Jack Andraka is a Maryland high school student who at age 15 created a novel paper sensor that detects pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancer in five minutes for as little as three cents.
He conducted his research at Johns Hopkins University and is the winner of the Gordon E. Moore award at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, and was the First Lady's guest at the State of The Union Address. He was also named a Champion of Change by President Obama for his work to break down scientific journal paywalls.
He has spoken at TED Long Beach, over 16 TEDx events including the House of Parliament, is the youngest speaker at the Royal Society if Medicine, has been featured on 60 minutes, World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer, NPR Marketplace, Popular Science, BBC, and Al Jazeera as well as an award winning documentaries including "You don't know Jack", by Morgan Spurlock.
Jack is currently working at the Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center on nanorobots and improvements on his sensor. He is also worked extensively on environmental issues and has developed an ultra inexpensive water filter for developing nations made from recycled plastic water bottles. Jack also speaks about open access, STEM education and universal Internet availability.
Jack is also on the national junior wildwater kayaking team, has won awards at multiple national and international math competitions.
To learn more about the amazing achievements and research of Jack Andraka, please visit www.jackandraka.net, kackandraka . Follow him on Instagram & Twitter @jackandraka .