Anjali Chadha

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Anjali Chadha (born 2000s) is an American bioengineer. She is an ambassador for AAAS If/Then. [1] [2] She was named a 2020 Voices Of the Year, by Seventeen magazine. [3]

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Life

She grew up in Louisville. [4] She studied at DuPont Manual high school, [5] [4] and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [6] [7] She founded Empowered, Inc. in 2016 [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] In 2018, she was featured in the documentary, Science Fair . [13] In May 2018, Chadha won two prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). [14] She won the Environmental Engineering Intel ISEF Second Award and the Special Award: Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force First Award, winning $1500 and $750 respectively. [14] She was also a member of the Center for Excellence in Education's 2018 Research Science Institute cohort. [15] In 2019, she was one of 40 finalists for the Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) for her invention of a sensor that could detect arsenic in drinking water from underground sources and received a $25,000 prize. [4]

Chadha was featured on an episode of Mission Unstoppable that aired on June 12, 2021. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit". ifthenexhibit.org. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  2. ↑ "AAAS IF/THEN® Ambassadors Program Provides Women Role Models in STEM to Young Girls | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  3. ↑ "Anjali Chadha is Helping Young Women of Color Break into the World of STEM". Seventeen. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  4. 1 2 3 Sandack, Emily (2019-12-18). "Anjali Chadha: Top 30 Finalist of the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2019". Medium. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  5. 1 2 Adams, Kirby. "This Manual grad is featured on the CBS show 'Mission Unstoppable.' Here's how to watch". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  6. ↑ "Student Profile Panel: Anjali Chadha UK". MISTI. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  7. ↑ "Anjali Chadha – MIT SuperUROP" . Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  8. ↑ "Five Women Making STEM More Accessible to Women and Girls". Shondaland. 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  9. ↑ Durden, Taylor (17 August 2019). "Teen who founded local nonprofit heads to MIT". wave3. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  10. ↑ Jack, Elaine Rooker. "Manual senior wins national award for STEM training program for girls". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  11. ↑ "Women in Entrepreneurship Fireside Chat with Anjali Chadha". Startup Grind. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  12. ↑ "#IfThenSheCan The Exhibit – Anjali Chadha". ifthenexhibit.org. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  13. ↑ "Manual High student featured in movie playing at Sundance". whas11.com. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  14. 1 2 Jack, Elaine Rooker. "10 Louisville students win top prizes at International Science Fair". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  15. ↑ Celebrating 35 Years of Excellence (PDF). Center for Excellence in Education. 2018. p. 38.


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