Finalists And Popular Vote Top Scorers 2025
Congratulations to the 2025 Breakthrough Junior Challenge winner – Matea Cañizares and the 2025 Finalists, who created the top-scoring videos from this year’s competition.
Matea Cañizares: 2025 Winner
Matea Cañizares, 17, Ecuador
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Matea Cañizares, 17, Ecuador
2025 Finalists and Popular Vote Top Scorer
Isabella Leonel Lelles, 17, Brazil
The Protein Folding Problem
Isabella Leonel Lelles, 17, Brazil
Tomiris Abylkairova, 17, Kazakhstan
Kymyz Epigenetics
Tomiris Abylkairova, 17, Kazakhstan
Henry Chuang, 16, Canada
Cognitive Dissonance
Henry Chuang, 16, Canada
Janine Andrea B. Emmanuel, 17, Philippines
Transit Spectroscopy
Janine Andrea B. Emmanuel, 17, Philippines
Luke Esperanza, 17, USA
The RTG Rap
Luke Esperanza, 17, USA
David George, 18, Canada
Cancer’s Secret Weapon
David George, 18, Canada
Grace Yihua Lee, 17, USA
The Principle of Least Time
Grace Yihua Lee, 17, USA
Aaryan Prabhaker, 15, UK
Agent Crispr
Aaryan Prabhaker, 15, UK
Adam Rakhmanov, 17, USA
Ideonella Sakaiensis
Adam Rakhmanov, 17, USA
Isabel Shiju, 16, India
CAR-T Therapy
Isabel Shiju, 16, India
Chloe Suh, 17, USA
Type 1 Narcolepsy
Chloe Suh, 17, USA
Zachary Tan, 17, Philippines
Diamond NV Center as Cancer Detector
Zachary Tan, 17, Philippines
Anie Udofia, 15, Canada
Organoids: The Science that Heals
Anie Udofia, 15, Canada
Isabella Wu, 18, USA
Leptin: The Hormone that Drives Satiety and Obesity
Isabella Wu, 18, USA
Ryan Zhao, 17, USA
Noether’s Theorem
Ryan Zhao, 17, USA
2025 Popular Vote Regional Champions
Daniel Adeluyi, 18, Nigeria
Wormholes: The Next Frontier
Daniel Adeluyi, 18, Nigeria
Grace Guo, 15, Canada
The Gut-Brain Axis: Do We Have a Second Brain?
Grace Guo, 15, Canada
Emya Jain, 14, India
Entropy and the Arrow of Time
Emya Jain, 14, India
Maxim Kyrychuk, 16, UK
Soundless Symphony
Maxim Kyrychuk, 16, UK
Isabella Leonel Lelles, 17, Brazil
The Protein Folding Problem
Isabella Leonel Lelles, 17, Brazil
Rachel Mathews, 18, Australia
Topological Insulators
Rachel Mathews, 18, Australia
Shivangi Sharma, 16, Singapore
Psilocybin for Depression
Shivangi Sharma, 16, Singapore