Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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Abhinav Raghavan
Abhinav Raghavan
BASIS Scottsdale
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Exploring the links between Quantum Entanglement and Curved Space-Time“

Akshita Raghuraman
Akshita Raghuraman
Evergreen Valley High School
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Publish an article: Dive into community psychology and social justice“

Vibha Raghvendran
Vibha Raghvendran
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “How can a machine learning model be trained to predict the characteristics of a planetary system from a host star's light curve, and how can its predictions be validated using the physics-based Mandel-Agol model?“

stella raimondi
stella raimondi
Oakwood Secondary School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Anxiety: Day in the Life of a College Student“

Nandita Rajagopal
Nandita Rajagopal
Oak Park High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “How CRISPR/Cas9 Can Be Used to Treat Cystic Fibrosis“

Sriram Rajagopal
Sriram Rajagopal
California High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Using a Fully Convolutional Neural Network to determine the location of Talus Slopes in the King’s Canyon Area“

Nithila Rajan
Nithila Rajan
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Mindful scroll: A podcast exploring social media and its effects on teen mental health“

Raghav Rajan
Raghav Rajan
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Possible/Different approaches/propositions that can Advance the Current Technology/technological state of Lithium Carbon Dioxide batteries“

Akshara Rajesh
Akshara Rajesh
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Can AI-based technology be an alternative to human therapists for diagnosing anxiety disorders in children and adults?“

Akhil Rajidi
Akhil Rajidi
Dublin High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Investigating the Role of Microglia in Neurodegeneration“

Shaurya Rajpara
Shaurya Rajpara
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Creating a review article about how probiotics can help prevent certain diseases and infections“

Laasya Raju
Laasya Raju
Flower Mound High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Covid19 - dissproportionately affects the refugee population“

Mira Rakesh
Mira Rakesh
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Biological and Clinical Effects of Genetic Mutations in Female Associated Cancers“

Tejas Ram
Tejas Ram
Allen High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “What Factors Statistically Separate the Best Tennis Players from the Rest Using Machine Learning“

Hansini Ramachandran
Hansini Ramachandran
American High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Scientific Review Paper on Current Research and Findings in Negative Mass Cosmology“

Khyathi Ramakrishna
Khyathi Ramakrishna
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Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Addressing orexin neuron dysfunction in sleep disorders (work in progress)“

Akshaya Ramakrishnan
Akshaya Ramakrishnan
Lynbrook High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Dietary Effects on the Human Gut Microbiome“

Arjun Ramakrishnan
Arjun Ramakrishnan
Academies of Loudoun/Broad Run High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Hazardous Asteroid Classification with Machine Learning using Physical and Orbital Asteroid Properties“

Vedanth Ramanathan
Vedanth Ramanathan
Liberal Arts and Science Academy
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “A Novel Supervised Deep Learning Solution to detect Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Edge Systems using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)“

Nimesh Ramanujakootam
Nimesh Ramanujakootam
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “"Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, and Indigenous Knowledge: A Holistic Approach to Environmental Stewardship"“