Naomi Shah won the 2011 Google Science Fair in the age 15-16 category.
Naomi Shah's first word was "why." She went from pestering her parents with questions about organic chemistry and nuclear energy, to a resarch project that developed a novel mathematical model for the effects of air polution on asthmatics. That work won her first place in the Google Science Fair age 15-16 category.
“I want everyone here to re-imagine a world where instead of prescribing steroids, inhalers and medication, the doctor turns to Julie and says, ‘Why don't you go home and clean out your air filters?‘”