Our Team

Siddhant Kumarapuram
President/Founder

Siddhant is a neuroscience and psychology student in college. He developed his passion for the brain through research and neuroscience competitions in high school. After organizing outreach events in his local elementary school district, he founded The Brain Bunch to share his enthusiasm for the brain with young students. Beyond the brain, Siddhant is passionate about Formula 1 racing, bioethics, and swimming.

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Shravani Chiddarwar
Brain Bunch Lead Ambassador

Shravani joined the Brain Bunch in hopes of cultivating her own interest in the brain through teaching others. She has always had an interest in medicine and science and recently developed fascination with the brain. Shravani lived in another country for three years, loves avocado toast, and loves watching confusing movies!

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Ava Santos-Volpe
Brain Bunch Lead Ambassador

Ava is a high school student. She joined the Brain Bunch to unify her interests in volunteering and neuroscience. Ava is left handed, plays water polo, and has two younger brothers.

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Austin Hu
Brain Bunch Lead Ambassador
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Lakshana Arumugam
Brain Bunch Blog Lead Contributor
Lakshana is really interested in the brain functions. She wants to learn and share her knowledge about the brain with others. She is a classical dancer (Bharatanatyam), is good at realistic pencil art, and aspires to become a doctor.
 
Vinuta Ramakrishnan
Brain Bunch Blog Lead Contributor
Vinuta is really intrigued by the connection between day-to-day activities and the brain. She loves reading, enjoys learning about finance and economics, and can play the violin.
Daniel Bernstein
Brain Bunch Ambassador-New Jersey

Daniel is a college student exploring neuroscience, physics, and mathematics. As a part of The Brain Bunch, he loves sharing his deep interest for neuroscience with future generations in order to help shape one of the most important fields in the 21st century. Daniel is also a magician with a passion for physics and writing.

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Shruti Balamarugan
Brain Bunch Ambassador-Georgia

Shruti is a high school student. She has a deep passion for the brain that she wants to share with future generations within our bunch. Shruti is also a competitive swimmer who reached the state level, loves pens, and is learning 2 new languages (French and Spanish).

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Ananya Karthikeyan
Brain Bunch Ambassador-California

Ananya is a high school student. She loves tutoring and leading initiatives in her subject of interest through The Brain Bunch. She is also a passionate animal activist, loves surfing and climbing trees, and held a crocodile before.

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Rebecca Renee Lorente
Brain Bunch Ambassador-Texas

Becca is high school student. She enjoys merging her passion for neuroscience with her love for interacting with younger students as a Brain Bunch Ambassador. She is also the elder sibling of two younger brothers, loves reading avidly (consuming close to 70 books per year!), and has an interest in kickboxing.

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Nuhamine Moges
Brain Bunch Ambassador-Nevada

Nuhamine is a high school student. Within the Brain Bunch, she loves to inspire children to explore career options related to the brain while teaching them concepts that are unknown. She is a proud Ethiopian that has never tried tacos and never completely watched the Lion King (only clips!).

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Kai Cinco
Brain Bunch Ambassador-New York

Kai joined the Brain Bunch because he likes to help out in teaching others and is intrigued by neuroscience. His talents include playing piano, drums, guitar, and clarinet. Beyond the brain, he enjoys learning mathematics as well.

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Anjali Schatzer
Brain Bunch Ambassador-Washington
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Muntaha Rahman
Brain Bunch Ambassador-Michigan
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Jangar Tokpa
Brain Bunch Ambassador-Minnesota

Jangar joined the Brain Bunch because she enjoys the opportunity of teaching students about the brain when they are young. Beyond The Brain Bunch, she loves to write poetry, is an aspiring model, and has interests in theatre.

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Grace Brolly
Brain Bunch Blog Writer

Grace is a college student on a pre-med track. She enjoys partaking in neuroscience outreach and spreading awareness for the brain as a Brain Bunch blog writer. Grace also runs cross country and track for her college, hopes to become a doctor, and loves to travel (her dream destination is Patagonia).

Christina Brown
Brain Bunch Blog Writer

Christina is a high school student in England. She developed her passion for neuroscience after reading the book "Why We Sleep," by Matthew Walker. She enjoys playing the guitar and piano. In addition, she loves reading (especially about philosophy) and has performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre in a production of the Snow Queen.