Arula Ratnakar
2nd year computational neuro PhD student at Boston University (advisors Cynthia Bradham & Gabe Ocker)
Mathematically modeling embryonic neurodevelopment
I write trippy scifi & mathfiction.
Ignyte Award Finalist 2025
6 stories in Clarkesworld
- This took me 3 years, drew it as a teen, it’s 10 ft long drawn freehand (no rulers, I draw straight lines by looking at edge of the paper & pretending to trace it while my pencil is at a different coordinate— how I get symmetry too). Even if not eligible Im glad someone thought it was worth awarding