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Fort Wayne, IN · Convexia

Rikhin Kavuru

Interested in machine learning and computational biology.

01 — Experience

Convexia (YC S25)

Current

Machine Learning Engineer

Models that predict clinical trial success for drug assets.

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Current

ML Research Intern

ML methods for drug design and phylogenetics. Currently on SPECTRA.

Yale Department of Neurology

2026

Computational Biology Research Assistant

Spatial mapping of cell interactions in MS brain tissue.

MedARC

2025

Computational Neuroscience Researcher

Deep learning models that decode fMRI scans. Under review at ICML.

Adaptyv Bio

2025

Data Science Intern

Protein screening analysis. One of six interns from 400+ applicants.

Purdue University Fort Wayne

2024-25

Computational Biochemistry Researcher

Virtual screening and molecular docking against STAT3.

02 — Projects

03 — Research

MLCB 2026

Pending in PMLR

How 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

7th Internationally · HOSA ILC 2026
USAMO Qualifier
Congressional App Challenge Winner
2x HOSA State Champion
Google AI Data Center Community Fellow
Cambridge Re:think Essay Honorable Mention
IHSAA Tennis State Runner-Up

05 — Leadership

ViraHacks

Founder

Healthcare hackathons across 20+ chapters and 1,100+ students.

Research Student Connection

Primary Director of Indiana

Connecting Indiana high schoolers with research labs.

Key Club

President

The school's largest club. 120+ members.