On Saturday, April 11th, 37 HTHS students presented their independent research projects at the 71st New Jersey Academy of Science Annual Meeting. Each student entered their work in a specific STEM category and presented their work to a panel of judges. Students competed to be named delegates to the American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS). All delegates are eligible to present their research at the 2027 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting.
The following students were named as 2027 delegates:
Category | Student Name | Place |
Animal and Plant Sciences | Samvi Raj | 3rd |
| Amani Sukkarieh | 3rd |
| Amanda Zheng | 3rd |
| Angela Xu | 2nd |
| Mischa Jain | 1st |
| Jadielyn Chen | 1st |
| Vedant Awasthi | 1st |
Cellular and Molecular Biology | Lucas Brinster | 1st |
Chemistry | Sophia Huang | 2nd |
Earth Science / Geology / Meteorology | Sriyan Yarlagadda | 3rd |
Engineering | Bener Dulger | 3rd |
| Kanata Sasaki | 3rd |
| Alicia Lo | 2nd |
| Talin Sharma | 1st |
| Arsany George | 1st |
Medicine and Health | Arianna Zilioli | 3rd |
| Arisha Islam | 3rd |
Mathematics/Computer Science | Jerry Huang | 3rd |
| Christian Choi | 2nd |
| Mustafa Tanyel | 1st |
Microbiology | Julia Mason | 1st |
Physics | Eric Guo | 3rd |
Psychology | Shiv Patel | 3rd |
