Shreyashi Kumar

Shreyashi Kumar is a senior at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School. Her STEM interests lie at the intersection of medical biotechnology and biomaterials science. For the past two summers, she has conducted research at Rutgers University’s Hybrid Micro/Nanomanufacturing Laboratory, developing biosourced microneedle arrays for transdermal drug delivery as an alternative to synthetic arrays. Shreyashi has presented her research at the 2025 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting and Exhibit and the Electrostatics Society of America 2026 Annual Meeting. She serves as president of her school’s Key Club, Spanish Honor Society, and McNexus Research and Journalism Club and is secretary and newsletter writer for the Youth Foundation of Jersey City. Shreyashi also captains her school’s varsity swim team and enjoys traveling, tutoring younger students, and spending time with her family.