Meet Polygence Scholars and explore their projects

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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?“

Saachi Kalra
Saachi Kalra
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “AI Ethics: Generative AI’s Effects on Societal Bias & Discrimination“

Aisha Kalybay
Aisha Kalybay
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “Why do low-income Bangladeshi adolescents have better access to basic preventive health care (vaccination or anemia preventative) than their high-income Indian peers?“

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“

Ahana Kameshwar
Ahana Kameshwar
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Social media usage and adolescent mental health“

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“

Aarush Kandula
Aarush Kandula
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “How AI-Driven Fleet and Network Optimization Impacts Airline Profitability and Operational Costs“

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“

Mathura Kannan
Mathura Kannan
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy: Systematic Review“

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“

Anya Kapila (ak7279)
Anya Kapila (ak7279)
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “SupportShelf - Creating a website to consolidate mental health-related resources easily.“

Renesh Karanam
Renesh Karanam
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “Phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein and its link to Parkinson's disease“

Shakhriiarkhon Karimova
Shakhriiarkhon Karimova
Polygence Scholar 2025

Project: “The Impact of New York City Water Quality on Dental Enamel“

Mahita Karnati
Mahita Karnati
Polygence Scholar 2026

Project: “Quality of Life for People Living with Diabetes - Results from Survey and Lab“

Pranav Karthik
Pranav Karthik
Evergreen Valley High School
Polygence Scholar 2021

Project: “Dark Matter Research Paper“