2026 USA Regional Semi-Finalists (All Subjects)
Subject | Student(s) | School | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|---|
Biology | Jingshu Wang | Suffield Academy | Engineered Probiotic Outer Membrane Vesicles Overcome Therapeutic Barriers in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Innovative Strategy Based on Dual-Gene Editing and a ClyA-SOD Membrane Fusion System π |
Biology | Menghui Wei | Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science | Spatial patterns, driving mechanisms, and priority areas for multidimensional biodiversity in the Qinling Mountains π |
Biology | Ruojin Zhang | Northview High School | Natureβs Blueprint: Data-Driven Design of Feather Microstructures for Enhanced Surface Water Repellency π |
Biology | Chenhang Christopher Zhang | Concord Academy | SLC Atlas: an integrative multi-scale resource for exploring the human solute carrier superfamily π |
Biology | Jason Pan, Bennett Huang | Langley High School | Harnessing Methyl Jasmonate Epigenetic Defense Modulation through an Autonomous Robotic Precision Spraying System for Targeted Pest Control π |
Biology | Jerry Fan | The Hotchkiss School | Structural and Biochemical Characterization of an Adapter-Mediated Modular Ferritin Platform for EGFR-Targeted Glioblastoma Applications π |
Chemistry | Hanna E Hong | Riverside High School | Rapid AΞ²42 Quantification Using a Wash-Free Chemiluminescent Aptasensor toward Alzheimerβs Disease Diagnosis π |
Chemistry | Jiwei Bai | St. George's School | Interfacial Engineering of Graphene Oxide Immobilization on Polylactic Acid Substrates through Surface Modification π |
Chemistry | Allen Ma | Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science | Monosulfide and Norbornene-Derived Crosslinking of Polydicyclopentadiene Membranes: Toward Selective Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Separations π |
Chemistry | Jamie Zhu | Eastlake High School | Distance Dependent qE: Charge Transfer and Charge Transfer-Mediated Superexchange in a Chlorophyll a β Lutein Dimer π |
Chemistry | Patrick Song | Princeton High School | Comparative Evaluation of Interfacial Solar Evaporator Designs for Critical Mineral Brine Pre-Concentration π |
Chemistry | Srishti Sawant | Innovation Academy | BioLastane: A Novel Plant-Derived Elastane Alternative from Hevea brasiliensis Natural Rubber and Plant-Derived Additives π |
Chemistry | Sihan Wu | Carmel High School | An EpCAM-Targeted Mirror-Image DNA Nanostructure for Precise Drug Delivery in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer π |
Computer Science | Anna Zhou | MIT PRIMES | Self-Directed Learning of Bounded-Cut Graph Labelings π |
Computer Science | Cynthia Zhang, Cassia Dyer Seem | Los Altos High School | MARLIN: An AI-based ROV System for Detection and Density Mapping of Invasive Sargassum horneri in Monterey Bay π |
Computer Science | Yuanzhi Wang | St. Michaels University School | Development of an Autonomous Cleaning Robot Based on Helical Propulsion for Sandy Beach Benthic Organism Protection and Its Ecological Restoration Efficacy π |
Computer Science | Derek Aoki | Proof School | Order-Invariant CFO Contains Local-Order-Invariant FO π |
Computer Science | Soham Samanta | Greater Commonwealth Virtual School | ASTRA: A Deep Learning Framework for Astrocyte Modeling and Therapeutic Target Discovery in Alzheimerβs Disease π |
Computer Science | Derek Peng | The Pingry School | A Hybrid Deep Learning Pipeline for RNA 3D Structure Reconstruction from Cryo-EM Density Maps π |
Economics | Wenzhao Liu | Phillips Exeter Academy | Cultivating the Soil or Breaking New Ground? Artificial Intelligence and Firmsβ Exploitative and Exploratory Innovation π |
Economics | Ethan Jiang | A&M Consolidated High School | The Effects of Federal Incentives on the Automotive Market and Greenhouse Gas Emissions π |
Economics | Aaron Shi | Manhasset Secondary School | Presence Is Not Access: Walking Accessibility to Basic Needs Services on Long Island π |
Mathematics | Neil Kolekar | MIT PRIMES | On Support of Temperley-Lieb Immanants of Ribbon Decomposition Matrices π |
Mathematics | Derek Ren Aoki | MIT PRIMES | On Open Borel Orbits in Conormal Bundles to Schubert Cells π |
Mathematics | Brian Sun, Seabert Mao | MIT PRIMES | Smoothness Characterizations and Duality of the Type II Theta Correspondence and Basic Fourier--Jacobi Models π |
Mathematics | Soham Samanta | Greater Commonwealth Virtual School | Kromatic Symmetric Functions and Cographs π |
Mathematics | Eason Ji | Harvard-Westlake School | The St. Petersburg Paradox: Expected Utility and Asymptotic Analysis π |
Mathematics | Pranava Kumar | North Carolina School Of Science And Math | A proof of Nivat's conjecture π |
Mathematics | Prayagh Prabhakar | Bridgeland High School | Counterexamples to Jeffsβ Conjecture on Convex Neural Codes π |
Physics | Dou Lai | MIT PRIMES | Probing Moving Gamma-Ray Source Populations through Spatiotemporal Clustering of Fermi-LAT Photons π |
Physics | Xinyang Li | Oregon Episcopal School | Learning Compact Representations of Intrinsic-Alignment Responses for Weak Gravitational Lensing Cosmology π |
Physics | Andrew Liu | The Thacher School | Rescue Pulse: A Bio-inspired Robot Leveraging Self-Excited Oscillation and Physical Intelligence for Post-Disaster Confined-Space Search π |
Physics | Berkeley Chau | Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Advancing Putting Strategy Through Physical Modeling and Simulation of Golf Ball Rolling Dynamics and Hole-Capture Mechanics π |
Physics | Ziyi Cui | University of Toronto Schools | Collision Geometry and Energy-Controlled Fracture in a Three-Sphere Ball-Milling Model π |
Physics | Edison Yang | Lambert High School | Testing the Temperature Scaling Law of Solar Flares and Inferring an Effective Heating Law from Ribbon Measurements π |