The mentors
behind ISRM.

Jordan Gardner

Middlebury College '26 · Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jordan Gardner is a recent honors graduate in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry from Middlebury College, currently working as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Brigham and Women's Hospital. His research has focused on behavioral neuroscience, neurodegenerative disease, clinical research, and review writing. As a mentor, he helps students build strong research skills, navigate the publication process, and find meaningful opportunities regardless of prior experience. He is especially excited to mentor students interested in neuroscience, medicine, and building competitive research portfolios for academic and medical careers.

Ruhulalemeen Mulla

Co-Founder & Research Lead, Evalyze Labs

Hyderabad, India

Ruhulalemeen Mulla is passionate about Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence research and enjoys mentoring students as they explore new ideas and develop their research skills. He believes research is driven by curiosity, thoughtful questioning, and a willingness to learn. As Co-Founder and Research Lead at Evalyze Labs, he brings hands-on experience building and evaluating AI systems. His goal is to create a collaborative, encouraging environment where students can grow into confident, independent researchers.

Ghufran Siddiq

BS Cybersecurity, University of Management and Technology (UMT)

Lahore, Pakistan

Ghufran Siddiq is an undergraduate Cybersecurity student at the University of Management and Technology (UMT). His research interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, with a focus on developing secure and trustworthy AI systems. He is passionate about research, innovation, and mentoring students who are beginning their research journey. He aims to help newcomers build a strong foundation and the confidence to pursue their own questions.

Saksham Kapoor

Undergraduate & ML Research Assistant, University of Maryland – College Park

College Park, MD

Saksham Kapoor is an AI/ML researcher and mentor focused on applied machine learning, AI safety, model optimization, and research-driven technical projects. As a mentor, he supports students with guidance on research problem selection, experiment design, AI system development, and turning ideas into structured academic or technical outcomes. Through ISRM, he hopes to help students develop rigorous research thinking and practical engineering skills. His goal is to give students the confidence to pursue impactful work in artificial intelligence.

Amritesh Banerjee

Freshman, UMass Amherst

Massachusetts

Amritesh Banerjee conducts advanced computational research at the intersection of Bioinformatics, Agentic AI, and Natural Language Processing to solve complex biomedical challenges. By engineering autonomous, multi-agent intelligence frameworks, his work focuses on optimizing multi-modal data analysis and clinical NLP pipelines. His research aims to refine medical imaging, reconstruct structural biomedical data, and accelerate high-throughput discovery workflows. Driven by data discipline, he mentors students toward rigorous, next-generation AI methodologies.

Oditi

Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW)

Delhi, India

Oditi is a final-year undergraduate researcher pursuing a B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering with a specialisation in Artificial Intelligence (ECE-AI) at IGDTUW. Her research focuses on Computer Vision and Deep Learning, with a strong emphasis on Explainable AI (XAI) for building trustworthy, interpretable systems, alongside a growing interest in medical imaging. She has authored three published papers exploring Convolutional Neural Networks, Vision Transformers, and Keras Merging Layers. She is currently working on several ongoing research projects and enjoys guiding students through their own.

Elias Eid

University of Connecticut Honors College

Connecticut, USA

Elias Eid is an incoming freshman in the University of Connecticut Honors College, pursuing three majors. His passion for biomedical research has led him to work through Yale School of Medicine, Sacred Heart University, and Northwestern University, resulting in approximately eight publications. Alongside his research, he mentors students conducting biomedical science projects. He helps them develop meaningful research questions and navigate the scientific process.

Hansini Reddy Pellakuru

Undergraduate, Boston University

Boston, MA

Hansini Pellakuru is an incoming Biology student at Boston University on the pre-med track, with a strong background in neuroscience, medicine, biology, and public health. Her research experience includes independent work at Brown University and Georgetown's Neuroscience Medicine Academy, and she has published research on neurodegeneration. As a mentor, she supports students across health systems and policy, molecular biology, clinical research, biomedical engineering, and AI in healthcare. She focuses on developing research skills, scientific thinking, and project development in the biomedical sciences.

King Shi

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

King Shi is a double major in Computer Science and Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University. He is interested in the intersection between AI and neuroscience/psychiatry, exploring how computational models can inform our understanding of the mind. He plans to pursue a PhD in the future and loves mentoring fellow students. He enjoys helping students shape ambitious yet achievable research directions.

Leesha Mogha

Final-year Undergraduate, IMS Ghaziabad (University Courses Campus)

Uttar Pradesh, India

Leesha Mogha is an independent AI/ML research mentor specializing in AI safety, security, and the psychology of human-AI interaction. Whether a student is unsure where to begin or feeling stuck in the middle of a project, she is ready to help. Her mission is to make research accessible and less intimidating for everyone—exactly how she wished it had been when she first started. She meets students wherever they are in their research journey.

Shreenal Bhojani

Mumbai, India

Shreenal Bhojani is a recent postgraduate in Biological Sciences. Research has always been something exciting and personal for her, spanning her studies in the life sciences. A longstanding goal of hers has been to bring more people into meaningful research. As a mentor, she works to help students discover that same excitement and make their first contributions to science.

Radhesh Kumar Gupta

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Radhesh Kumar Gupta is an undergraduate at the University of Georgia researching T-cell cancer immunotherapy. Previously, he researched at Harvard Medical School, using murine models to help predict ALS progression, and he has been accepted to present his work at nearly ten conferences spanning neurology, cardiology, and pulmonary research. In the future, he hopes to pursue an MD/PhD with a career in both research and surgery. He is excited to meet and mentor future researchers and see what they can accomplish together.

Adarsh Magesh

UNC Chapel Hill

Charlotte, NC

Adarsh Magesh is a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, double majoring in Neuroscience and Medical Anthropology. Driven by a deep curiosity about human health, he has conducted research with institutions like Duke University and Baylor College of Medicine—exploring everything from computational genomics and drug discovery to health policy and refugee health. As a mentor, he is excited to connect with students over shared academic interests and help them navigate their own research journeys. Looking ahead, he plans to pursue either an MD-PhD or MD-JD.

Arnav Aggarwal

Loveless Academic Magnet Program

Montgomery, AL

Arnav Aggarwal is a rising senior from Alabama with a focus on neuroscience research. He has been involved with neuroscience-based work at both the in silico and in vitro levels, gaining hands-on experience across computational and laboratory methods. As one of the program's high school mentors, he brings a peer perspective to students beginning their own research. He is excited to get to work with students and help them take their first steps in science.