Our Mentors

Lumiere Foundation’s research mentors are world-class researchers in their fields. They represent the very pinnacle of academia, including Rhodes Scholars, Harvard & Yale PhDs, and researchers whose work has been cited in publications like the Economist and BBC. All mentors are selected after live interviews, application, and go through Lumiere training.

Our Mentors at a Glance

Our mentors are either in a selective PhD program or have recently finished their PhDs in a diverse range of disciplines.

80+

Mentors with the Lumiere Foundation

16

Disciplines represented from STEM to humanities

PhD, MD

Type of highest degree

3

Rhodes Scholar mentors (including our founder!)

  • Dominic Othneil Chang

    • Harvard University, PhD Physics '24

    • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, BS Physics '18

    • Research Interests: Blackhole modelling (computer implementations of concepts) & blackhole theory

  • Parijat Banerjee

    • Johns Hopkins University, PhD Physics ‘24

    • Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, BS-MS Physics ‘18

    • Research Interests: Computational biology

  • Alessandro Lodesani

    • Massacheusetts Institute of Technology, Postdoc

    • Polytechnic of Milan, PhD Physics '21

    • Polytechnic of Milan, MS Engineering Physics '17

    • Research Interests: Quantum computing, spitrionics

  • Radhika Santhanagopalan

    • University of Chicago, PhD Business & Psychology '24

    • Cornell University, MS Psychology '19

    • University of Michigan, BCN ‘16

    • Research Interests: Social psychology

  • Krithika Jagannath

    • University of California, Irvine, PhD Informatics ‘21

    • Harvard University, MS Learning Science ‘14

    • Bangalore University, BE CS and Engineering ‘00

    • Research areas: Human-Computer Interaction