Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Hannah Machleidt
Hannah Machleidt
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “How does the relationship between food perishability and pricing affect diet quality of low income households in the United States?“

Nishika Mada
Nishika Mada
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Vitamin D's Role in Disease Prevention and Symptom Management“

Sean Magee
Sean Magee
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “The influence of news on stock prices“

Pranav Mamidipudi
Pranav Mamidipudi
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “BRI Investment in Africa: How does the Belt and Road initiative affect the economy and politics of three[/four] African countries with different sectors of investment? How does China’s large influence affect current/ future political decision making due to large financial debt owed to them? And how are these case studies similar/different?“

Samantha Mare
Samantha Mare
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “The Impact of Childhood Adversity on Adult Interpersonal Relationships“

Prisha Marpu
Prisha Marpu
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “How can machine learning techniques be used to analyze electrocardiogram (ECG) signals to understand and accurately detect cardiac arrhythmia?“

Maya Maz
Maya Maz
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “How Does the Media Control the Global Perspective of the Israel-Palestine Conflict“

Linda Tewodros Mazengia
Linda Tewodros Mazengia
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Exploring the Effectiveness of Gene Therapies and Personalized Medicine for Autism Spectrum Disorder“

Ray McLean
Ray McLean
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “What are the causes and physiological implications of childhood trauma, and how does it directly manifest symptoms of stress and psychiatric disorders?“

Sampan Mehta
Sampan Mehta
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “How does airline passenger demand work and in what ways do internal and external factors such as airline marketing, flight pricing, or seasonal travel influence the passenger market demand?“

Devika Menon
Devika Menon
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Changes in Intrinsic Excitability of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons in an Alzheimer's Disease Model“

Aubrey Miller
Aubrey Miller
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Investigating the Effects of Lyrical and Instrumental Music on Reducing Stress“

Liu Mingxuan
Liu Mingxuan
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “A museum of Gardens“

Maryam Mirza
Maryam Mirza
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “What is the Effect of B12 on Prenatal Development“

Jyoti Mishra
Jyoti Mishra
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “The Growing Role of AI in neurotechnology and the ethical questions raised with this new change.“

Shaivam Mondal
Shaivam Mondal
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “RQ: To what extent do historical conflicts impact the evolution and strategic decision-making of U.S.-based multinational corporations?“

Zephyr Mukamal
Zephyr Mukamal
Polygence Scholar 2024
Symposium Presenter

Project: “Insights of Neuroimaging in Addressing Systemic, Methodological Gender Disparities and Biases in Historical and Contemporary Autism Research and Diagnosis“

Meghana Munamarty
Meghana Munamarty
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Leveraging Foreign Direct Investment to Develop Saudi Arabia's Digital Economy: Progress, Challenges, and Policy Priorities under Vision 2030“

Pranauv Dev Muneeswaran
Pranauv Dev Muneeswaran
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “A review of blue light and its structural and functional effects on childrens’ brains and development.“

Tatiana Murphy-Wheeler
Tatiana Murphy-Wheeler
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “What are CGRP antagonists, and how are they being used to treat migraines?“