We are high school students raising money for ALS research.

Aryav Das

Co-founder

Aryav is a senior at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis. He co-authored both of our ALS papers and did the machine learning and molecular docking for the PT150 study, which won first place at Regeneron ISEF 2025. He also co-wrote our August 2026 white paper on how to shorten the wait for an ALS diagnosis.

Samarth Dunakhe

Co-founder

Samarth is a senior at Arizona College Prep High School in Chandler, Arizona. He is the first author of our 2025 research paper and led its computational modeling and analyses. In February 2026 he presented the project at the American Junior Academy of Science in Phoenix, and he co-wrote our white paper.

Lucas Zhang

Director of Corporate Partnerships, Indiana

Lucas is a senior at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis. He handles corporate partnerships for ALS Forward and helped organize our Chipotle fundraiser in Noblesville.

Saumit Sripathi

Director of Community Partnerships, Arizona

Saumit is a senior at Arizona College Prep High School in Chandler, Arizona. He leads our community partnerships in Arizona and works with local schools and groups to support our events there.

Junmo Kang

Director of Event Logistics, Indiana

Junmo is a senior at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis. He plans the logistics for our events in Indiana, like booking venues and organizing volunteers.

Ishaan Acharya

Director of Community Engagement, Indiana

Ishaan is a junior at Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana. He leads community engagement for ALS Forward in Indiana and helps get the word out about our events.

Samuel Louis

Political advisor

Samuel is a freshman at the University of Notre Dame. He advises ALS Forward on policy and outreach, and he co-wrote our August 2026 white paper on the long wait for an ALS diagnosis.