Hampton Bays High School hosted a successful ninth annual Science Research Symposium on April 28.
During the symposium, research students, under the direction of science research teacher Dr. Stephanie Forsberg, presented their findings on a wide variety of topics, including space radiation, the West Nile virus and cell immunotherapy. Following the student presentations, attendees had an opportunity to ask questions.
The Hampton Bays School District congratulates the following symposium presenters on a job well done.
9th Grade
Yusabeth Contreras (bottlenose dolphins)
Esther Lopez Cornejo (squids)
Victoria Madison (wind energy)
Isabel Ospitale (piping plover)
Christopher Roldan (whale health identification)
10th Grade
Emily Barnes (marine acoustics)
Dylan Foley (horseshoe crab)
Emma Halsey (sea turtle cold-stunning)
Samantha Kraycar (metastasis of cancer)
Cassidy Leporati (biomedical sciences)
Minal Naeem (cardiovascular disease)
Emily Robinson (Alzheimer's disease)
Maya Sanabria (music cognition)
11th Grade
Elijah Amos (space radiation)
Katelyn Pennacchia (lupus and immunology)
Sofia Solano Cruz (cancer immunotherapy)
12th Grade
Aliyah Cuka (West Nile virus)
Zoey Engeldrum (the effects of music on mood and self-concept)
Kristina Georges (glial cell proliferation in multiple sclerosis)
Ryan Hughes (harmful algal bloom: Cochlodinium polykrikoides)
Lily Simpson-Heavey (CAR T cell immunotherapy for CLL)
Date Added: 5/3/2022