Keiana Cavé

Keiana Cavé
Personal details
Born Keiana Ashli Cavé
(1998-04-14) April 14, 1998
New Orleans, Louisiana
Alma mater University of Michigan
Profession Science/Energy/Engineering
Website Official Website

Keiana Cavé is an American Entrepreneur. She is also a student at the University of Michigan studying chemical engineering. She was honored in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2017 in the "Energy and Cleantech" Category.[1][2][3] Keiana is one of the youngest changemakers to be featured on the list.[4] She is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. Keiana began her own independent research on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill with a focus on nanotechnology at the University of New Orleans at 15. Now, she has two published scientific research papers and two patents.[5] After placing second at Intel ISEF in the Earth and Environmental Sciences category for her project, “A Method for Identifying the Photoproducts, Mechanisms, and Toxicity of Petroleum from the Deepwater Horizon by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and DNPHi Derivatization,”[6] Keiana became a member of Tulane University's Van Bael Lab where she continued her oil spill research with a focus on bacterial and fungal endophytes.[7]

As a lab technician, she worked with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[8] Her work has been awarded with the United States Air Force Certificate of Achievement. One of her published research papers articulates her designed method that allows the EPA to develop certain aldehydes or toxins that form as photo-products during oil spills. As a result of her research successes, the MIT Lincoln Laboratory and NASA have named an asteroid after her. They named the identified orbiting rock 2000 GD136 as Keianacave.[9] This type of honor is shared by less than 15,000 people. The planet was discovered in 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory team.[10][11][12]

Career

She is a former Web Design Recruit for Microsoft, Environmental Field Scientist for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and an MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp alumna.[2] After studying under Tulane University, she spent a summer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp and developed a molecule that could become the world’s next dominant oil spill dispersant. Recently, she raised $1.2 million in funding from Chevron to continue researching the molecule. At the Forbes convention, she met celebrities like Ashton Kutcher, Richard Branson, Jessica Alba, and Elon Musk.

Keiana is the CEO of Meter, her startup business. This application aims to provide cost and location information for parking spots in downtown areas of New Orleans. She and her partner presented the startup to Elon Musk during the Under 30 Summit.[13]

Throughout her freshman year of college, Keiana has become the University of Michigan's Student of the Year[14], and was recently awarded the 2017 Faces of Impact Prize by Impact Squared[15]. She has also become a social media influencer after accepting offers to post sponsored Instagram ads for Lululemon athletica, Francesca’s Clothing, and various boutiques. She has been featured in campaigns by MTV[16], College Fashionista, and Forbes. Keiana recently delivered a TEDx talk in Barcelona to use her platform to inspire others. Soon after her TEDx Talk, Keiana delivered the commencement speech[17] at Lusher Charter School, her alma mater in New Orleans.

Keiana is working at Intel Corporation for the Summer of 2017 as a technical intern.

Honors

Published works

References

  1. ↑ "Forbes 30 Under 30 List Packed With Groundbreaking Women Leaders (Including Her Agenda’s Founder!) | HER AGENDA". heragenda.com. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  2. 1 2 "Keiana Cavé Forbes 30 under 30, Energy". MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  3. ↑ Lusher Charter. "Lusher Alumni Named in 30 Under 30". Lusher Charter School. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Meet the ‘Youngest’ change-makers in Forbes 2017 list of 30 under 30". Manila Standard. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  5. ↑ "International Journal of Science - Aug 2015 Magazine". www.ihsjs.com. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  6. ↑ (LSU), Louisiana State University. "Louisiana Students Participate in Intel International Science and Engineering Fair". www.lsu.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  7. ↑ Cedric Richmond (23 February 2016). "Honoring the Academic Achievements of Keiana Cave". Congressional Record. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Scholar Keiana Cave is simply superb and highly spoken now – MotivateMe.in". motivateme.in. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  9. ↑ "NASA names asteroid for New Orleans student scientist". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  10. ↑ "Planet Named for Lusher Student’s Achievements ← opsb.us". opsb.us. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  11. ↑ Cedric Richmond (23 February 2016). "Honoring the Academic Achievements of Keiana Cave". Congressional Record. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  12. ↑ Danielle Dreilinger (19 January 2016). "NASA names asteroid for New Orleans student scientist". NOLA. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Alyssa Brandon (28 October 2016). "University students join Forbes Under 30 Summit for perspectives on innovation, entrepreneurship". Innovate Blue. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Student of the Year: Keiana Cavé". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  15. ↑ "Impact Squared | Home". Impact Squared | Home. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  16. ↑ "MTV and Viacom Join the ANA's #SeeHer Initiative With Campaign for Women's History Month". Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  17. ↑ "Lusher Grad Cavé Gives TEDx Talk, Will Be Lusher's 2017 Commencement Speaker - Biz New Orleans - May 2017". www.bizneworleans.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  18. ↑ "IHSJS - Aug 2015 Magazine". www.ihsjs.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
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