Bio

Arian Patel is a rising senior at the Loudoun Academy of Science in Loudoun county, Virginia. Arian loves science and math; he had fun in his BC calculus class (including working with Mathematica), is learning AP physics C mechanics on his own, and is researching how to make aquatic plant duckweed the world's most advanced and efficient fertilizer. Arian speaks German fluently, and has completed internships at Porsche and SAP in Germany. When he's not almost losing his fingers in the lab, he enjoys being a part of his Tae Kwon Do championship team as a fourth-degree black belt. Arian also loves rowing on his high school's varsity crew team, being outdoors, and cooking.

Project: Sink or Swim: Visualizing the Effect of Sea Level Rise on a Map