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Congratulations to these students, and to the faculty, post docs, graduate and undergraduate students who helped them in their research!Please contact Karen Kernan if you have additional information. We rely on you to help keep this listing up-do-date.
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Regeneron STS 2017
| HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS | PROJECT TITLES | STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS |
|---|---|---|
| Annette Chang Woodbridge HS, Irvine, CA Regeneron STS Scholar |
Elucidating a Relationship Between Ligand-Flap Interactions and Drug Potency in HIV-1 Protease with Molecular Dynamics Simulations | Dr. Carlos Simmerling Chemistry |
| Aurnov Chattopadhyay University HS, Irvine, CA Regeneron STS Scholar |
Sustainable Heavy Metal Remediation Through Novel Nanocellulose Coagulants Synthesized Directly from Raw Biomass | Dr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry |
| Alan Chen Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Understanding the Mobility of Important Trace Elements During Basalt Weathering with Implications for the Mars 2020 Rover Mission | Dr. Joel Hurowitz Dr. Troy Rasbury Geosciences |
| Abbigayle Cuomo Commack HS, Commack, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
A Study of Westward Recurving Tropical Cyclone Tracks in the Atlantic | Dr. Brian Colle School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Grace Hu Jericho Senior HS, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Advanced Au-SPIONs: Synthesis and Comparison of Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Personalized Nanomedicine | Dr. Ya S. Wang Mechanical Engineering |
| Alby Joseph Walter Tresper Clarke HS, Westbury, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Optimized Fatty Acid Binding Protein Inhibitors: Augmenting the Viability of a Novel Pain-Relief Mechanism | Dr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry |
| Matthew Ko John L. Miller Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Extraction of the Specific Shear Viscosity of the Quark-Gluon Plasma from Measurements of Flow Harmonics in Au + Au Collisions at 200 GeV | Dr. Roy Lacey Chemistry |
| Sandra Li Jericho HS, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Elucidating Cancer Racial Health Disparities: The Differential Response of African and Caucasian American Colon Cancer Cells to Vitamin E | Dr. Jennie Williams Medicine-Cancer Prevention |
| Veda Murthy Lexington HS, Lexington, MA Regeneron STS Scholar |
Towards a More Accurate Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to Classify Glioma Nuclear Images | Dr. Dimitris Samaras Computer Science |
| Michael Nachman Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
An Analysis of Presidential Primaries as General Election Predictors | Dr. Helmut Norpoth Political Science |
| Kirti Nath Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Assessing the Developmental and Metabolic Toxicity of Neuroactive Pharmaceuticals Using Early Life Stage Zebrafish (Danio rerio) | Dr. Anne McElroy School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Erika Nemeth Smithtown HS East, Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Cell-Based Delivery of Gene-Silencing Products via Gap Junction | Dr. Peter Brink Physiology & Biophysics |
| Emily Peterson Smithtown HS East, Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Finalist |
Lecithin-Retinol Acyl Transferase in Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The Relationship Between Oncology and Wound Repair | Dr. Marcia Simon School of Dental Medicine Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering |
| Ben Rhee Syosset HS, Syosset, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
An Analysis of Power Dissipation in Extratropical Cyclones | Dr. Brian Colle School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Alia Rizvon Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
A Potential Role for CCDC11 in Cytokinesis Evidenced Through Colocalization with Acetylated a-Tubulin Adjacent to Midbody During Abscission | Dr. Ken-Ichi Takemaru Pharmacological Sciences |
| Yash Samantaray Syosset HS, Syosset, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Impact of Coating Dithiocarbamate-Protected Ruthenium Nanoparticles on the Nafion® Membrane in the Performance of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell – a Novel Approach | Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering |
| Rubin Smith William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Modeling Topography and Mammal Species Diversity within the Western U.S Basin and Range from 36Ma | Dr. William Holt Geosciences |
| Arjun Subramaniam The Harker School, San Jose, CA Regeneron STS Finalist |
CadML: A New, Computational Approach to Optimizing Antibody Affinity for Design of Antibody Therapeutics | Dr. Tom MacCarthy Applied Math & Statistics |
| Natalie Tan Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
The Effect of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Exposure on Undifferentiated and Differentiated U937 Cell Susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus infection and Dextran Bacterial Antiadhesive Properties in Adipose-derived Stromal Cells | Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering Dr. Stephen Walker Dental Medicine |
| Kavya Tangella Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Hearing Sounds, and the Illusion of Seeing Longer-Lasting Shapes | Dr. Arthur Samuel Psychology |
| Jessica Tian Del Norte HS, San Diego, CA Regeneron STS Finalist |
Antibacterial Property of Cellulose Paper Decorated with Ag/TiO2 Nanocomposites | Dr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry |
| Nestor Tkachenko Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Can Cars Fly? Eddy Current Levitation as Viable Technology | Dr. Sergey Suchalkin Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Ruisi Zhong Smithtown HS East, Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar |
Activation of Ventral Subiculum Neurons by Cued Emotional Learning | Dr. David Talmage Pharmacological Sciences Dr. Lorna Role Neurobiology & Behavior |
Maintained by Karen Kernan, URECA Program (Undergraduate Research)
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