Meet our
Fellows
High schoolers researching policy worldwide
Fellows of the Los Altos Institution are currently enrolled in high school and research any topic they wish, as long as it relates to policy, politics, law, or the economy. The charter of the Institution creates a wide definition of these topics, so fellows are free to pursue any type and any subject of research.
Every fellow is matched with a research section that fits their field of interest. Senior Fellows hold leadership roles in the sections and receive larger research budgets.
Fellows by Section
Economics
Studies the forces that shape prosperity — markets, labour, trade and the institutions that govern them.
Lake Zhou
Senior FellowHenry Conway
FellowRyan Robichaud
FellowGlobal Policy
Researches geopolitical relationships across the world and the strategic and institutional forces that influence international outcomes.
Logan Beckerley
FellowArtur Novaes Ferreira
Fellow
Iris Lule
FellowEnvironmental Policy
Grounds environmental policy in science — climate, energy, land and water — and studies how that evidence reaches the institutions that legislate on it.
Landen Bilcoe
Fellow
Ashley Du
FellowDavid Liu
FellowEmre Okulu
FellowMatthew Persky
FellowEmerging Technology
Examines how new technologies interact with institutions, governance and society.
Aryan Aggarwal
Senior Fellow
Sean Mahdavian
FellowAryan Patel
FellowDylan Wang
FellowInternational Political Economy
Examines where economics and international politics meet — trade, development, and the bargaining between states that shapes both.
Arnav Maheshwari
Senior Fellow
Daniel Persky
FellowTeddy Ratray
FellowAlumni Fellows 2025–26 term
Fellows whose 2025–26 terms have concluded.
Devesh Aggarwal
Fellow
Aya Aghel
Fellow
Kayla Anderson
Fellow
Eve Ang
Senior Fellow
Eric Bagg
Fellow
Kayvon Banankhah
Fellow
Samarth Basanth
Fellow
Mumtaz “Taji” Cooper
Fellow
Emma Ding
Fellow
Sebastian Duarte
Fellow
Fernanda Escalante
Fellow- The Value of Cross-Border Workers between the United States & Mexico
Carsten Flowers
Fellow
Michael Gannon
Fellow
Sophie Glass
Fellow
Lily Howes
Fellow
Arjun Jain
Fellow
Vibhav Javali
Fellow
Riya Kamat
Fellow
Veena Karthik
Fellow
Ishaan Kendale
Fellow
Gabriel Kirkwood
Senior Fellow
Mahitha Konjeti
Fellow
Saanvi Kulkarni
Fellow
Caleb Kurlantzick
Fellow
Nikhil Lemos
Fellow
Jack Liston
Fellow
Ava Litz
Fellow
John Liu
Fellow
Pharrah Lowther
Fellow
Sophie Lu
Fellow- Variation in Environmental Law Implementation Across Presidents
Megha Madgula
Fellow
Mia McIntyre
Fellow
Ariyan Mishra
Fellow
Medha Nadathur
Fellow
- Relationship Between GDP Growth & Education Attainment
Akira Ohyabu
Fellow
Anirudh Polagani
Fellow
Tyler Rose
Fellow- AffinityLM, an AI-powered Bioinformatics Project
Nuha Salam
Fellow
Casimir Sam-Protin
Fellow
Ryan Shintani
Fellow
Drew Siegel
Fellow
Malvika Singh
Fellow
Ruhaan Singh
Fellow
Rahul Singhal
Fellow
Noa Snyder
Fellow
Saachi Sood
Fellow
Rishika Talati
Fellow
Anirudh Venkatesan
Fellow
George Willmott
Fellow
Maxwell Woolf
Fellow
Julia Xu
Fellow
Ellie Xue
FellowAlumni Fellows 2024–25 term
Fellows from the 2024–25 term. Their published projects are kept as a permanent record in the project archive.
Christine Gibson
Fellow- Effect of Corruption on Public's Acceptance of Philanthropy
Julian Hong
Fellow- Implications of Fascism & Nationalism in Yugoslavic States
Quinn Mitchell
Fellow- American Politics in the Present Era and the State of United States Elections
Anagha Nagesh
Fellow- Evaluation and Comparison of American Welfare Policies
Alexander Tasic
Senior Fellow- Overcoming the Current Limitations to Tele-Robotic Surgeries
- Knives In: Exploring Telesurgery (research documentary)
Divaa Uthkarsha
Senior Fellow- The Challenges Faced by Children with Type-1 Diabetes in India
Board of Overseers
The Board of Overseers is composed of Institution alumni. They guide the Institution’s strategic vision and oversee the leadership team. Members are listed with their current university or role rather than a biography.
Jack Gordon
Yale University
Dhruv Nagarajan
Yale University
Fernanda Escalante
University of Chicago
Tyler Rose
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Bindwell
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