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Deepika Kurup

1998 - Present
USA USA

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