Ossining High School Has 16 Finalists in GENIUS Olympiad 2020

Sixteen Ossining High School juniors are finalists in the GENIUS Olympiad 2020, an international competition sponsored by Terra Science and Education.

The annual competition, which is in its 10th year, promotes a global understanding of environmental issues and the achievement of sustainability through science, arts, creative writing, engineering, design, and business development. GENIUS stands for Global Environmental Issues and Us.

Students compete in seven categories: science, writing, business, robotics, art, music and short film. The OHS juniors are all in the Science Research Program. The GENIUS Olympiad selected about half of the 1,636 projects as finalists, including 393 in science.

The GENIUS Olympiad is scheduled for mid-June at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The website states that the event is currently scheduled to take place, but that could change due to COVID-19.

The finalists and titles of their projects are:

• Anjolaoluwa Adesina – Analysis of Glucose Concentrations for Diabetic Use Using Color Intensity Changes.
• Nicole Camilliere – Investigating the Seasonal Dynamics in Sodium Chloride Concentrations of Hudson River Tributaries.
• Hunter Caparelli – Identifying Behavioral Changes that Optimize Recovery Time from Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries in High School Athletes.
• Elizabeth Carpenter – Elucidating the Lack of Microglial Response to Chronic Unpredictable Stress and BDPP Administration in the Substantia Nigra.
• William Curvan – Manipulations to the Molecular Clock of Glial Cells in Drosophila Melanogaster (fruit fly) Suggest a Potential Role in Circadian Timekeeping.
• Genevieve Foran — Beta Amyloid Proteinophathy Reveals Distinct Histone Post Translational Modification Landscapes.
• Nathaniel Itty – Analyzing the Effects of Human Activity on Alligator Wrestling Using a Novel Video Based Analysis.
• Bonnie Lin – Auditory Processing of Speech and Non-Speech Stimuli in Low-Functioning Autism: An Electrophysiological Study.
• Linlee Mangialardi – Investigating Recent Breeding Bird Trends within Suburban New York.
• Michael Pavelchek – Comparing the Differences in the CD80CD73 in IGG1 Memory B Cells in Allergic Asthma
• Meagan Ryan – Investigating the Epigenetic Regulation of BRG1 and H2A.Z in the Nucleus Accumbens of Cocaine Addicted Mice
• Xia Saavedra – Elucidating the Impact of PTPN2 Knockout on Beta Cell Apoptosis, Insulin Expression, and Differentiation in Pancreatic Progenitor Beta Cells Derived from HESCs.
• Alexa Shaw -- Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Exercise at Reducing Symptoms of Anxiety and Stress in Adolescents.
• Christopher Silva – Utilizing a Novel Taylor Couette Cell in Order to Generate a More Effective Drilling Fluid in Well Bore Oil Applications.
• Ella Zebelman – Optimal Concentrations of Histone Modification Drugs to Induce Cell Death of Primary Mediastinal B Cell Lymphoma.
• Dylan Zelko – Characterizing Textile Electrodes for Use in a Wearable Bioimpedance Monitor.