Deepika Kurup
1998 - Present
Personal Information
Born: 1998
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Asian
Education
Harvard University
Professional Life
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2012 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge; 2014 President’s Environmental Youth Award; 2015 National Geographic Explorer Award, Google Science Fair;
Achievements: invented a purification system that uses solar energy to remove contaminants from water; founded Catalyst for World Water;
invented her water purification system as a teenager after seeing a child drink contaminated water while in India