Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

Fresh graduates taking a selfie
Reagan Kaelle
Reagan Kaelle
Miramonte High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “A Platform to Get Teens and Youth into Reading“

Meghna Kalagara
Meghna Kalagara
Rock Hill High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “The Influence of Asian Indian Ethnic and Gender Identity on Female Adolescents’ Mental Health During the COVID-19 Lockdown“

Akilesh Kale
Akilesh Kale
Dougherty Valley High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “In what ways can the current biology community benefit and be expanded by cost-effective and easier ways to gain access to information and materials?“

Karishma Kamalahasan
Karishma Kamalahasan
JSS International School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Classifying Indian Classical Music(Carnatic) and Western Classical Music“

Hassanatu Kamara
Hassanatu Kamara
Gaithersburg High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Exploring Novel Combinatorial Therapies in Stomach/Gastric Cancer.“

Pavithra Kamatchi Soundaram
Pavithra Kamatchi Soundaram
Dublin High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Audio Signal Processing Tool for Machine Learning Enabled Detection of Parkinson’s Disease at Early Stages“

Krithin Kamineni
Krithin Kamineni
Dublin High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Literature Review on Collaborative Perception Enabled Autonomous Vehicle Safety Applications“

Rish Kamity
Rish Kamity
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Improving Disease Diagnosis from X-ray Imaging“

Justin Kang
Justin Kang
Saint James School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “What is an appropriate framework and timeline for a sustainable lunar base that is cost-conscious, ensures mission success, and holds 100 researchers to survive and study the Moon?“

Min Kang
Min Kang
Irvine Valley College
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Observing Patterns in Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation on Twitter“

Nikhil Kannan
Nikhil Kannan
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Review Article on IBD“

Shravan Kannan
Shravan Kannan
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “A theoretical gene therapy for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer using CRISPR-Cas9 nickase“

Pranav Karthik
Pranav Karthik
Evergreen Valley High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Dark Matter Research Paper“

Shreya Karthikeyan
Shreya Karthikeyan
Coppell High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “In what temperature ranges and humidity levels of water do vectors for neglected diseases thrive?“

Vasisht Kartik
Vasisht Kartik
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Estimating Basketball Shooting Angle and Correlating with Make-or-Miss Algorithm Output“

Ayana Kashikar
Ayana Kashikar
American High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “The Mental and Physical Impacts of Period Poverty in India“

Katie Katerndahl
Katie Katerndahl
San Ramon Valley High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Catecholamines and Social Phobia“

Advik Katiyar
Advik Katiyar
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Human Emotion Recognition to Recommend Songs“

Samantha Kaufman
Samantha Kaufman
Corona del Mar High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Cannabis and the Adolescent Brain“

Rakshit Kaushik
Rakshit Kaushik
Jayshree Periwal International School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “How can we accurately translate real-life Indian Sign language to text and text to Indian Sign Language?“