Kinia
Summer Intern | 2026
- Supporting technology and learning work focused on access, creativity, and youth opportunity.
- Contributing across programs that help young people build confidence with digital skills.
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Work Experience
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Past highlight experiences
Summer Intern @ PATCH (OpenAI, Stripe) June 2025 - August 2025
Leaf Fellow (Ivy x Oxbridge Learning) June 2025 - September 2025
HundrED.org Youth Committee January 2025 - September 2025
Teens in Health
Neuroscience Program Manager Intern | Jun 2026 - Present
- Helped review 1,800+ applications from 45+ countries to select students for the neuroscience research program.
- Supported 120 students through a 7-week research and academic writing program.
- Delivered weekly 45-minute lectures on behavioural neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, medicine, and the scientific method.
- Provided structured feedback as students developed MLA-format research articles for a collaborative journal.
- Selected earlier as a Research Scholar in the AI in Healthcare Summer Cohort, publishing work on AI-generated versus human-created content and teen cognition.
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- Assigned weekly research tasks and helped students refine article structure, sources, and scientific framing.
- Explored AI, healthcare, cognitive load, creativity, and behavioural neuroscience through independent research.
- Published “The Impact of Generative AI-created vs Human-created Content on Cognition in Teens.”
Leaf
Dilemmas and Dangers in AI Fellow | Aug 2025 - Present
- Selected as one of 35 Fellows from 3,500 applicants for a competitive AI research fellowship.
- Conducted original research on generative AI, cognition, and cognitive load.
- Mentored 1:1 by Mishka Nemes from The Alan Turing Institute.
- Presented findings through a formal research poster and continued developing work across AI safety, neuroscience, and education.
- Previously selected as a finalist for Leaf’s 5-week AI safety program on the dilemmas and dangers of artificial intelligence.
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- Studied mechanistic interpretability, synthetic data, AI alignment, RLHF, sandboxing, and AI ethics.
- Completed weekly written assignments and took part in debates on AI safety, philosophy, and responsible technology.
PATCH
2025 Cohort | Jul 2025 - Present
- Selected for a 7-week onsite youth accelerator supported by Stripe, OpenAI, Abbey Capital, and Dogpatch Labs.
- Researched swarm robotics and decentralised coordination inspired by birds, ants, and fish.
- Built virtual simulations and a physical 5-robot swarm system for real-world demonstrations.
- Youngest participant in the cohort at age 16; presented at Demo Day to 300+ builders, founders, researchers, and industry professionals.
- Mentored by startup founders, researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs across technology and academia.
Dublin Tech Circuit
Founder | May 2024 - Present
- Founded Ireland’s first interschool tech league, helping students create and lead tech teams inside their own schools.
- Built a GDPR-safe, replicable model reaching 70+ students across 12+ schools, with 45% DEIS school participation.
- Collaborated with Google Ireland, Raspberry Pi Foundation, SimpleStudy, and Learnovate Trinity College Dublin.
- Received EduEvidence certification for equality-based community building and was featured in Silicon Republic.
- Created a teacher feedback cohort to validate and improve student-made learning resources.
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- Released the Dublin Tech Circuit Impact Report 2025-2026.
- Hosted a kick-off event with 70+ students from 12+ schools and a volunteer team.
Trinity Walton Club
Trinity College Dublin Walton Innovator | Oct 2024 - Present
- Selected for the Trinity College Dublin Walton Club Innovators Program, an advanced STEM program for high school students.
- Attended university-level sessions every Saturday in the Trinity College Dublin Physics Building.
- Studied advanced topics across calculus, artificial intelligence, computer science, and physics.
- Worked on research exploring deepfake detection through image properties without using an AI model.
- Collaborated with some of Ireland’s strongest high school STEM students.
HundrEDorg
Youth Committee Member | Jun 2025 - Present
- Promoted to Youth Committee Member after strong engagement in the HundrED Youth Ambassador Programme.
- Selected as one of 13 committee members from the previous ambassador cohort of 100 students.
- Hosted sessions on leadership, communication, Sustainable Development Goals, and community impact.
- Mentored youth ambassadors through breakout rooms, discussions, and opportunity-sharing.
- Previously selected as one of the top 100 from 1,100 applications for the HundrED Youth Ambassador Programme.
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- Took part in a 3-month global changemaker program in partnership with the International Baccalaureate and Festival of Hope.
- Learned from experts on SDGs, leadership, inclusion, education innovation, and impact-focused organisations.
Amazon KDP Publishing
Published Author | Oct 2024 - Dec 2024
- Published Ireland’s Winds of Change, a research-based piece on Ireland’s renewable energy transition.
- Explored the tension between environmental responsibility, energy demand, and data centre growth.
- Analysed Ireland’s challenges in integrating renewable energy into the national grid.
- Wrote the piece to make sustainability and energy policy more accessible to young people.
- Advocated for collaboration between citizens, industry, and government in Ireland’s renewable energy transition.
ChessMates
Founder | Oct 2022 - Oct 2024
- Founded a school chess team at age 12 after noticing growing student interest in chess.
- Organised online and offline chess inductions for 2,000+ students through Chess.com and school events.
- Facilitated 1,500+ chess games and formed a competitive team of the top 15 players.
- Advocated for chess resources, securing boards, clocks, pieces, mats, and a weekly coach.
- Led the team to inter-school competitions, including a top 15 placement at the Swami Vivekanand Chess Competition.
ROBODEX
Tech Head | Sep 2021 - Oct 2023
- Appointed Tech Head after strong performance in inter-school and intra-school robotics competitions.
- Led Robo-Maze, an IR-sensor line-following robot competition involving 35+ schools.
- Managed event planning, team delegation, school communication, and on-site competition execution.
- Mentored junior members in robot design, sensor-based navigation, and competition preparation.
- Joined ROBODEX as the youngest member and won 1st place at a major inter-school technology event involving 25+ schools.
Achievements
Notable Achievements
- Overall Winner T.E.C.S '25 - University of Limerick x Patch (Ireland's premier nationwide talent search)
- Stripe Young Scientist Bootcamp
- Stripe Young Scientist Award - Mathematics
- BT Young Scientist - Social & Behavioural award winner
- BT Young Scientist Williams Lea Design Award winner
- Leaf Fellow
- 2x Raspberry Pi Coolest Project Appathon winner
Education
Marian College Dublin
Senior Secondary | Sep 2024 - May 2026
- Won 4 national awards across Stripe Young Scientist 2025/2026 and TECS for research and technology projects.
- Founded Dublin Tech Circuit and piloted Tech-Team Trials at Marian College with 150+ student participants.
- Hosted a kick-off event with 70+ students from 12+ schools, with Google Ireland, Learnovate Trinity College Dublin, SimpleStudy, and Raspberry Pi.
- Authored and published a book on Ireland’s data centre growth, energy demand, and renewable energy transition.
- Built a GDPR-compliant, teacher-supported model for students to create representative tech teams in schools.
- Mentored students across 12+ schools to help them launch and sustain their own school tech teams.
- Selected as a Leaf Fellow 2025 for independent research in AI safety and cognition.
- Showcased iGrow, an AI sustainability app, at an ECO-UNESCO showcase event.
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- Recognised by H.E. Akhilesh Mishra, Ambassador of India to Ireland, for Ireland’s Winds of Change.
- Collaborated with Google Ireland, Learnovate Trinity College Dublin, SimpleStudy, and Raspberry Pi through Dublin Tech Circuit.
- Built a teacher-supported model for representative school tech teams.
Drimnagh Castle Secondary School
Sep 2023 - Sep 2024
- Relocated to Ireland in November 2023 and completed the full Junior Cycle course in six months.
- Featured in the school annual news as “Arjun the Innovator,” the only student among 500 to receive this spotlight.
- Won Coolest Projects Ireland Showcase 2024 for iGrow, judged by Meta engineers.
- Presented Dublin Tech Circuit to 100+ students and formed the original DTC founding team.
- Scored among the highest in the school after completing a course normally designed for three years.
- Won the Raspberry Pi Community UK Online Showcase 2024 for Pocket Doc, selected from 2,000+ entries.
- Created Castle Boys, a student band that performed at youth-development events hosted by Foróige for audiences of 200+.
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- Interviewed teachers and students to test and showcase Pocket Doc while raising awareness of nutritional deficiency indicators.
- Adapted quickly to a new country and school system after relocating to Ireland.
Delhi Public School, Dwarka
Mar 2011 - Sep 2023
- Featured in the school annual magazine as a Star Achiever, selected among 5 students from 3,000.
- Founded and led the DPS Dwarka Chess Club, organising inductions for 2,000+ students.
- Held leadership positions across the Physics Society, Robotics Society, Aeronautical Society, and Technology Society.
- Won the MIT Appathon twice for the apps iGrow and LEARN.
- Served as Event Head for DPS Dwarka’s annual technology fests in 2021 and 2022, involving 500+ participants from 25+ schools.
- Earned the Scholar Blazer and Scholar Badge for four consecutive years of strong academic performance.
- Served as a Peer Counsellor and regularly led school assemblies.
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- Advocated for chess boards, clocks, mats, and a weekly coach, later approved by school leadership.
- Represented the school in hackathons, designathons, robothons, and technology competitions, winning multiple awards.
- Contributed to overall winning school performance at EXUN, one of India’s largest inter-school technology events.
Trinity Walton Club
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- Selected for the Trinity Walton Club STEM Summer Camp at Trinity College Dublin.
- Took part in hands-on sessions across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- Worked with university-style learning formats, experiments, and collaborative STEM challenges.
- Built early exposure to advanced STEM learning within a university environment.