Ritviksiddha Penchala

Ritviksiddha Penchala is currently an REU Intern at the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), responsible for updating, maintaining, and improving the organization's website. Additionally, Ritviksiddha serves as a Research Assistant at Saier Lab, working under the supervision of Dr. Milton Saier and contributing to various research projects. Past experience includes a Data Science Internship at Kaiser Permanente, where Ritviksiddha participated in developing a new data pipeline, and a Bioinformatics Internship at NonExomics, focusing on data analysis using Python and Bash scripts. As a Youth Programming Tutor at Code Ninjas, Ritviksiddha taught JavaScript to children and facilitated software development activities. Previous research experience also includes work at Akbari Lab and the Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program, focusing on experimental research and molecular interactions related to COVID-19. Ritviksiddha is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at UC San Diego, expected to graduate in June 2025.