Rishika Porandla

Position
Undergraduate class of 28
Role
AST250/251 Class student
Bio/Description

Rishika Porandla is a Princeton University freshman pursuing a major in Astrophysics with minors in Statistics & Machine Learning and Computer Science. As a six-time NASA intern, she currently contributes to mission development research at NASA Headquarters within the Planetary Science Division of the Science Mission Directorate. Rishika serves as the Director at Large for the Texas Astronomical Society (TAS) and as the Executive Director of Spacetime Archives, an international outreach program where she spearheads collaborations with NASA to deliver Astro Camps and STEM initiatives globally. Her research experience spans institutions, including Harvard University, the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Pulsar Group, and MIT. She has earned recognition as a USAID Science Champion, CERN BL4S Global Finalist, and Cameron Impact Finalist.