High School Research

A Novel Application of Artificial Intelligence and Microfluidics for the Development of a Cost-effective and Non-invasive Point of Care Tool for Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis

Deeksha Kumaresh, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson - Advisor

The Effect of Sugar and Gluten on Cognitive Function, Social Behavior, Circadian Rhythm and Locomotion in Drosophila melanogaster with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). 

Mikaella Mishiev, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Isolating, Screening, and Identifying Bacteria and Fungi Found

Within Mangrove Soil In South Florida for Accessible Antimicrobial

Natural Products

Noah-Duro C. Andre, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Children‘s Transition from Visual to Phonological Representation of Letters

Daniela Staton, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

The Effect of Uncaria tomentosa and Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis Repair with Bacillus subtilis in Locomotion and Alpha Synuclein Aggregation in Caenorhabditis elegans Transgenic Strain NL5901,  an Animal Model for Parkinson’s Disease

Kasey Moore, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

The Neuroprotective Effects of Astaxanthin in C. elegans Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Models 

Patricia Duffy, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Impact of Quercetin on Histaminergic Drosophila Melanogaster Outcomes in a Cold Temperature Environment

Armaan Fatteh-Patil, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Exploring Mitochondrial Complex I as a Therapeutic Target for ALS

Maya Jos, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

The Link Between Circadian Rhythm Disruption and Parkinson’s Disease in PINK1 Drosophila melanogaster

Ishika Gadani, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

A Machine Learning Approach to Enhance Classification of Dark Matter Signals

Aaron Pinto, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Investigating the Role of a Ubiquitin B Knockout in Amyloid Aggregation Using a Novel H9c2-Derived Cardiomyocyte Model of Transthyretin Amyloidosis

Nicholas Kwok, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

A Novel Approach to Sustainable Concrete Engineering: Mechanochemical Activation of Local Waste Materials for CO2 Reduction

Anagha Iyer, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Targeting SLC3A2 Expression with Antisense Oligonucleotides to Overcome Cisplatin Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Kamilat Mustapha, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Identifying Potential Treatments for Addiction Utilizing the Influence of Butyrate Releasing Gut Microbiota on the Neuronal Signaling Pathways mTOR and NPY 

Shriya Narashimhan, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Laccase Mediated Degradation of Plastic via Invasion by Pleurotus ostreatus 

Isabel Duffy, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

The Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) on the Development of Anxiety Disorder in Correlation to TBI Affective Syndrome Using Drosophila Melanogaster as a Model

Akshay Kumar, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Targeted Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer Using Deep Eutectic Solvents: An Approach to Localized Treatment 

Shania Srivastav, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Machine Learning Classification of Retinal Images for Disease Detection

Rohin Teegavarapu, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

The Effect of Morus rubra Extract and Escherichia coli k-12 as a Bacterial Therapy for Colon Cancer

Kayli Harris, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Developing a Hyaluronic Acid Coated Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Based Controlled Delivery System as an Antitumor Therapy

Aishwarya Deshpande, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Environmental Enrichment treatment on C. elegans after nicotine addiction

Zoe Franklin, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

A Novel Application of a Lateral Flow Immunoassay and Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles to Develop a Non-Invasive and Rapid Diagnostic Method for Alzheimer’s Disease Using Whole Blood Samples From Various Stages of Disease

Dishika Parikh, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Utilizing Organic Matter In Combination With Ferrofluids To Forcibly Aggregate Microplastics In Aquatic Environments To Improve Microplastic Extraction Methods

Taroon Muthuswamy, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Impact of Melittin and CD8+ T-cells on Colon and Lung Cancer Proliferation

Devesh Kumaresh, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Synthesizing and testing a novel, structurally robust, cost efficient bioplastic created using Sargassum, Recycled Food Waste Agar, Ethyl Cyanoacrylate (Superglue), and Glycerin

Bhav Jain, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Utilizing Piezoelectricity to create a cost-effective energy generating tile

Gabriel Mikati, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Using alginate and Lemna minor for the creation of fishing nets with phytoremediation properties  

Wania Saif, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Development of a Novel Silver Nanoparticle Infused Hydrogels Based Wound Assessment System for Traumatic Triage Applications

Sunjana Shankar, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Utilizing Electric Ants (wasmannia auropunctata) to Detect Formic Acid in Urine for the Non-Invasive Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease

Maxine Yang, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Exosome-Based Cardiomyocyte Regeneration: A Novel Approach to Heart Repair after Myocardial Infarction 

Lahari Challa, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Buspirone’s Effect in Combating Physiological Degeneration

Maya Behura, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Effect of Polyphenols on the Treatment and Prevention of Neurological Damage Caused by Oxidative Stress

Tristan Obser, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Taylor Integration to Model the Dynamics of the Restricted Three-Body Problem

Zohar Eshet, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Protecting Your Privacy: A Constitutional Filter to Prevent AI From Inferring Your Personal Information

Siyuan Du, American Heritage Schools - Palm Beach Campus, Dr. Thompson & Dr. McDole - Advisor

Targeting Signaling Pathways using Plant Polysaccharides as a Treatment for Ischemic Stroke Reperfusion. 

Camila Galicia, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Development of a Novel Implantable Pulse Oximetry Sensor for Heart Disease Monitoring

Calvin Mathew, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

The effects of papain on Alzheimer’s Disease using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism

Roma Agarwal, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Comparing the Efficacy of Cholecalciferol, Lithium Orotate, Methylcobalamin, and Docosahexaenoic Acid in Regenerating Myelin Sheaths in Zebrafish Embryos as a Model for Multiple Sclerosis

Vera Danzig, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

The Effects of Bioceramic and Antimicrobial Coatings in Danio Rerio: Analyzing Alternative Bioactive Coatings for Orthopedic Prosthetic Implants 

Sophia Krauss Almonacid, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

The Effects of Bryostatin and Semagacestat on the Hereditary Transmission of Alzheimers Disease 

Isabel Gurvitch, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

How nail salon toxins affect cognitive degradation

Stella Shin, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

A Novel Treatment for Glioblastoma Multiforme: Investigating Autophagy-Inducing Substitutes for the BECN1 gene

Vid Yash, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

Deep Learning for Lung Cancer Detection: A Convolutional Neural Network Approach to Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis

Elie Ciril, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor

The Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) on the Development of Anxiety Disorder in Correlation to TBI Affective Syndrome Using Drosophila Melanogaster as a Model

Aliyah Dania, American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus, Dr. Caulkins & Dr. Shaw - Advisor