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Rise Global Winner 2021

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2021 winner

Ahmad Zafar

Pakistan

Ahmad’s passion is to improve and benefit society through his scientific innovations. He was selected for the National STEM school where he took lectures on synthetic biology, quantum computing and myocardial regeneration. He won a distinction for the most accurate deep learning model for detecting cancer. He developed a shoe for the blind using Arduino and finished 3rd in a nationwide competition. For his Rise project, he worked on ways to make blood easily available to patients suffering from an inherited blood disorder called Thalassemia.