ReconX is High Technology High School's Experimental Research Club. The mission of our club is to provide opportunities for our students to:

• engage in authentic scientific research and engineering design

• collaborate with one another

• Make connections with experts in their field(s) of interest

• Learn from each other; teach one another

• Communicate their scientific finding and innovations to the broader STEM community through science fairs, competitions and symposia

2024-2025 Club Officers

President - Ishani Singh

Vice-President - Emily Kim

Additional Officers - Pramya Surapaneni (Programming), Mia Mastroianni, Anabelle Ahteck, Aarthi Gunasekeran (Mentorship), Emily Kim & Niyel Hassan (STEM Journal), Aarav Upadhyay & Haley Ryan (Fundraising & Outreach)

2023-2024 Club Officers

President - Shravani Vedagiri

Vice-President - Ishani Singh

Additional Officers - Sreeja Paruchuri & Pramya Surapaneni (Programming), Caitlyn Zito, Varun Gabbita, & Kriti Srivastava (Mentorship), Katherine Fang & Ariela Otero (STEM Journal), Haley Deng & Advika Vuppala (Fundraising), Nidhi Nair & Pranshu Suyal (Outreach)

2022-2023 Club Officers

President - Jue Gong

Vice-President - Katherine Fang

Additional Officers - Yuvna Musuku and Shravani Vedagiri (Programming), Kevin Liu and Caitlyn Zito (Mentorship), Aravind Gunasekaran and Haley Deng (Fundraising), Amanda Guan and Blake Cregg-Wedmore (STEM Journal), and Arjun Tschand and Daniel Zlotnick (New Initiatives)

2021-2022 Club Officers

Co-Presidents - Sidharth Srivastava & Annie Wang

Additional Officers - David Chang, Kristen Park, Abhinav Ramidi

2020-2021 Club Officer

President - Jeffery Min

The ReconX seminar series focuses on giving students insight into the professional world through guest speakers. This year, speakers included 

2025

• Annie Wang - HTHS Alumni 2022, Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science - November 2024

  • • At our November Speaker Session, Wang talked about her research experience at CMU, as well as her general student experience and life. 

• Dr. Sabrina Vander Wiele - University of Delaware Biomedical Engineering - February 2025

  • • At our February Speaker Session, she came in person to talk about her research experience in both neuroimaging and space medicine and radiation. 

• Dr. Catherine Drennan - MIT & HHMI Professor of Biochemistry - May 2025

  • • Her research interests lie at the interface of chemistry and biology, combining X-ray crystallography with cryo-electron

microscopy and other biophysical methods in order to “visualize” molecular processes by obtaining snapshots of metalloproteins in action.

2024

• New Jersey School of Conservation Field Trip - April 2024 - Introduction to Research trip

• Dr. Markus Hofmann - April 2024

2023

• New Jersey School of Conservation Field Trip - October 2022

• Dr. Chang Yaramothu, NJIT - November 2022

  • • Biomedical Engineer, Asssistant Teacher, Principal Investigator: Sensorimotor Quantification and Rehabilitation Laboratory

    • Lecture and Q & A discussing how to formulate and select a research project and career opportunities for researchers

• Dr. Andrew Babbin, MIT - February 2023

  • • Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Scientist, Environmental Researcher

    • Combined meeting with Gay-Straight Alliance

    • Discussion about being a queer man in STEM and personal research experiences

• Mr. Arlin Nelson, Aerospace Engineer at Blue Origin - May 2023

  • • Lecture and Q& A session discussing careers in Aerospace Engineering, and working for private sector aerospace industries in the 21st century. 

2022

• Dr. Swathi Arur, Research Scientist at MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • • Lecture on Maternal Health and the multi-generational epigenetic markers found in maternal malnutrition studies.

• Penn Nano Week Virtual Workshop

2021

• Dr. Biju Parekkadan, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Co-founder Sentien Biotechnologies, Inc.

• Center for Science, Medicine, and Entrepreneurial Outreach, Kumar Lab - New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • • Seminar Series - Unconventional STEM career pathways

ReconX hopes to continue bringing in a variety of speakers to give students a wider perspective  of the opportunities for their futures.

Members of ReconX participated in virtual research competitions this past year. Visit the Research Competition Pages to see all of our recent participants and results.