9 Scientists Who Are Changing The World At A Mere Age

By siliconindia | Tuesday, 20 January 2015, 11:15 Hrs

# Julia Schwarz, 25

Julia Schwarz is the co-founder of Qeexo, a company that redefines multi-touch devices. She did Ph.D in Human Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University.

She builds software that leverages probabilistic modeling, computer vision and machine learning to improve user interfaces.

Focusing on her scientific work, she has developed new palm rejection software for iOS, Android and has built prototypes to reconstruct 3D finger pose on unmodified Android devices.

She is a Columbia Science Fellow at Columbia University and Postdoctoral Researcher at the American Museum of Natural History

#Shaena Montanari, 27

Shaena Montanari is one of the youngest scientists in the list who has contributed towards significant advancements in environmental studies.

One of her studies included the use of stable isotope geochemistry to understand environmental and biological signatures in extant and extinct vertebrate remains.

She has conducted modern experimental research on natural variations in carbon and nitrogen isotopes of modern carnivores, which to this point are mostly unknown.

She has won various awards such as Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant in 2014 and IUGS Hutchison Young Scientist Award in 2012.