Joshua Meier

Joshua Meier has a broad range of interests including science, history, entrepreneurship, and ancient Hebraic texts. His passion for science began at age 4 when he received his first computer game as a birthday gift. At the age of 5, he opened his first email account, and by 8, began programming. Later, Joshua's interests expanded to cultural roots - he placed first in the world at the International Jerusalem Contest and two years later, sixth place globally at the International Bible Contest. He integrates science and history through entrepreneurship where he specializes in revitalizing ancient texts as modern iPhone and iPad apps. In his high school laboratory, he researched and discovered novel molecular properties of mitochondria in stem cells which could lead to improved stem cell and cancer therapies. Joshua's contagious excitement for science has led him to win top awards at Intel ISEF and be named a Google Science Fair finalist.