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California Institute of Technology

2023 Track & Field

Ashwitha Surabhi

  • Height 5-5
  • Year First-Year
  • Hometown Ashburn, VA
  • High School Thomas Jefferson Science and Technology
  • Events Sprints

Biography

Research and STEM Activities

Conducted a personal research project on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), working on a machine learning model for early prediction of ALS in patients in collaboration and awarded research grant by Answer ALS... Interned for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, where she worked on Generative Adversarial Network Hallucinations of Image Primitives with mentor; Was a research intern at Weill Cornell Medicine, where she worked as an intern in Dr. Khurana's computational biology lab.

Prior to Caltech

Academic Honors: NCWIT Award Recipient for Aspirations in Computing, Virginia Junior Academy of Science Symposium 2nd Place, National Honor Society, Future Problem Solving Internationals Qualifier, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, U.S. Presidential Volunteer Gold Award.

Athletic Honors: 4 years Varsity Track, Track Captain, Athletic Honor Roll, 2nd Place Medalist Districts (100M, 4x100 relay), 3rd Place Medalist Regionals (4x100 relay).

Personal

Daughter of Rajeshwar and Haripriya... Older sister to Srida... Enjoys dancing... Chose Caltech for its STEM-focused curriculum, great research opportunities, and sunny weather.