Zain Shariff Email & Phone Number

I'm a sophomore at Curtis Senior High School. I am very involved in biotechnology research, specifically microwave ablation and ultrasounds. I have published two papers on this, one published to the Journal of Emerging Investigators finds patterns in ultrasound images with tissue exposed to microwaves. The other, published in the Social Sciences Research Network represents monochromatic ultrasounds in a polychromatic format for easier identification of such patterns in the previous study.I have won several accolades for my research, which include: named top 300 nationally in middle school research, first placers in regional and state competitions, and lifetime honors at AJAS.I have a 4.0 unweighted GPA as a sophomore, currently taking AP Biology and AP Calculus AB.Other than that, just chilling, and learning everyday!

• Independent Researcher

  Self-Employed

  Nov 2019 - Present - University Place, Washington, United States

  I am an independent researcher that has been working on year-long research. Much of my research goes into improving current medical imagery techniques.I have two publications:-"Identification of microwave-related changes in tissue using an ultrasound scan" published at the Journal of Emerging Investigators. This paper identifies patterns in tissue ultrasound scans that result from heat degeneration procedures like ablations.-"Microwave-Related Tissue Changes Using Ultrasound: Processing Images into Spectral Colors" published at the SSRN. This paper delves into programmatically representing monochromatic ultrasounds to polychromatic format for better appreciation of tissue changes with heat-related protein degeneration and tissue failure.Right now I am working on two papers:-"Tissue Detection in Ultrasound Images Using Real-Time Image Segmentation Model". This paper trains a YOLOv8 Extra Large Segmentation Model that segments out tissue in ultrasound scans for physicians in ultrasound-based procedures.-Second one being publicly released soon 🤔