Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

Fresh graduates taking a selfie
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 2026

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"“

Shreyas Ramaswamy
Shreyas Ramaswamy
leland high school
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “If a hypothetical rocket was to be launched from Earth to Proxima Centauri B, the nearest exoplanet, what would be the optimal launch angle and minimum velocity for the rocket to reach the exoplanet in a relatively short amount of time?“

Nakul Ramesh
Nakul Ramesh
Worcester Academy
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Case Studies in American Football ACL Mechanisms of Injury“