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Gitanjali Rao (born 2005) is a young inventor from Colorado. She won the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge in 2017.

Early life

Rao is from Lone Tree, Colorado. Her parents regularly take her to museums.^[1] They encourage her curiosity and support her experiments. She attends the STEM School Highlands Ranch.^[2] She wants to study genetics and epidemiology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[3]^[4]^[5] She has spoken up about the gender pay gap.^[6]

Young Scientist Challenge

Rao heard about the Flint water crisis whilst watching the news.^[7]^[8]^[9] She became interested in ways to measure the lead content in water. She developed a device based on carbon nanotubes that could send information via bluetooth.^[10] Rao collaborated with Kathleen Shafer, a research scientist at 3M.^[11] In 2017 Rao won the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge and was awarded $25,000 for her invention, Tethys.^[3]^[12]^[13] Tethys contains a 9-volt battery, a lead sensing unit, a bluetooth extension and a processor.^[3] It uses carbon nanotubes, whose resistance changes in the presence of lead.^[2]^[14] She learnt about the carbon nanotubes whilst reading the Massachusetts Institute of Technology website.^[15] She plans to work with scientists and medical professionals to investigate the potential of Tethys into a viable method.^[16] She was selected by Gizmodo as one of the most heroic earthlings. She presented her idea at the 2018 MAKERS conference and raised a further $25,000.^[17]

She gave a TEDx Talk in Nashville 2018.^[18] In September 2018 Rao was awarded the United States Environmental Protection Agency President’s Environmental Youth Award.^[19]

References

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3. ^¹²{{Cite news|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/22/americas-top-young-scientist-lone-tree-gitanjali-rao-lead-flint-michigan/|title=Lone Tree girl named America’s Top Young Scientist after inventing lead-detecting sensor to help residents of Flint, Mich.|date=2017-11-23|work=The Denver Post|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en-US}}
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6. ^{{Citation|last=The Female Quotient|title=Young Scientist Gitanjali Rao On Closing the Wage Gap|date=2018-04-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42GXXLPDvcM|access-date=2018-10-23}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.rookiemag.com/2018/01/finding-solutions-real-problems-interview-gitanjali-rao/|title=Finding Solutions to Real Problems: An Interview With Gitanjali Rao - Rookie|date=2018-01-11|work=Rookie|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en-US}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/10/gitanjali-rao-lead-detection-flint-crisis.html|title=11-Year-Old Creates Lead-Detection Device to Help With Flint Water Crisis|last=Ryan|first=Lisa|work=The Cut|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en}}
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10. ^{{Citation|last=The Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge|title=2017 National Finalist: Gitanjali Rao|date=2017-07-18|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4WM3arrBgo|access-date=2018-10-23}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.youngscientistlab.com/node/4436|title=Dr. Kathleen Shafer {{!}} Young Scientist Lab|website=www.youngscientistlab.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-23}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0610bhj|title=The 12 year old inventor protecting your drinking water|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-10-23}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/meet-11-year-developed-method-testing-lead-water-50651198|title=Video: Meet the 11-year-old who developed a new method of testing for lead in water|last=News|first=ABC|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2018-10-23}}
14. ^{{Citation|last=Great Big Story|title=This 12-Year-Old Scientist is Taking On Flint's Water Crisis|date=2018-03-08|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuvEJi0t5nY|access-date=2018-10-23}}
15. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40439492/this-11-year-old-invented-a-cheap-test-kit-for-lead-in-drinking-water|title=This 11-Year-Old Invented A Cheap Test Kit For Lead In Drinking Water|date=2017-07-13|work=Fast Company|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en-US}}
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17. ^{{Cite news|url=http://socialgoodrevolution.co/2018/02/22/gitanjali-rao-americas-top-young-scientist-of-2017-nabs-another-25000-for-lead-detection-invention/|title=Gitanjali Rao, America’s Top Young Scientist of 2017, Nabs Another $25,000 For Lead-Detection Invention|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en-US}}
18. ^{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=A 12-year-old inventor's device for detecting lead in water {{!}} Gitanjali Rao {{!}} TEDxNashville|date=2018-06-07|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVgaJN3GI6U|access-date=2018-10-23}}
19. ^{{Cite web|url=http://h2oradio.org/GirlGenius.html|title=Girl Genius: This 12-year-old just invented device to detect lead in water|website=h2oradio.org|access-date=2018-10-23}}