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 Amber Kwok, 18, Mauritius
Amber Kwok, 18

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? Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17, Thailand
Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17

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 Vicente Farid Chomali Castro, 17, Chile
Vicente Farid Chomali Castro, 17

Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter

Vicente Farid Chomali Castro, 17, Chile

What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel? Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17, Thailand
Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17

What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel?

Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17, Thailand

What is Time Dilation? Ben Barnes, 18, USA
Ben Barnes, 18

What is Time Dilation?

Ben Barnes, 18, USA

Can Trees Communicate? Ava Skye Barton, 16, USA
Ava Skye Barton, 16

Can Trees Communicate?

Ava Skye Barton, 16, USA

Gravitational Waves: The Invisible Key to Unlocking Our Universe Francine Oren T. Fabricante, 18, Philippines
Francine Oren T. Fabricante, 18

Gravitational Waves: The Invisible Key to Unlocking Our Universe

Francine Oren T. Fabricante, 18, Philippines

Quantum Tunneling Ellen Jannereth, 18, USA
Ellen Jannereth, 18

Quantum Tunneling

Ellen Jannereth, 18, USA

The Shape of the Universe Ari Katz, 18, USA
Ari Katz, 18

The Shape of the Universe

Ari Katz, 18, USA

The Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation Eojin Kim, 18, Republic of Korea
Eojin Kim, 18

The Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation

Eojin Kim, 18, Republic of Korea

The Physics of the Alcubierre Warp Drive Holden Liu, 16, Canada
Holden Liu, 16

The Physics of the Alcubierre Warp Drive

Holden Liu, 16, Canada

Electric Propulsion: Small Push, Giant Leap Siddhant Makkar, 18, USA
Siddhant Makkar, 18

Electric Propulsion: Small Push, Giant Leap

Siddhant Makkar, 18, USA

Hacking Inheritance: Gene Drives Explained Wangari Mbuthia, 18, South Africa
Wangari Mbuthia, 18

Hacking Inheritance: Gene Drives Explained

Wangari Mbuthia, 18, South Africa

What is the Theory of Everything? Faith Nguyen, 17, USA
Faith Nguyen, 17

What is the Theory of Everything?

Faith Nguyen, 17, USA

Cosmic Microwave Background: Our Invisible Past Michael Nixon, 18, Australia
Michael Nixon, 18

Cosmic Microwave Background: Our Invisible Past

Michael Nixon, 18, Australia

Brain City and the Protein Roadblocks Lydia Taylor, 18, USA
Lydia Taylor, 18

Brain City and the Protein Roadblocks

Lydia Taylor, 18, USA

You Are Part Virus: Human Endogenous Retroviruses Amogh Thakkar, 18, USA
Amogh Thakkar, 18

You Are Part Virus: Human Endogenous Retroviruses

Amogh Thakkar, 18, USA

2021 Popular Vote Regional Champions

Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter Vicente Farid Chomali Castro, 17, Chile
Vicente Farid Chomali Castro, 17

Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter

Vicente Farid Chomali Castro, 17, Chile

Pharmacokinetics & Bioavailability Abhay Gupta, 16, India
Abhay Gupta, 16

Pharmacokinetics & Bioavailability

Abhay Gupta, 16, India

The Physics of the Alcubierre Warp Drive Holden Liu, 16, Canada
Holden Liu, 16

The Physics of the Alcubierre Warp Drive

Holden Liu, 16, Canada

Hacking Inheritance: Gene Drives Explained Wangari Mbuthia, 18, South Africa
Wangari Mbuthia, 18

Hacking Inheritance: Gene Drives Explained

Wangari Mbuthia, 18, South Africa

Cosmic Microwave Background: Our Invisible Past Michael Nixon, 18, Australia
Michael Nixon, 18

Cosmic Microwave Background: Our Invisible Past

Michael Nixon, 18, Australia

How COVID-19 PCR Testing Works Evan Ritson, 17, Spain
Evan Ritson, 17

How COVID-19 PCR Testing Works

Evan Ritson, 17, Spain

What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel? Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17, Thailand
Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17

What Do Black Holes Have to do with Time Travel?

Gornekk Suwattanapong, 17, Thailand