Mahie Patil
Co-Founder & Project Lead
Mahie is a senior at Orlando Science High School. She works at the Yale OCD Research Clinic on patient discourse and conducts NLP analysis. She aims to develop innovations for the neurodivergent population.
Tanish Madhar
Co-Founder & Research Lead
Tanish is a freshman at Vanderbilt University. He is an ISEF and National Invention Convention Finalist. He has created an autism screening tool with 90% accuracy using machine learning techniques.
Anya Dorairaj
Outreach Lead
Anya is a freshman at University of Virginia. Her research is focused on uncovering genetic pathways related to ischemic heart disease, qualifying her for ISEF. She is passionate in health advocacy and global health, and aspires to be a physician in the future.
Advaitha Motkuri
Technology Lead
Advaitha is a freshman at Washington State University in Pullman, WA majoring in Computer Science. She created an AI system to effectively diagnose children with Autism. She aspires to combine both computer science and medicine to make an impact in the world.
Grant Carlson
Business Lead
Grant is a freshman at Colgate University. He is a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Student Visionary of the Year candidate. Through organizing team meetings and engaging with donors and supporters, he has developed strong leadership, communication, and fundraising skills.
Development Team
Rameez Rasul
Rameez is a currently President of the Red Cross Club, where he has organized blood drives and CPR certification efforts for his community. He aims to bring this experience in service and leadership to help expand support for the neurodivergent community.
Parth Patel
Parth founded the Autism Awareness Association and is currently researching the effects of microplastics on Daphnia magna. He hopes to combine research and medicine to make an impact in both fields.
Nasser Awadallah
Nasser is an aspiring biomedical engineer interested in integrating robotics into medicine. He develops international robotics initiatives to underserved communities in developing countries, with the goal of using engineering to improve healthcare and opportunity worldwide.
International Team
Gustavo Spencer
Ouro Preto, Brazil
Gustavo is a theater fan, working in professional shows in all manners backstage and creating props. He is the technician for the first robotics team 4013 clockwork mania. He hopes to combine his love of theater and engineering and design more creative, unique, and thoughtful products.
Kento Lowandowski
Hokkaido, Japan
Kento is a high schooler from Japan, and an aspiring math teacher who likes educating kids around the globe. He loves his friends more than anything and likes to buy cute things.
Cynthia Weng
Shanghai, China
Cynthia aspires to be an anesthesiologist, passionate about providing anxiety free and pain free procedures for her community. She is apart of HOSA and American Red Cross, and the tutoring coordinator for her school’s Mu Alpha Theta chapter. Her favorite fruit is passion fruit.
Dustin Lu
Sapa, Vietnam
Dustin is a 18 year old who was selected "leader of the pack" at his high school and aspires to create an environment that helps those around it. He plans to obtain an executive MBA and hopes to obtain a job at the World of Disney and help spread positivity. His favorite food is Pho.
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