Fort Wayne, IN · Convexia
Rikhin Kavuru
Interested in machine learning and computational biology.
01 — Experience
Convexia (YC S25)
CurrentMachine Learning Engineer
Models that predict clinical trial success for drug assets.
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
CurrentML Research Intern
ML methods for drug design and phylogenetics. Currently on SPECTRA.
Yale Department of Neurology
2026Computational Biology Research Assistant
Spatial mapping of cell interactions in MS brain tissue.
MedARC
2025Computational Neuroscience Researcher
Deep learning models that decode fMRI scans. Under review at ICML.
Adaptyv Bio
2025Data Science Intern
Protein screening analysis. One of six interns from 400+ applicants.
Purdue University Fort Wayne
2024-25Computational Biochemistry Researcher
Virtual screening and molecular docking against STAT3.
02 — Projects
TeloCurrent
Decentralized plants making shortage-critical sterile injectables.
Calma
↗Independent verification lab for deterministic code in finance.
Inkr
↗Platform matching students with research mentors. 60K+ users.
Linkd
↗Daily word chain game. 45K+ daily players.
Auteur
↗AI copilot for After Effects. Won the Congressional App Challenge.
Spocal
Transformer-based speech fluency scoring. Diamond Challenge finalist.
03 — Research
MLCB 2026
Pending in PMLRHow Much of Genomic Language Model Variant-Effect Prediction Is Base Composition?
Full paper track
ISMB 2026
Single-Seed Benchmarks Are Unreliable for LLM Coding Agents on Bioinformatics Tasks
DREAM Challenges track
IEEE BIBM 2025
Three Routes to Failure: An Interpretable Diagnosis of Task Difficulty and Negative-Set Contamination in Genomic Sequence-Classification Benchmarks
Trustworthy AI for Biomedical Discovery track
INFORMS 2025
Measurement Reliability in LLM Agent Evaluation: Variance, Judge Non-Determinism, and the Limits of Benchmark Inference
Large Language Models track
04 — Recognition
05 — Leadership
ViraHacks
FounderHealthcare hackathons across 20+ chapters and 1,100+ students.
Research Student Connection
Primary Director of IndianaConnecting Indiana high schoolers with research labs.
Key Club
PresidentThe school's largest club. 120+ members.