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Research that leaves the lab.

Two sustainability ventures built from my own research — a spray that hydrates plants without water, and glass that cools buildings with no energy at all.

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Bringing Innovation to Life

Prototype, test, pitch, sell — and keep iterating with real customers.

Venture 01

VerdureVeil

Sustainability · CEO & Founder · 2025 — Present

CEO and founder of a plant spray that hydrates plants without water, built for drought environments and irrigation-poor regions. 500+ customers across California, Texas, and Singapore, $2,000+ raised, and 2nd Place in the North American Division Finals of the Global Youth Entrepreneurship Competition.

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Venture 02

StellaShield

Clean Tech · COO & Co-Founder · 2024 — Present

COO and co-founder of a glass innovation for passive cooling — a PNIPAM water gel layer between two panes that regulates heat with no energy use, cutting consumption and CO2 emissions. Gold Award in the Diamond Challenge pitch round and the Conrad Innovator Award.

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Competitions & Recognition

Where the ventures have been tested against other founders.

  • 2nd Place, North American Division Finals — GYEC, Aug 2026
  • Companies' Choice Award — GYEC, Aug 2026
  • Best Use of Tools, Megatrends Innovation Sprint — W.L. Gore & Associates, Diamond Challenge, Apr 2026
  • Top 250 Global Team — Blue Ocean Challenge, Apr 2026
  • Conrad Innovator Award — Conrad Challenge, Jan 2026 and Jan 2025
  • Top 100 Emerging Innovator — University of Delaware Horn Entrepreneurship, Nov 2025
  • Gold Award, Pitching Round — Diamond Challenge Canada Site Qualifier, Feb 2025
  • Most Innovative Award, National Level — GYEC, June 2025

Beyond the Ventures

Conferences and programs that shaped how the ventures are built.

Stanford Youth Leadership Conference

Selected as 1 of 100 youth leaders to work on Hepatitis B prevention, presenting a full prevention timeline to Stanford keynote speakers and judges with a team of eight.

Limitless World Summit

Collaborated with 100+ student entrepreneurs worldwide on sustainability and social-impact ventures, earning a Best Use of Tools award for a solution addressing the poverty SDG.

Stanford Technology in Healthcare Internship

Fall 2025 intern analyzing real-world healthcare challenges at the intersection of medicine, engineering, and entrepreneurship through case-based projects.

Explore a collaboration.

Research, engineering and community collaborations.

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