Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Divij Aswinkumar
Divij Aswinkumar
Tesla STEM High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “A Bright Future: Solar Panels in the United States and the Factors That Impact Their Efficiency“

Mofaramade Atanda
Mofaramade Atanda
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Language and Identity in Tsitsi Dangarembga's _Nervous Conditions_“

Sarang Athani
Sarang Athani
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “The Formation, Growth, and Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time“

Simon Atileh
Simon Atileh
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Using transfer learning to assist in the detection of starfish in the great barrier reef“

Anika Atluri
Anika Atluri
Independence High School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Online Simulation of Dark Patterns“

Kiranjot Atwal
Kiranjot Atwal
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “How India represents itself within Indian media?“

Urvi Avadhani
Urvi Avadhani
Leigh High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Design of an Activity-Specific Prosthetic Arm to Aid in Playing Sitar“

Aniketh Ayyagari
Aniketh Ayyagari
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “What are the impacts of stress on people’s perceptions of emotion regulation?“

Omar Azab
Omar Azab
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “Making an LLM Based App That Helps Users Repair Bikes“

Bhavya B
Bhavya B
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “How real is the physics in game engines“

Sehoon Baek
Sehoon Baek
Naperville North High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Nuestra Historia (Our Story): Korea in the Rise and Fall of Japan, 1853~present“

Yuwan Bai
Yuwan Bai
St.Timothy's School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Otome/J-Romantic games and the development of Japanese women's consciousness“

Eda Bakay
Eda Bakay
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “How does exposure to environmental toxins during key developmental stages affect one's risk of getting breast cancer later in life?“

Shrinidhi Balachandar
Shrinidhi Balachandar
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Genetic determinants of intelligence“

Ananya Balaji
Ananya Balaji
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “needs to be filled out“

Sanskruthi Balaji
Sanskruthi Balaji
Apex High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “The effects of Exercise Therapy on Tourettes Syndrome and Tics“

Rishabh Balamitran
Rishabh Balamitran
Cambrian International Academy
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “The Effect of Government spending on GDP growth, interest rates, inflation, unemployment“

Ananya Balasubramanya
Ananya Balasubramanya
Mallya Aditi International School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “A Legal Analysis of Insider Trading in the United States through the lens of the Martha Stewart Insider Trading Scandal“

Ayan Banerjee
Ayan Banerjee
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Can genetic editing, specifically base or prime editing, become the primary, curative treatment for all or some types of Cystic Fibrosis, especially in North America and Northwestern Europe?“

Mayank Banerjee
Mayank Banerjee
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Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Can a space shuttle withstand a perpendicular launch from Mars?“