Melinda Hu

I graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, concentrating in Business Analytics and Entrepreneurial Management.
Awards & Recognitions:
- 2020 Beverly Virany Memorial Prize - Graduating Senior Award for Wharton
- 2020 President’s Engagement Prize - Finalist for Bloom, an initiative dedicated to the mental health of young Asian Americans
- 2018-2019, 2016-2017 - Dean's List
- 2018 - Wharton Social Impact (TSIS) Summer Funding Award
- 2017 - 1st… Show more

I graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, concentrating in Business Analytics and Entrepreneurial Management.
Awards & Recognitions:
- 2020 Beverly Virany Memorial Prize - Graduating Senior Award for Wharton
- 2020 President’s Engagement Prize - Finalist for Bloom, an initiative dedicated to the mental health of young Asian Americans
- 2018-2019, 2016-2017 - Dean's List
- 2018 - Wharton Social Impact (TSIS) Summer Funding Award
- 2017 - 1st Place in 2017 APT Case Competition
- 2017 - Wharton Startup Internship Award Recipient (Wharton Entrepreneurship) Show less

I was a student entrepreneur during MIT Launch, a 4-week program for high school students sponsored by MIT. During this time, I co-founded Optimeyes, a mobile vision screening application that aims to provide accessibility and convenience for parents in checking their child's vision and seeking professional eye care. Knowing that 1 in 4 children has some kind of vision problem, and at least 50% of these problems go unaddressed, I sought to make parents and children alike to become more active… Show more

I was a student entrepreneur during MIT Launch, a 4-week program for high school students sponsored by MIT. During this time, I co-founded Optimeyes, a mobile vision screening application that aims to provide accessibility and convenience for parents in checking their child's vision and seeking professional eye care. Knowing that 1 in 4 children has some kind of vision problem, and at least 50% of these problems go unaddressed, I sought to make parents and children alike to become more active in their eye health in an easy way.

As Co-Founder, my responsibilities involved:
- implementing day-to-day and long-term plans
- designing promotional materials and the app itself
- communicating to potential customers
- addressing gaps that still need to be filled, organizing the team, networking, and so on. Show less

I attended Columbia's Science Honors Program. I've taken the Neuroscience, Genetics and Biodiversity, Therapeutics, and Organic Chemistry classes.

I researched at the Biosphere 2 in Tucson, Arizona. I worked in the ocean biome and the mangroves, studying the growth of different kinds of algae. I completed a scientific research poster by the end of the summer program.