‘Planet Radioactive: A Mutant World: Impact of Nuclear Waste on Marine and Land Species’ (2014, 2021):
This book, for which I received the ‘Crystal Trophy’ award from the Emirates Environmental Group, emphasizes the impact of nuclear waste on living organisms, catastrophic mutations, why long-term safe disposal of spent fuel is mandatory keeping in perspective upcoming nuclear power plants, and how freshwater green algae can clean up radioactive wastes like Strontium 90, […]
‘When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth’ (2012):
At seven, I became the world’s youngest author in paleontology, a culmination of a passion that took extreme proportions when I, a five-year-old Year 1 student, started enlightening my Dubai British School teachers on the prehistoric world. Result: I was asked to teach Year 4-5 students on dinosaurs. Thus began my writing journey. Enriched with […]
‘Sequencing Closterium moniliferum as an effective nuclear waste disposal strategy’ (September 2021)
Under review for submission to the ‘Young Scientists Journal’ for publication, this research work from September 2012 to January 2021 is an extension of my book, ‘Planet Radioactive: A Mutant World: Impact of Nuclear Waste on Marine and Land Species’. I dedicated two hours every weekend to explore how sequestering and harnessing the boundless potential […]
‘Should humanity become an interstellar Type II Civilization?’ (September 2021)
Under review for publication in the ‘Space Policy’, this 7,000-word Higher Project Qualification dissertation paper, which I worked from September 2018 to June 2020, investigates
‘How the origin of life on Earth can inform us about life as we don’t know it’ (End 2021)
This is the Chapter 9 of NASA’s ‘Astrobiology Primer’, which will be further published in the ‘Astrobiology’ journal.
‘Astrobiology Primer’ (August 2021)
This collaborative research under NASA will be published on https://www.astrobiologyprimer.org/
‘A Review of Bayesian Methods in Astrobiology’ (End 2021)
This paper, under Prof Sara Walker at BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, will be published in the ‘Astrobiology’ journal
Student Mentor, Dubai STEM Olympiad, Dubai, UAE (June 2019-present)
*An initiative of Premier Genie — advanced learning center for STEM in Dubai — this national Olympiad takes place every year across hundreds of schools in the UAE with winners walking away with scholarships worth AED100,000 ($27,248) *The Olympiad authorities offered me this role to lead the Core Team to mentor 13- to 15-year-old students […]
Research Intern: Shadow working under Princeton University’s PhD student Sandip Roy on cosmic inflation, black holes, dark matter (2021-present)
Rise: Global Youth Talent Finalist: Initiative of Schmidt Futures and Rhodes Trust, with $500,000+ benefits for Global Winners (2021-present)
*One of the largest scholarship programs in the world to support extraordinary talented youngsters who want to build a better society *As one of the 500 finalists from over 165 nations, representing 70+ nations, I received $1,000 in grant towards my education and a chance to compete in the 100 Rise Global Winners interview. If […]