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California Institute of Technology

2024-25 Caltech Women's Swim & Dive Roster

Paulina Naydenkov

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • High School Albuquerque Institute of Math and Science

Biography

Research and STEM Activities

Explored ovarian cancer treatment using co-therapy loaded onto nanoparticles... Assisted in writing a chapter for a book titled “Cancer Nanotheranostics” which was published by Springer... Engineered hardware to produce fuels from plant, animal, and plastic based products and tested their efficiency against diesel... Assisted in research on using nanopourous silica to convert methane to its chemical intermediates, which can be used for conversion to liquid fuels at the Brinker Group Nanostructures Research Laboratory... Investigated micro biome in regenerating moon jellyfish... Developed a deep learning program to identify arthropods in soil.

Prior to Caltech

Academics: Academic Letters, Academic Bars, Qualified for International Science Fair, Qualified for National Science Fair, First place in state science fair, and National Honor Society.

Athletics: Qualified for state meet for swim in middle school.

Personal
Daughter of Maria and Mikhail... Likes Caltech because of the supportive community and the theory behind the lessons given... Enjoys being a Caltech athlete because of the team aspect and the encouragement to do better.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First-Year

    5'5"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Free
    5'5"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Free
    5'5"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Free
    5'5"