Rhea Ahuja

Biography:

Rhea Ahuja is a junior at William P. Clements High School with a keen interest in neuroscience. She worked closely with the Freshman Research Initiative and the Associate Professor of Practice, Dr. Josh Beckham, at UT Austin College of Natural Sciences to clone Yersinia Pestis FabG into an expression vector and analyze EhPTP to screen for novel inhibitors against Amebiasis. Rhea’s research experience inspired her to take research to the next level and she worked with Aryan Shah to develop a novel unbiased method to diagnose anxiety. They will be competing in the International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles, California.