Finalists And Popular Vote Results 2021
Congratulations to the winner of the 2021 Breakthrough Junior Challenge – Amber Kwok, 2021 Space Exploration Champion – Gornekk Suwattanapong and the 2021 Finalists, who created the top-scoring videos from this year’s competition.
Amber Kwok: 2021 Winner
![Van der Waals and Casimir Forces](/images/winners/kwok-amber.jpg)
![Amber Kwok, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-kwok-amber.jpg)
Van der Waals and Casimir Forces
Amber Kwok, 18, Mauritius
Gornekk Suwattanapong: 2021 Space Exploration Champion
![What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel?](/images/winners/suwattanapong-gornekk.jpg)
![Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17](/images/profiles/2021/profile-suwattanapong-gornekk.jpg)
What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel?
Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17, Thailand
2021 Finalists And Popular Vote Top Scorers
![Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter](/images/finalists/2021/castro-farid-chomali.jpg)
![Vicente Farid Chomali Castro, 17](/images/profiles/2021/profile-castro-farid-chomali.jpg)
Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter
Vicente Farid Chomali Castro, 17, Chile
![What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel?](/images/finalists/2021/suwattanapong-gornekk.jpg)
![Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17](/images/profiles/2021/profile-suwattanapong-gornekk.jpg)
What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel?
Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17, Thailand
![What is Time Dilation?](/images/finalists/2021/barnes-ben.jpg)
![Ben Barnes, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-barnes-ben.jpg)
What is Time Dilation?
Ben Barnes, 18, USA
![Can Trees Communicate?](/images/finalists/2021/barton-ava-skye.jpg)
![Ava Skye Barton, 16](/images/profiles/2021/profile-barton-ava-skye.jpg)
Can Trees Communicate?
Ava Skye Barton, 16, USA
![Gravitational Waves: The Invisible Key to Unlocking Our Universe](/images/finalists/2021/fabricante-francine-oren-t.jpg)
![Francine Oren T. Fabricante, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-fabricante-francine-oren-t.jpg)
Gravitational Waves: The Invisible Key to Unlocking Our Universe
Francine Oren T. Fabricante, 18, Philippines
![Quantum Tunneling](/images/finalists/2021/jannereth-ellen.jpg)
![Ellen Jannereth, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-jannereth-ellen.jpg)
Quantum Tunneling
Ellen Jannereth, 18, USA
![The Shape of the Universe](/images/finalists/2021/katz-ari.jpg)
![Ari Katz, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-katz-ari.jpg)
The Shape of the Universe
Ari Katz, 18, USA
![The Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation](/images/finalists/2021/kim-eojin.jpg)
![Eojin Kim, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-kim-eojin.jpg)
The Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation
Eojin Kim, 18, Republic of Korea
![The Physics of the Alcubierre Warp Drive](/images/finalists/2021/liu-holden.jpg)
![Holden Liu, 16](/images/profiles/2021/profile-liu-holden.jpg)
The Physics of the Alcubierre Warp Drive
Holden Liu, 16, Canada
![Electric Propulsion: Small Push, Giant Leap](/images/finalists/2021/makkar-siddhant.jpg)
![Siddhant Makkar, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-makkar-siddhant.jpg)
Electric Propulsion: Small Push, Giant Leap
Siddhant Makkar, 18, USA
![Hacking Inheritance: Gene Drives Explained](/images/finalists/2021/mbuthia-wangari.jpg)
![Wangari Mbuthia, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-mbuthia-wangari.jpg)
Hacking Inheritance: Gene Drives Explained
Wangari Mbuthia, 18, South Africa
![What is the Theory of Everything?](/images/finalists/2021/nguyen-faith.jpg)
![Faith Nguyen, 17](/images/profiles/2021/profile-nguyen-faith.jpg)
What is the Theory of Everything?
Faith Nguyen, 17, USA
![Cosmic Microwave Background: Our Invisible Past](/images/finalists/2021/nixon-michael.jpg)
![Michael Nixon, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-nixon-michael.jpg)
Cosmic Microwave Background: Our Invisible Past
Michael Nixon, 18, Australia
![Brain City and the Protein Roadblocks](/images/finalists/2021/taylor-lydia.jpg)
![Lydia Taylor, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-taylor-lydia.jpg)
Brain City and the Protein Roadblocks
Lydia Taylor, 18, USA
![You Are Part Virus: Human Endogenous Retroviruses](/images/finalists/2021/thakkar-amogh.jpg)
![Amogh Thakkar, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-thakkar-amogh.jpg)
You Are Part Virus: Human Endogenous Retroviruses
Amogh Thakkar, 18, USA
2021 Popular Vote Regional Champions
![Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter](/images/finalists/2021/castro-farid-chomali.jpg)
![Vicente Farid Chomali Castro, 17](/images/profiles/2021/profile-castro-farid-chomali.jpg)
Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter
Vicente Farid Chomali Castro, 17, Chile
![Pharmacokinetics & Bioavailability](/images/finalists/2021/gupta-abhay.jpg)
![Abhay Gupta, 16](/images/profiles/2021/profile-gupta-abhay.jpg)
Pharmacokinetics & Bioavailability
Abhay Gupta, 16, India
![The Physics of the Alcubierre Warp Drive](/images/finalists/2021/liu-holden.jpg)
![Holden Liu, 16](/images/profiles/2021/profile-liu-holden.jpg)
The Physics of the Alcubierre Warp Drive
Holden Liu, 16, Canada
![Hacking Inheritance: Gene Drives Explained](/images/finalists/2021/mbuthia-wangari.jpg)
![Wangari Mbuthia, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-mbuthia-wangari.jpg)
Hacking Inheritance: Gene Drives Explained
Wangari Mbuthia, 18, South Africa
![Cosmic Microwave Background: Our Invisible Past](/images/finalists/2021/nixon-michael.jpg)
![Michael Nixon, 18](/images/profiles/2021/profile-nixon-michael.jpg)
Cosmic Microwave Background: Our Invisible Past
Michael Nixon, 18, Australia
![How COVID-19 PCR Testing Works](/images/finalists/2021/ritson-evan.jpg)
![Evan Ritson, 17](/images/profiles/2021/profile-ritson-evan.jpg)
How COVID-19 PCR Testing Works
Evan Ritson, 17, Spain
![What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel?](/images/finalists/2021/suwattanapong-gornekk.jpg)
![Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17](/images/profiles/2021/profile-suwattanapong-gornekk.jpg)
What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel?
Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17, Thailand