


Learn more here about all 16 STEM scholars. In addition to her scientific discoveries, Shi started her school’s chapter of STEAM for All, which organizes educational competitions and community service projects to increase interest in STEAM with elementary and middle school students. Her project titled “Analysis of the Amino Acid Frequencies in the Receptor-Binding Domains of Six Coronaviruses” was also nationally recognized in the Broadcom MASTERS top 300 projects - a premier middle school STEM competition. The algorithm she created set up a pipeline to study novel viruses and earned her a scholarship by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

With her innovative research in 2020, Shi was able to predict the genetic links between coronavirus species and variants within a species. Including Shi, students age 12 to 16 throughout the nation were chosen with the help of an independent panel of judges who conducted the selection process based on three pieces of criteria - creativity, change-making and resilience. Now, at 15 years old, the incoming sophomore has been named one of this year’s 16 under 16: 2022 Class of STEM Achievers by The 74, an education news site.Īs reported by EdSource, 16 scholars were recognized by The 74 for their outstanding achievements in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Two years ago, Troy High School student Cloris Shi conducted research with machine learning methods to analyze six different coronaviruses and the mutations of the receptor-binding domain. Troy High School student Cloris Shi was recognized for her work in STEM.
