High School Student • Aspiring Neuroscientist
Ana Amaglobeli
Exploring the intersection of biomedical sciences, neuroscience, and computation. Passionate about understanding the brain and building technology to improve lives.
99.84
GPA (weighted)
Top 2%
Class Rank
5+
AP Courses
About Me
I'm a high school junior at Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn, NY, deeply passionate about understanding the complexities of the human brain and developing computational approaches to solve biomedical challenges.
My journey combines rigorous academic pursuits with hands-on projects in neuroscience and technology. From building educational platforms to exploring machine learning applications in healthcare, I'm driven by curiosity and the desire to make scientific knowledge accessible to everyone.
When I'm not studying or coding, you'll find me leading philosophical discussions, setting plays on the volleyball court, or diving into the latest neuroscience research.
Education
Fort Hamilton High School
Expected June 2027
GPA: 99.84 (weighted) • Rank: 19/1,235 (Top 2%)
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Open to research and internship opportunities
Recognition
- • Principal's List (all semesters)
- • Honor Roll (all semesters)
- • Honors Academy Member
Extracurricular Activities
Columbia University SHAPE Program
Student, Biomedical Engineering: Where Biology, Medicine & Design Meet
Selected for Columbia Engineering SHAPE (3-week BME) covering biomechanics, bioinstrumentation, and medical imaging.
- •Used engineering design process to prototype a wearable pulse-rate sensor for sleep monitoring (Arduino + soldering)
- •Designed enclosure and circuitry with 3D modeling/printing and laser cutting; iterated from tests and peer feedback
- •Presented the functional prototype and device capabilities to faculty and peers in a final symposium
Alzheimer's Prediction Benchmark
Independent Research (IEEE-style paper)
Built a synthetic-cohort feature-ablation benchmark to quantify incremental value of neuropsychiatric symptom indicators for Alzheimer's classification using pooled out-of-fold evaluation.
- •Built a reproducible Python pipeline: data cleaning, feature-set definitions, stratified 5-fold CV, and OOF scoring
- •Ran feature-group ablations; compared ROC-AUC/PR-AUC and confusion matrices to quantify missed AD cases by setup
- •Evaluated probability calibration and decision-curve net benefit from out-of-fold predictions to reflect triage utility
- •Wrote an IEEE-style manuscript with clear methods, results tables, and figures for transparent, repeatable reporting
Philosophy Club
President
Lead a student organization of 50+ members dedicated to ethics, logic, and political philosophy.
- •Developed 30+ discussion questions encouraging peers to construct logical arguments
- •Facilitated structured debates on ethics, logic, and political philosophy
Varsity & Club Volleyball
Captain & Setter
Elected team captain and starting setter, coordinating plays during PSAL games and six regional/northeast club tournaments.
- •Committed 12+ hours per week to training, meetings, film study, travel, and competitions
- •Balanced full course load while maintaining athletic commitment
Projects
Projects at the intersection of neuroscience, education, and technology
Skills & Coursework
Technical capabilities and academic foundation