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PREETI KRISHNAMANI
Rollins hasn’t built a network of outside experts for supports. “It’s just my professors, and I’m learning as I go along,” she says.
After she graduates from Temple, Rollins plans to study for her Ph.D. and then make a career in researching med- ical devices. “I want to go into a lab and invent something that helps the world,” she says.
When she’s in that lab, she doesn’t expect to be working alone. She intends to surround herself with a knowledge- able team, either at a university or in
a private setting. “When you have a
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Ph.D., you’re the lead scientist, you’re the entrepreneur.”
Her life experiences have given her confidence. “In Delaware, you learn to get along with everybody, and at Tower Hill, 30 of the 70 classmates I graduated with, I’ve known for 14 years,” she says. “That shaped my teamwork and helped me develop my people skills.”
PREETI KRISHNAMANI:
WORKING TO REDUCE ARSENIC CONT AMINA TION
From her parents’ lush vegeta- ble garden in the backyard of their
Hockessin home to a yearning to better understand her Indian heritage, Preeti Krishnamani has embarked on a jour- ney of discovery — one that has already brought her national recognition and more than $25,000 in prizes.
A 2019 graduate of the Charter School of Wilmington, Krishnamani reached the finals of the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search, traveling to Washington, D.C., in March to describe her research on how to minimize arsenic contamination in rice paddies in India and other areas of southeastern and eastern Asia.
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