Bio

Apoorva Panidapu is a high-schooler in San Jose, California. She wears many hats; she’s a student, a teacher, an aspiring mathematician, an artist, a social entrepreneur, and a keynote speaker who loves helping kids around the world. Apoorva started taking college classes at age 11, and has since completed several upper-division and graduate-level mathematics courses with a keen interest in Number Theory. She attended the prestigious Canada/USA Mathcamp and the highly selective University of Virginia REU (2020, 2021) as the youngest researcher there. She is grateful to have worked with world-renowned mathematicians in her fields of interest, and has co-authored four number theory publications, with two in progress. Apoorva has received several worldwide recognitions for her achievements in mathematics, such as her performance in the 2018 NBC National TV show Genius Junior, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, and global awards such as the prestigious Davidson Fellow Laureate, Steven S. Strogatz Prize for Math Communication, Spirit of Ramanujan Fellowship, and 2020 Global Child Prodigy Award. She is a World Science Scholar, one among a select few internationally. Apoorva is an enthusiastic artist who loves to oil paint & sketch portraits. She is the founder of Apoorva Panidapu’s Art Gallery, an online platform to share her artwork & raise funds for charity and social reform. Her story & paintings have been featured on Artists for Peace, Stone Soup, and Ellen & Cheerio's “One Million Acts of Good.” She is the grand prize winner of the NASA Langley Research Center’s Centennial Student Art Contest, as well as a recipient of the Diana Award & 6 Presidential Volunteer Service Awards. Apoorva is a global speaker who encourages girls, gender minorities, and youth to pursue STEAM fearlessly. In addition to her art gallery and Gems in STEM, she is a global ambassador for GLAM (Girls Leadership Academy Meetup), where she helps encourage girls aged 8-12 from diverse backgrounds to pursue leadership and careers in tech. Her mission is to encourage others to use their gifts to make a difference in the world. She has helped raise more than $50,000 to support children around the world by using her gifts in math and art to try and give back. In her spare time, Apoorva enjoys playing the violin, practicing kung fu, and reading classical literature. Apoorva aspires to combine pure mathematics, art, and humanities to change the world. Apoorva's monthly newsletter, ''Letter? I Hardly Know Her!'' - https://apoorvapanidapu.substack.com/