Anavi Kaul Email & Phone Number

Durham, Nc, Us

Durham, Nc, Us

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Developing organ-on-a-chip devices to model human nephrology

Mentoring underrepresented high school students interested in STEM, acting as a resource for them by answering questions and providing advice as they navigate their final years in high school and prepare for college, supporting them both academically and professionally

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Through one-on-one interactions, programming, content creation, and campus outreach, PSLs assist students as they navigate academic-related decisions, develop learning strategies, embrace well-being, and pursue purpose

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Organize recruiting and career exploration events with engineering companies for undergraduate Duke engineers; hosted companies such as EY-Parthenon, Jacobs, Grifols, MathWorks, QATCH Technologies etc.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Designed, developed, and implemented multiple proprietary gene panels for determining metabolic and organ health for risk assessment and therapy using publicly-available genomic databases and scientific literature; performed pathway analysis; worked in a team to analyze genomic data and identify pharmaco-transcriptomic and nutrigenomic interventions for clients

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Regular volunteer at Duke University's Canine Cognition Center, helping socialize, walk, and take care of service-dogs-in-training every semester

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Led teammates in volunteering to conduct robotics workshops with NGOs like Sankalp Shikshan Sanstha, mentoring hearing-impaired students in constructing robots and preparing for their presentations for FLL and FTC competitions; conducted 20+ orientations with schools, administrators, students, teachers and formed 10+ FIRST teams; mentored 6 FTC teams; learned Fusion 360; drove the formation of a Leadership Council

India

Recruited a global network of 100+ ambassadors, organizing writing, coding and college advice workshops for them; conducted talks with renowned women in STEMOrganized and led the TrailBlazHER Innovation Challenge in collaboration with the Unmesh Mashruwala Innovation Cell of IIT Bombay, where 500+ girls innovated solutions to today’s problems through creating scientific technology, apps, or websites; organized panel discussions with experts on design thinking in the fields of healthcare, education and the environment; conducted a similar Innovation Challenge in collaboration with Capgemini and the India Internet Governance Forum, where teams devised technology-based solutions for aerial, terrestrial or underwater problems

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Shadowed the pathology departments of Hematology, Molecular Biology, Histopathology, and the Blood Bank; shadowed 3 neurosurgeons and observed 7 surgeries (burr holes, complex cranioplasties, spinal discectomies, insertions of ventriculoperitoneal shunts etc.); learned how to interpret MRI and CAT scans; interacted with patients, learning clinical etiquette; learned how to conduct neurological tests in the ER to assess nervous system functioning

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Wrote a 30-page, 10,000+ words research report exploring the use of technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain to optimize manpower productivity in hospitals; my research formed part of their consultation for a prominent hospital system

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Learned about biopharmaceutical techniques and methods like post-column derivatization, diafiltration, mass spectrometer usage and analysis, Sanger’s Sequencing Method and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography; performed glycan analysis and sample preparation for commercial proteins like Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG)

India

Researched and wrote 6 articles, 4 as part of the COVID Warriors series, 1 Leadership story, and 1 Take One story; 5 of these articles were published in the print issues; through the COVID Warriors series, I highlighted the work of unseen heroes of COVID-19, such as ThinkSharp Foundation and SOS JK, providing them with a national platform to reach a wider audience

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: BME Design Fellows, Engineering Student Government (Director of E-Socials), Undergraduate Researcher.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Activities and Societies: Student Council Captain, Head of Press at the Dhirubhai Ambani International Model United Nations, Outreach.

Introduction To Biotechnology: Detecting And Treating Disease

International Politics