What AEOP program(s) did you participate in?

eCYBERMISSION

Tell us about yourself

Iishaan, a junior at Reedy High School in Frisco, Texas, became a member of the AEOP Alumni Council in early 2022. He focused on enhancing AEOP’s outreach initiatives and later served as the chair of the Council’s Leadership Subcommittee in 2023. He is an eCYBERMISSION alumnus, as well.

From 2021 to 2023, Iishaan represented students in the Frisco Independent School District (FISD) Legislative Leadership Committee, playing a role in shaping legislative priorities for the district. In 2023, he expanded his involvement by joining the FISD District Advisory Council, where he contributed to proposing bonds for community consideration.

With a deep interest in machine learning, statistics, computational biology and cognitive science, Iishaan embarked on an internship in 2024 at the Zhou Lab at UTSW focused on machine learning applications in genomics.

Looking ahead, Iishaan hopes to make significant contributions to AEOP through outreach and blog articles. Simultaneously, he aspires to actively contribute to ongoing machine learning research within the next year.