Achievements
2019 Founder and CEO of YSA Labs LLC (www.ysalabs.com)
2019 Community Service Chair of Asian Corporate & Entrepreneur Leaders (ACEL) - ASU Collegiate Chapter
2019 Maharishi School Graduation - Valedictorian, Pioneer Award Recipient
2019 Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
2019 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Finalist
2019 International GENIUS Olympiad 2019 Finalist "an international high school project competition about environmental issues".
2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search 2019 Semifinalist "the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors" (Society for Science).
2019 Speaker at 2019 Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG), San Diego, USA (Jan 2019). “Effect of Sugar polyphenols on Oral Microbiota” Session: The Analysis and Role of the Microbiome, Sunrise - Meeting House, Jan 12 9:55 AM
2018 Poster at 2019 Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG) , San Diego, USA (Jan 2019). “In vitro Effect of Sugarcane Polyphenols on Oral Microbiota” Pranav Chhaliyil
2018 Conducted a Research Science Fair (3/10/18) and provided prizes to participating middle school students, with Grand Awards to the best projects in the field of Language, Plant Science, Behavioral Science, and Human Body Functioning. The students chose a topic/issue of their choice relating to their village and conducted research experiments and analysis for 10 weeks.
2018 Biotechnology Institute STEM Ambassador to motivate and promote STEM education to K-8 students across the U.S.
2018 Society for In vitro Biology Special Award SSTFI, Iowa
2018 National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS) Finalist
2018 Iowa Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS) 3rd Place
2018 Intel Science Talent Search: Outstanding Achievement at EISEF.org
2017 Conducted a two-day Dental Awareness Camp (8/12/17) and provided prizes to 100 middle school children, with special awards to the students with the best microbiome to motivate them to do “Charcoal Finger Gum Rubbing and Tongue Cleaning” at Bed Time for good oral hygiene at Andavar Porayar School, Tamil Nadu, India.
2017 International BioGENEius Challenge GENEPool Competition Title Winner
2017 International BioGENEius Challenge Finalist
2017 BioGENEius Challenge National Winner
2017 Invited Presenter at the Fairfield Rotary Club
2017 Invited Presenter in Table Clinics at the Annual Iowa Dental Association Meeting, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (5/06/17)
2017 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Microbiology Category 3rd place
2017 Iowa BioGENEius Challenge 2017 Winner
2017 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Finalist
2017 Eastern Iowa Science & Engineering Fair Biology Division 1st place
2017 Presented poster at Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG) , San Diego, USA (Jan 2017). "A Rapid Method for Extraction and Purification of DNA from Dental Plaque, Tongue Scraping and Saliva Using IDeal Kit" Pranav Chhalliyil and Bernd Schoel.
2016 Interned at The Indian Institute of Science (8/21/16 – 8/22/16) and learned and performed ELISA Analysis to blood samples. The first high school intern at ISSC (est. 1909)
2016 Conducted a two-day Dental Awareness Camp (7/22/16) and provided prizes to 100 middle school children, with special awards to the students with the best microbiome to motivate them to do “Charcoal Finger Gum Rubbing and Tongue Cleaning” at Bed Time for good oral hygiene at Andavar Porayar School, Tamil Nadu, India.
2016 Invited Presenter at the Fairfield Rotary Club (6/24/16)
2016 Maharishi School Alexander Grace Award (6/09/16) for exemplifying the highest ideals of Maharishi School: kindness, courage, integrity, and wisdom.
2016 Invited Presenter in Table Clinics at the Annual Iowa Dental Association Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa (5/07/16)
2016 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Microbiology Category 4th place
2016 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Finalist
2016 Iowa State Science & Technology Fair Senior Divison Grand Champion
2016 Eastern Iowa Science & Engineering Fair Biology Division 1st place
2016 Presented poster at Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG) , San Diego, USA (Jan 2016). "IDeal Fast ID Kit for DNA Extractions from Saliva Samples" Pranav Chhalliyil and Bernd Schoel.
2016 Received the Highest Rating for Short Films at Iowa High School Speech Association State (Feb 2016)
2016 Received the Highest Rating for Short Films at Iowa High School Speech Association Sub-State (Jan 2016)
2015 Broadcom Masters Semi-Finalist One among the 300 semi-finalists from the 6000 Broadcom winners who were the top 10% in the country from 60,000 Science Fair participants.
2015 3M Discovery Young Scientist Challenge Iowa State Merit Winner
2015 Conducted a one-day Dental Awareness Camp and provided T-shirts to 90 middle school children to motivate them to do “Finger gum rubbing & Tongue cleaning at Bed Time for good oral hygiene” at Andavar Porayar School, Tamil Nadu, India.
2015 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Student Observer
2015 Iowa State Science & Technology Fair Junior Level Grand Champion
2015 Iowa State Science & Technology Fair Junior Level Discovery in Science Award
2015 Eastern Iowa Science & Engineering Fair Biology Division Junior Champion
2015 Eastern Iowa Science & Engineering Fair Biology Division 1st Place
2015 Maharishi Middle School Excellence Award
2014 Conducted a one-day Dental Awareness Camp for 100 middle school children on the “Importance of Bed Time Brushing for disease prevention” at Andavar Porayar School, Tamil Nadu, India.
2014 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Student Observer
2014 Eastern Iowa Science & Engineering Fair Biology Division Junior Champion
2014 Eastern Iowa Science & Engineering Fair Biology Division 1st Place 2014