Anjali Chadha

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]

Anjali Chadha
Alma mater
OccupationUniversity student (2019–), chief executive officer Edit this on Wikidata

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. Sandack, Emily (2019-12-18). "Anjali Chadha: Top 40 Finalist of the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2019". Medium. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  5. 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. "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. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  14. 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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