Emily Ren is the co-founder of the STEM for Humanity Coalition, and serves as President (2024-26) on the student board of the STEM for Humanity Coalition.
Deeply passionate about the intersection of biomedical sciences, computer science, and math, Emily is currently a sophomore studying Computational Biology on the Pre-Med track at Brown University in Rhode Island, USA.
Emily has authored a math paper on graph theory and the book “Data Science for Biology,” and interned at the IT department of Boeing. She proposed biological experiments for high-powered rockets, which helped her NASA Student Launch team win first place in payload design in June 2024. In high school, Emily held several leadership roles, serving as president of her school’s 4-year STEM diploma program, co-captain of the Science Bowl team, and co-president of the USA Biology Olympiad Club. She was a two-time USA Biology Olympiad semifinalist, an AIME qualifier and Distinction Award recipient, and a National Merit Scholar (2023-24). More recently, Emily received the Top Academic Honors Award at the UC Irvine Medical School’s Summer Surgery Program in 2024. Since the age of 15, Emily has been teaching weekly science classes and has received the President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award (2021-24) in multiple years. In her spare time, Emily enjoys reading, traveling, and playing the piano and the cello. She served as the cello section leader in her high school’s Symphony Orchestra, which received second place in the National Orchestra Cup in March 2024.
Captions: (Upper Left) Emily holds the rocket payload device containing a Mimosa pudica plant at a rocket launch site with her teammates in 2022. (Upper Right) Emily presents her math research on graph theory at the Los Angeles County Science Fair in 2023. (Middle Right) Emily attends the US Naval Academy’s Summer STEM Program in 2021. (Lower Left) Emily conducts a biomedical experiment at a UCI lab in 2022. (Lower Right) Emily enjoys playing the cello. (Courtesy of the Ren family)