the regular Town Board on March 8.
The Regeneron STS is the nation’s most prestigious science research competition for high school seniors and requires students to present original research to nationally recognized scientists.
Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board honored the 12 semifinalists and 1 finalist from six North Hempstead schools. Honorees came from Great Neck South High School, Herricks High School, Manhasset High School, Paul D. Schreiber High School, and the Wheatley School.
During the virtual ceremony, the students spoke about their projects and Town officials recognized them with certificates of achievement.
The list of the semifinalists and finalist from North Hempstead and their project titles:
Great Neck South High School
Mia Wang: Assessing the Impacts of Social Determinants on Adult Obesity Rates in New York
Herricks High School
Rhea Rasquinha: Identifying the Prognostic, Tumor-Suppressive and Immunologic Roles of IRF5 in Breast Cancer
Manhasset High School
Mir Zayid Alam: Identification of Genetic Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using an Automated Microarray-Based Pipeline and Pathway Enrichment
Emily Ma: Optimizing the Efficiency of Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells
Julius Yoh: The Optimization of Desalination and Ion-Removal Rate Through the Engineering of Novel Turbulent Modular Designs in an Electrodialysis System
Emily Wang: Investigating Potential Agro-Economic Benefits of Solar Pollinator Habitats
Paul D. Schreiber High School
Hope Lane: Optimizing the Interconnectivity of the Liver Allocation Network to Minimize Death and Inequality Using LivSim
Noah Loewy: Developing an Empirical Model to Forecast United States Presidential Elections: A Machine Learning Approach
Zoya Unni: Shelter-in-Place, Connect Online: What Trending TikTok Content Reveals about Social Media use During the Early Days of the U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic
The Wheatley School
Manav Bansal: Metformin and Mannose Inhibit Human Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation and Proliferation: Implications for Anti-Fibrotic Therapies in Patients with MPI Deficiency and Chronic Liver
Anya Chabria: A New Look at Writing: Using Fractal Geometry to Evaluate Whether SLV Affects the Readability of Written Works
Victor Li: Acoustic Analysis of Laser-Induced Graphene: Development of Quantitative Indicators for Direct Determination of Quality and Microstructure Morphology
Lucy Zha (Finalist): Investigating Therapeutic Potential of Curcumin and Capsaicin: A Comparative Study on Neuroblastoma and Hypothalamic Cell
