Laalitya Acharya |
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Student. Innovator.
World Changer. |
GET TO KNOW ME Introducing -
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From the young age of 4, Laalitya has been trying to solve problems around the world. While it started as creating a potato-powered alarm clock, it has now turned into finding solutions for the energy crisis and using AI processing to detect contamination.
As an incoming freshman at Columbia University, she is furthering her work in her own research and also participating with other professors to work on bioengineering research. |
Recent Updates:
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Laalitya is a Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) 2021 Finalist!
This Science Talent Search is one of the most prestigious competitions for high-school seniors and aims to foster the next generation of researchers. She was selected for her work on Nereid, a novel device to detect microbial contamination in water.
In March, Laalitya won $25,000 for her research and was granted the opportunity to present her work to Nobel Prize laureates, MacArthur Fellows, members of US Congress, and many more! |
Laalitya was recently named as a 2021 Coca-Cola Scholar!!!
The Coca-Cola Scholarship is given to the top student leaders in the country for their academics and devotion to their communities. As the founder of The Nereid Project, Laalitya has always had a goal to end the water crisis through, both, research and education.
She developed the Nereid research and host regular STEM education events and "water summits" in her community to help raise awareness for water. |
