Rishab Jain is a teen innovator, researcher, and creator. At the age of 13, he was named America's Top Young Scientist for his research in improving radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer patients. In 2018, he was named one of TIME Magazine's 25 Most Influential Teens. In 2022, Jain won the Regeneron Young Scientist Distinction for his work to improve the efficiency of recombinant DNA technology.
Rishab is the founder and President of the Samyak Science Society — a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting STEM education among youth. Rishab has spoke about the importance of scientific curiosity at the TEDx stage, numerous conferences, national television, and STEM workshops for children.
Rishab is also a YouTuber and online content creator who creates videos for students to improve their productivity with technology.
Society for Science
Society for Science proudly announces the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2022, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. The Regeneron Science Talent Search provides students a national stage to present original research and celebrates the hard work and novel discoveries of young scientists who are bringing a fresh perspective to significant global challenges. The 300 scholars and their schools will be awarded $2,000 each.
MIT & Center for Excellence in Education, Cambridge, MA
"Each summer, 80 of the world's most accomplished high school students gather at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the Research Science Institute (RSI)" — Rishab was selected as one the 2022 Research Science Institute scholars and is conducting research at MIT in this intensive 6-week research program.
International Science & Engineering Fair, Atlanta, GA
For his culminating research on improving synthetic gene engineering, Rishab won 1st place in the Biomedical Engineering category at the International Science & Engineering Fair. Jain also won the $50,000 Regeneron Young Scientist Award. In order to qualify to ISEF, Rishab won 1st place in Cellular & Molecular Biology at the Northwest Science Expo. Rishab is a 3 times ISEF finalist, previously winning the 3rd Place Grand Award and multiple regional-level best of fair awards.
National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, Albuquerque, NM
For his research in predicting sarcopenia status with deep learning, Rishab won 1st place as an Oral Presenter at the National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, winning a $12,000 award. In order to qualify to NJSHS, Rishab won 1st place at the Oregon Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, winning a $2,000 award. Rishab is a 3 times NJSHS finalist, previously winning the $12,000 1st Place Oral Presenter award and multiple regional-level awards.
Boy Scouts of America & Cascade Pacific Council, Portland, OR
As a Scout for almost 8 years, Rishab reached the Eagle distinction in the Boy Scouts of America — the highest achievement in the BSA, received by only 5% of scouts. Rishab previously served as his Troop's Senior Patrol Leader.
National Cancer Institute
Rishab's journey as a young scientist was featured alongside 7 other scientists, doctors, and researchers for the National Cancer Institute's 50th Anniversary Commemoration.
Business Insider
For his award-winning research on improving pancreatic cancer treatment with deep learning as well as non-profit work for improving STEM education, Jain was named one of 16 teens to take the world by storm in the 2020s.
Giuseppe Sciacca International Foundation, Rome, Italy
Rishab Jain was invited to Vatican City by His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke and Major General Gerardo Restaino. He was recognized as the Vincitore Assoluto and gave a speech in the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Urbaniana University of Rome.
Broadcom MASTERS, Washington D.C.
Minor planet 12900 was named "rishabjain" by MIT's Lincoln Labs.
Broadcom MASTERS, Washington D.C.
Rishab was selected as a Top 30 finalist in the Broadcom MASTERS national science fair competition. In October of 2019, Rishab competed in D.C. and won the 2nd Place Technology STEM Award.
TIME Magazine, New York
Rishab was named one of TIME Magazine's 25 Most Influential Teens for his award-winning pancreatic cancer research and STEM activism.
3M & NYSE, Wall St, New York
Rishab rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on October 22nd, 2018 in celebration of the Young Scientist Challenge. https://bit.ly/RishabJainNYSE
Discovery Education & 3M, Saint Paul, MN
Rishab competed in the 2018 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge and was named the Grand Prize Winner and "America's Top Young Scientist."
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Rishab speaks about STEM activism, his journey as a young scientist, and the future of AI. To contact his PR for speaking engagement invites, please visit the contact page.
https://physicsworld.com/a/prize-winning-ai-research-bringing-machine-learning-tools-into-the-radiotherapy-clinic/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/2022/06/student-voice-these-young-scientists-are-reinventing-the-future/
https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2022/05/portland-area-teen-wins-50000-international-science-award.html
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/education/beaverton-students-international-science-competition/283-0f7a1228-33d7-482c-b83d-7e35f6d60e1d
https://americankahani.com/community/regeneron-young-scientist-awards/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/high-school-scientists-around-world-171300319.html
https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/nca50/stories/cancer-research-workforce
https://twitter.com/RishabJainK/status/1432105353815027713
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BKavLDGa0k&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/from-great-thunberg-and-billie-eilish-to-the-dolan-twins-the-teen-power-list-2019-xpjbth73v
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/meet-indian-origin-teenagers-who-are-making-waves-globally/articleshow/67203192.cms
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/a-teenager-developed-a-tool-that-could-improve-pancreatic-cancer-treatments
https://katu.com/amnw/am-northwest-special-guests/13-year-old-science-whiz-kid-rishad-jain
https://www.businessinsider.com/cancer-13-year-old-teen-invented-treatment-award-pancreatic-2018-10
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=260389014820166
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idOV93AG3MJ
https://time.com/5429621/rishab-jain-young-scientist-challenge/
https://physicsworld.com/a/americas-top-young-scientist-uses-ai-to-improve-pancreatic-radiotherapy/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ShllCan0Uk
https://www.pancan.org/news/teen-hopes-artificial-intelligence-will-improve-patient-outcomes/
Rishab's Research, Apps, & Projects
Rishab has conducted various research projects in the fields of computational biology, biomedical engineering, and deep learning. You can view his publications and preprints at Google Scholar (click here) or check out the boxes below for an overview. Rishab is also the owner of several Discord web app projects in 70K+ Discord Servers serving several million total users. Rishab owns the Café Discord Network — a group of Discord servers he founded with over 200 thousand users and millions of monthly messages. Rishab also created educational Discord tutorials on YouTube across two YouTube-partnered channels, collecting over 13 million views and over 101 thousand collective subscribers.
Rishab is the founder and President of the Samyak Science Society — a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting STEM education among youth. Rishab has spoke about the importance of scientific curiosity at the TEDx stage, numerous conferences, national television, and STEM workshops for children.
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