Meghana Pannala

McNair Center Staff

Research Team
Meghana Pannala
Staff Information
Name	Meghana Pannala
Degree	BA
Major	CAAM; MTEC
Class of	2018
Join Date	2/08/2017
Skills	MATLAB, Python, R
Interests	Public Policy, Trivia, Science
Fun Fact	Learned to ride a motorcycle at age 13!
Email	mrp10@rice.edu
Status	Active
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Meghana is a 21 year old student at Rice University currently working as a Research Assistant for the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy's McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Biography

Meghana was born in Hyderabad, India and immigrated, with her family, to the United States when she was three years old. Since then, she has lived in six different states: Ohio, California, Pennsylvania, Maine, Virginia, and Texas. She currently considers the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. her home, where she lives with her parents and one younger sister.

Education

In Virginia, Meghana attended the Loudoun County Academy of Science, a magnet STEM high school, where she gained a passion for mathematics. She now studies both economics and applied mathematics as a third-year undergraduate at Rice University. She has a particular interest in macroeconomics, and optimization.

Experience

At Rice, Meghana spends her free time mentoring refugee youth, getting involved at her residential college, Lovett, and planning Rice's annual TEDx conference.

Time at McNair

Meghana Pannala (Work Log)