Nikhil Buduma
Nikhil Buduma is a two-time gold medalist at the International Biology Olympiad,. He is currently a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is studying electrical engineering and computer science. A graduate of Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, Nikhil was a finalist in the 2012 International BioGENEius Challenge for his research on the pertussis vaccine formulation. Recently, Nikhil's startup, Pulsar, was featured in the finale of the . Nikhil also won the Young Innovator Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for his work on using augmented reality to build next-generation chemistry sets.
In 2013, Nikhil was highlighted by NBC News for his accomplishments in the sciences
International Olympiad Success
Nikhil qualified to the USA Biology Olympiad Finals three times while in high school, qualifying as one of the top 20 out of a pool of 10,000 students nationally. He fell short of qualifying for the 4-person team USA in 2011, but in 2012 he was selected to represent the United States at the International Biology Olympiad in Singapore, becoming the first Indian American to do so in the history of the national competition. He placed 17th at the International level, earning a gold medal for the U.S. He returned to the International Olympiad again in 2013 when it was held in Bern, Switzerland, where he earned another gold medal by placing 8th at the competition. He is the first person of Indian descent to earn two gold medals at the International level.
In 2014, Nikhil was invited to speak at a Congressional luncheon about the importance of the USA Biology Olympiad program in inspiring more high school students to explore the life sciences beyond the classroom.
Intellectual Property Theft
During the 2014 HackMIT event, Nikhil Buduma's team, Seamless, claimed to loop together images to create a seamless video product. They were awarded second place, as well as a corporate-sponsored special award. However, it was later found that many of their concepts and ideas for the Seamless algorithm were taken from a research paper published by Microsoft. His team said that the misattribution was unintentional and voluntarily stepped down from the second place award.
In 2013, Nikhil was highlighted by NBC News for his accomplishments in the sciences
International Olympiad Success
Nikhil qualified to the USA Biology Olympiad Finals three times while in high school, qualifying as one of the top 20 out of a pool of 10,000 students nationally. He fell short of qualifying for the 4-person team USA in 2011, but in 2012 he was selected to represent the United States at the International Biology Olympiad in Singapore, becoming the first Indian American to do so in the history of the national competition. He placed 17th at the International level, earning a gold medal for the U.S. He returned to the International Olympiad again in 2013 when it was held in Bern, Switzerland, where he earned another gold medal by placing 8th at the competition. He is the first person of Indian descent to earn two gold medals at the International level.
In 2014, Nikhil was invited to speak at a Congressional luncheon about the importance of the USA Biology Olympiad program in inspiring more high school students to explore the life sciences beyond the classroom.
Intellectual Property Theft
During the 2014 HackMIT event, Nikhil Buduma's team, Seamless, claimed to loop together images to create a seamless video product. They were awarded second place, as well as a corporate-sponsored special award. However, it was later found that many of their concepts and ideas for the Seamless algorithm were taken from a research paper published by Microsoft. His team said that the misattribution was unintentional and voluntarily stepped down from the second place award.
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