vachagan
vahch-ah-gahn
melikian
mel-ee-kyahn

Hi, I'm Vach. I'm a student developer.

I am currently an undergrad at Rutgers University, studying Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and Linguistics with minors in History and Philosophy.

I am an intern at Twitch (Amazon), where I work on the Twitch app for Android. I am also a part-time developer at MeritMatch. Prior to that, I interned at Fidelity Investments, where I worked on the Fidelity Health app for iOS.

I am also a fellow at the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, where I research the intersection of language and cognition in news headlines, focusing on syntax-semantics interface of active vs passive voice - working with Shannon Bryant and Kristen Syrett, alongside four undergrads.

Prior to that, I was a research assistant at the SHIRE (Social Human-AI Impressions & Representations) Lab, where I developed computational approaches to identifying intersectional biases in large language models.