Congratulations to Prayrona Chowdhury and Sonali Santhosh, both from Hanford High School, who were recently named as delegates to the American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS)! Prayrona and Sonali are now invited to travel with the other Washington State delegates to attend the 2026 AJAS conference, which will be held in Phoenix, Arizona.

Click here to see the full list of Washington State AJAS delegates, with video overviews of each project. Prayrona’s Project was: “AquaLink: Determining Freshwater Species Abundance Using the Multiscale Convergence of Chemical and Biological Processes“. Sonali’s project was: “Cracking the Seizure Code: A Deep Learning Approach to Neonatal Seizure Detection Utilizing Hybrid Architecture for Multi-Scale EEG Analysis“.

The American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS) is a program of National Association of Academies of Science (NAAS) to recognize American high school students for outstanding scientific research. The Washington State Academy of Sciences nominates students to serve as AJAS delegates representing Washington State at the annual AJAS conference. This program is meant to recognize talented young scientists and encourage them to pursue careers in STEM fields.

Congratulations!