2022 AAASE Summer Academy DDL Best Presentation Awards

The AAASE Summer Academy DDL Best Presentation Award is the highest award of the summer academy this year to honor three student teams that made outstanding presentations with impactful and creative ideas for team research projects at the AAASE summer academy. The awards were sponsored by Delaware Diagnostic Labs (DDL) with $2000, $1500, and $1000, respectively, for the first, second, and third places.

First Place Winners


NLP: The New Method of Change


Henrik Burda, 

Beachwood High School, OH

John Hu,  

Randolph High School, NJ

Richard Li, 

Mclean High School, VA

Kevin McLeod, 

Albany High School, NY

Matthew Wang, 

Jericho High School, NY

Second Place Winners


Can we Trust Twitter?  


Sophia Chen, 

Archmere Academy, DE

Rebecca Liu, 

Moorestown Friends School, NJ

Sophie Ryan, 

Hackley School, NY

Derrick Wang, 

Garnet Valley High School, PA

Darryl Weng, 

McLean High School, VA

Third Place Winners


Coral and CRISPR: Saving Our Reefs  


Bryan Cheng, 

Peddie School, NJ

Brianna Feldmeier, 

Amador Valley High School, CA

Rebecca Ives, 

Harriton High School, PA

Tianna Wang, 

Tabor Academy, MA

Tienna Zeng, 

Solon High School, OH

Congratulations!