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Arushi Nath

Toronto, Canada

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Recipient of 35+ national and international awards spanning planetary defense and asteroid science, exoplanet science, open science, and technology for public good.

Selected highlights, followed by a complete list.

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Selected Honors
  • International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) — Grand Award (2025)
  • Foresight Fellow (2025)
  • Masason Scholarship — Full-ride international scholarship (2024–present)
  • European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) — Grand Award (2023)
  • Royal Astronomical Society of Canada — Young Astronomer Award (2023)
  • Canada’s Top Young Scientist Award (2022, 2023)
  • NASA Space Apps Challenge — Global Winner (2020) 

đź›° Planetary Defense & Asteroid Science

Developing Algorithms to Determine Asteroids’ Physical Properties & Deflection Success

  • EUCYS Second Prize (2023)
  • Top Award of Canada-Wide Science Fair + Gold Medal, Innovation Awards, Astronomy Awards (2023)
  • University of Toronto — Physics & Earth Sciences Awards
  • Royal Astronomical Society of Canada — Multiple Astronomy Awards

Accelerated Asteroid Characterization (PhAst)

  • Toronto Science Fair — Gold Medal (2024)
  • University of Toronto — Mathew Shawn McConville Award (2024)

Strengthening Planetary Defense: Detecting Unknown Asteroids

  • Best of Canada-Wide Science Fair (Innovation) (2022)
  • Multiple Gold Medals and Astronomy Awards

🌌 Exoplanets & Computational Astrophysics

NEPTUNE — N-body Exoplanet Prediction Using Transit Timing Variations

  • Regeneron ISEF — Third Grand Award (2025)
  • Canada-Wide Science Fair — Gold Medal + Aerospace Challenge Award (2025)
  • Royal Astronomical Society of Canada — Excellence in Astronomy Award
  • University of Toronto — Physics Award
  • Toronto Science Fair — Gold Medal (2025)

đź”­ Instrumentation, Citizen Science, & Outreach

  • Young Astronomers Award — Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2023)
  • Ontario Volunteers Service Award (2023)
  • Andrew Elvins Award — Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2022)
  • Jesse Ketchum Award — Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2018)

🌍 Technology and Open Data for Public Good

  • Masason Scholar (2024)
  • MIT Solve — Solv[ED] Micro-Grant (2022)

📚 Complete Awards List (2014–2025)

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2014

2025

Third Grand Award. International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Columbus, Ohio. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: NEPTUNE: Unseen Exoplanet Prediction Using TTV, Press Release.

Foresight Fellow. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her Ongoing Work on Planetary Defense. https://foresight.org/fellowship/2025-fellow-arushi-nath/

Challenge Award - Aerospace at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2025. Youth Science Canada. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: NEPTUNE: N-body Exoplanet Prediction using TTVs for Unseen Exoplanets. 

Gold Medal at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2025. Youth Science Canada. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: NEPTUNE: N-body Exoplanet Prediction using TTVs for Unseen Exoplanets.

Excellence in Astronomy Award at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2025.  Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: NEPTUNE: N-body Exoplanet Prediction using TTVs for Unseen Exoplanets. 

Gold Medal. 2025 Toronto Science Fair. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project:  NEPTUNE: N-body Exoplanet Prediction using TTVs for Unseen Exoplanets.

University of Toronto Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences Award (Physics) 2025. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: NEPTUNE: N-body Exoplanet Prediction using TTVs for Unseen Exoplanets.

Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Award 2025. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: NEPTUNE: N-body Exoplanet Prediction using TTVs for Unseen Exoplanets.

2024

Masason Scholar. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her Ongoing Work on Using Technology for Public Good, Press Release.

Gold Medal. 2024 Toronto Science Fair. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project:  Accelerated Asteroid Characterization Using PhAst.

University of Toronto Department of Earth Sciences Mathew Shawn McConville Award 2024. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Accelerated Asteroid Characterization Using PhAst.

Regional Award Winner. Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her Ongoing use of Technology for Public Good 

2023

Second Prize. European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS). Brussels. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project Developing algorithms to determine asteroid’s physical properties and success of deflection missions, Press Release.

Young Astronomers Award 2023. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her numerous space exploration-related projects.

Best Project Award (Innovation) at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2023.  Youth Science Canada and Gwyn Morgan & Patricia Trottier Foundation. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Developing Algorithms to Determine Asteroid’s Physical Properties and Success of Deflection Missions.

Youth Can Innovate Award at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2023. Gwyn Morgan & Patricia Trottier Foundation. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Developing Algorithms to Determine Asteroid’s Physical Properties and Success of Deflection Missions.

Challenge Award - Curiosity and Ingenuity at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2023. Youth Science Canada. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Developing Algorithms to Determine Asteroid’s Physical Properties and Success of Deflection Missions.

Gold Medal at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2023. Youth Science Canada. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Developing Algorithms to Determine Asteroid’s Physical Properties and Success of Deflection Missions.

Excellence in Astronomy Award at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2023.  Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Developing Algorithms to Determine Asteroid’s Physical Properties and Success of Deflection Missions.

The Actuarial Foundation of Canada Award at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2023. The Actuarial Foundation of Canada. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Developing Algorithms to Determine Asteroid’s Physical Properties and Success of Deflection Missions.

Team Toronto Travel Award to Canada-Wide Science Fair. University of Toronto -Office of the Vice-Principal Research and Innovation Award. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Developing Algorithms to Determine the Physical Properties of Asteroids.

Gold Medal. 2023 Toronto Science Fair. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Developing Algorithms to Determine the Physical Properties of Asteroids.

University of Toronto Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences Award (Physics) Award. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Developing Algorithms to Determine the Physical Properties of Asteroids.

Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Award. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project: Developing Algorithms to Determine the Physical Properties of Asteroids.

Mentee of the Year Award 2023. Tundra STEM. Awarded to Arushi Nath for her Ongoing contributions to STEM. 

2022

Best of the 2022 Canada Wide Science Fair Award (Innovation). 2022 Canada Wide Science Fair. Awarded to Arushi Nath for the project: Strengthening Planetary Defense: Detecting Unknown Asteroids using Open Data, Math, and Python.    (Press Release by Youth Science Canada).
Award for Excellence in Astronomy. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 2022. Awarded to Arushi Nath for the project: Strengthening Planetary Defense: Detecting Unknown Asteroids using Open Data, Math, and Python. Canada Wide Science Fair.

Andrew Elvins Award 2022. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Awarded to Arushi Nath in recognition of her achievements in citizen science and promotion of the RASC Toronto Centre. 
Solv[ED] Micro-grant Award. MIT. Awarded to Arushi Nath for the project: Measuring Tree Density of Urban Parks.

2021

Best Hardware Award. ElleHacks 2021 Hackathon: Awarded to Arushi Nath for her project Drones for Green City Zones. https://tinyurl.com/2scphejg

2020

Honorable Mention for TRAPPIST-1: Light and Sound Model. The Art of Planetary Science 2020. A Virtual Exhibition of Space and Planetary Themed Art, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. University of Arizona, USA. https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/art/2020
Judges Favourite Coolest Project Challenge: The Masked Scales, The Sonification of the Impact of Covid19 Lockdown Into a Lockdown Musical. Organised by Raspberry Pi Foundation.  https://online.coolestprojects.org/projects/677
NASA SpaceApps 2020 COVID19 Challenge Global Winners: Arushi became global winner for the project “The Masked Scales”  from 1422 projects from 150 countries. https://covid19.spaceappschallenge.org/awards

BMT-Global Home STEM Challenge Global Winner 2020: Awarded to Arushi Nath for her Dragonfly DroNeS project by BMT as the winner of their Global Home STEM Challenge.  https://www.bmt.org/news/2020/announcing-winner-stem-home-challenge

North America Runners Up. Micro:Bit Do Your Bit Global Challenge 2020. Awarded to Arushi Nath by Micro:bit Educational Foundation. https://microbit.org/projects/do-your-bit/winners/2020/

2019

Imagining the Skies RASC 150 Winner 2019. Awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada for our TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanetary Light and Sound model project. https://rasc.ca/imagining-skies-winners
NASA Space Apps Toronto Winner 2019 and Global Nominee. Awarded to Arushi Nath for the project: Schools and NASA Aiding Climate Action by Kids (S.N.A.C.K). https://hotpoprobot.com/2020/01/04/my-satellite-data-and-climate-change-project-wins-spaceapps-toronto-2019-and-is-a-global-nominee/
Canada’ Favourite Science Blog. People’s Choice Award. 2019 Finalist. Awarded by Science Writers and Communicators of Canada and Science Borealis. https://sciencewriters.ca/peopleschoice

2018

Jesse Ketchum Award 2018, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto.  Presented to members who have done considerable work in the construction and/or application of equipment suitable for astronomical observation.
NASA Space Apps Toronto Winner 2018 Awarded the Global Nominee and People’s Choice Award for our project “Deep Space Musical”- the musical of our universe.
2018 Emerald Code Grand Prize Winners  Awarded for our project “Trappist 1 Exoplanetary Model: Sound and Light Show”. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-UG42noXw
2018 Science Odyssey First Prize Winners Awarded for science outreach during Science Rendezvous at the University of Toronto.

2017

Canadian Space Agency SpaceApps Winner 2017 Awarded for transforming images from the Canadian Satellite RadarSat-2 into the #Canada 150 logo.  https://hotpoprobot.com/2017/08/02/visit-to-the-canadian-space-agency-2/

2016

Climathon 2016 First Prize Winners and Climate Hero Award Won it for our “Fix the Six” project to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector by 5% by planting more trees and improving tree density alongside streets and community parks.

2015

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