Meet the Team

Meet the Founder

Dr. Charles Pidgeon is a renowned Professor and the guiding force behind the Neuroscience Sensory Unit. With years of experience in his profession and a passion for mentoring young scientists, Dr. Pidgeon provides invaluable support and expertise to our team of high school researchers. His work focuses on understanding how the brain processes sensory information and the neurological mechanisms that underlie sensory disorders. Dr. Pidgeon is dedicated to cultivating curiosity, scientific rigor, and a love of discovery in the next generation of neuroscientists.

Dr. Charles Pidgeon Founder of the Neuroscience Sensory Unit

The Team

Vaishnavi Raman

President

Lead author, Discover II
Co-author, Olfactory Science Facts Teacher's Exam Questions Co-author,
Discover Lead author, Hope Webmaster
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Class of 2025

Niranjan Mohanraj

President

Lead Author, Discover II
Lead Author, Hope
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Class of 2025

Ayushi Chadha

Vice President

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Class of 2025

Hailey Hwang

Secretary

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Class of 2025

Survani Sinha

Treasurer

South Brunswick High School, Class of 2026

Pranayaa Jeyaraman

Web Master, Social Media Manager

Co-Author – Discover II
Woodbridge Academy Magnet School – Class of 2026.

Samvida Boppudi

Team

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Class of 2027

Om Loke

Team

Jordan High School, Class of 2026

Kumari Gargi Tiwari

Team

John P Stevens, Class of 2027

Jasmine Thakral

Team

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Class of 2027

Amber Verma

Team

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Class of 2025

Aradhya Vijay

Team

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, Class of 2026

Advait Gattu

Team

Montgomery High School, Class of 2025

Raelle Tiong

Team

Northwood High School, Class of 2026

Former Members

Jason Yang

Lead author, Vision Facts MIT undergraduate studying Biology

Sehej Bindra

Lead author, Somatosensory Facts UC Berkeley undergraduate studying Molecular & Cell Biology

Yash Gupta

Lead author, Auditory Facts UIUC undergraduate studying Computer Science and Math

Arnav Rastogi

Co-author, Auditory Facts University of Chicago undergraduate studying Computational and Applied Math

Tirtho Banerjee

Co-author, Vision Facts Johns Hopkins undergraduate studying Neuroscience

Xihang Wang

Co-author, Auditory Facts Cornell undergraduate studying Biology

Ameek Bindra

Graphics Designer, Vision Facts UC Berkeley undergraduate studying Data Science

Roger Jin

Researcher MIT undergraduate studying Math and Computer Science

Keshav Ratra

Co-author, Somatosensory Facts

Rishi Patel

Co-author, Somatosensory Facts Co-author, Social Consciousness PedagogyUniversity of Pennsylvania undergraduate studying Biophysics and Biochemistry

David Pan

Co-author, Somatosensory Facts

Ria Verma

Co-author, Somatosensory Facts MIT undergraduate studying Computational Biology

Nandita Gupta

Co-author, Olfactory Facts Co-author, Auditory Science Facts Syracuse University/Upstate Medical University undergraduate, 7-Year BS/MD program, majoring in Biology

Matthew Trotter

Lead author, Gustatory Science Facts Princeton University Neuroscience Class of 2022

Josephine Wang

Co-author and Illustrator, Somatosensory Facts
Illustrator, Auditory Facts
Illustrator, Gustatory Facts
Illustrator, Olfactory Facts

Victoria Li

Co-author, Olfactory Facts
Co-author, Somatosensory Exam Questions
Co-author, Olfactory Exam Questions
Illustrator, Social Consciousness Pedagogy

Jeeya Tyagi

Co-author, Somatosensory Exam Questions

Illustrator, Social Consciousness Pedagogy

Sara Karnik

Co-author, Olfactory Facts
Co-author, Auditory Exam Questions
Co-author, Somatosensory Exam Questions
Blog Writer
Illustrator, Social Consciousness Pedagogy

Olivia Tang

Co-author and Illustrator, Somatosensory Facts

Ishita Jha

Co-author, Somatosensory Exam Questions

Janani Rajan

Lead author, Olfactory Facts
Lead author, Auditory Teacher’s Manual
Co-author, Somatosensory Teacher’s Manual Blog Writer Website Developer Illustrator, Social Consciousness Pedagogy
Case Western

Sharvari Deshpande

Lead Author, Olfactory Facts
Lead Author, Auditory Teacher’s Manual
Co-author, Somatosensory Teacher’s Manual
Illustrator, Social Consciousness Pedagogy
Purdue

Xinyi Christine Zhang

Lead author and Illustrator, Auditory Science Facts Course Material
Lead author, Olfactory Facts Teacher’s Manual
Illustrator, Olfactory Facts
Blog Writer
Harvar

Sagarika Laha

Lead Author, The Hope ( In Progress)​ Lead Author, Discover Lead Author, Exam Questions for Olfactory Science Facts Co-Author, Auditory Science Facts Course Materialb Contributor, Olfactory Facts​​ Blog Writer University of Pittsburgh

Navneeth Murali

lead Author of Olfactory Facts and Discover University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate in Neuroscience