Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

Fresh graduates taking a selfie
Sumer Jnagal
Sumer Jnagal
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “Personhood and Dementia“

Finn Johnson
Finn Johnson
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Understanding How the Costs of Tennis Affect the Composition of Players“

Ray Johnson
Ray Johnson
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “Investigating the Effects of 3D Printed Drone Propeller Shape on Efficiency“

Mosi Jones
Mosi Jones
Health Careers High School (Northside)
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Bacteriophage Use as a Living Therapy and Alternative to Antibiotics in The Dawn of Multi Drug Resistance“

Varsha Jonnalagadda
Varsha Jonnalagadda
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Assessing CRISPR Guide Site Viability and Downstream Transcriptomic Effects in CFTR Editing“

Ryan Joseph
Ryan Joseph
Polygence Scholar 2023

Project: “NBA Salary Predictor Web App and NBA Shot Chart Web App“

Savio Joseph
Savio Joseph
Amador Valley High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Building a Custom Gimbaled Rocket“

Aditya Joshi
Aditya Joshi
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Determining why the United States is not a cricketing superpower and showing how it can become one.“

Anay Joshi
Anay Joshi
Mission San Jose High School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Relationships among population, CO2 emissions per capita, GDP, and average temperature“

Anona Joshi
Anona Joshi
Lincoln School
Polygence Scholar 2022

Project: “Using Individualized Active Music Therapy to Investigate Parkinson’s Disease-Related Motor-cognitive Skill Decline and Quality of Life “

Tanisha Joshi
Tanisha Joshi
Dublin High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “History and Current Theories of Neurodevelopmental Disorders“

Jiwon Jun
Jiwon Jun
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Advancing Gene Therapy in Sickle Cell Disease: Exploring the Potential of Prime Editing“

Gaby K
Gaby K
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Investigating the Advantages of Biominerals Over Synthetic Materials in Bone Scaffold Design for Regenerative Applications“

Sash K
Sash K
Polygence Scholar 2024

Project: “Within the next decade, do the benefits of implementing AI and ML technologies in the agricultural industry outweigh their drawbacks?“

Siri Kadalbal
Siri Kadalbal
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Using an ANN (more specific later) to model the impact & distribution of (pollution, wildfires, invasive species ) on (3-5 species)’s habitat distribution in a given time period in (CA ecosystem). “

Rachana Kadikar
Rachana Kadikar
Enloe High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Evaluating effectiveness of public and private policies on reduction of gender disparities in unpaid labor under varied economic, political, and social circumstances“

Anvita Kadipikonda
Anvita Kadipikonda
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “Can neuroforecasting the nucleus accumbens and anterior insula predict market bubbles?“

Reagan Kaelle
Reagan Kaelle
Miramonte High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

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

Viswanath Kaja
Viswanath Kaja
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Design and Validation of a 12U Satellite With a Solar Shield for Deep Space Solar Research“

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“