Kelly Liu

Kelly Liu is a junior at Valley Christian High School committed to advocating for environmental sustainability and advancing public health in underserved communities through technology. At the University of Maryland, MIT, Harvard, and the ISS research lab, she is working on projects ranging from creating advanced wildfire detection system using machine learning to building a novel multimodal EEG forecasting architecture that has the potential to advance early warning systems for seizure and epileptic shock identification. As a national Modeling the Future Challenge Finalist, she built a machine learning model to detect and forecast harmful algal blooms, where she is presenting her findings at the American Geophysical Union Conference and Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Through her passion in advocacy, she leads her nonprofit ConServe, to fight air pollution, where she uses geographic information systems (GIS) to create comprehensive risk maps identifying schools facing high risk of air pollution. Through these efforts, Kelly has partnered with educators and students to install two particulate sensors in local elementary schools, making air pollution visible. She also develops and delivers low-cost STEM kits to local elementary schools to equip students with the tools they need to learn about environmental science.