Piotr Lazarek

Scholarship years:

2024

Area of expertise

Entrepreneurship

An innovator who quickly gained recognition on the international scientific stage. At the age of 16, he began working on an autonomous ion-selective analyzer, accelerating the process of soil testing. Two years later, he became the first and only Pole to win first place at Intel ISEF – the world's largest competition for young scientists. Piotr has presented his solution at conferences in the UK, Switzerland, the USA, Israel, China, and South Africa. After completing his education at a British high school, he was admitted to the prestigious Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, where he studies Computer Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and business at the Wharton School. This program admits only 50 people worldwide each year. Piotr received the Naren Udayagiri Scholarship Award for the best student in the program in recognition of his outstanding academic achievements.