Kiara Nirghin

Inventor

Birthday February 25, 2000

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace South Africa

Age 24 years old

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About

Inventor, scientist, and speaker best known for inventing a biodegradable super-absorbent polymer made out of Orange Peels. She invented this during South Africa's worst droughts. Her invention led her to win the 2016 Google Science Fair. 

Before Fame

She attended Stanford University

Trivia

She made Time Magazine's Top 30 Most Influential Teens in 2016. She was nominated as a Regional Finalist of the 2018 United Nation's Young Champions of the Earth in 2018. 

Family Life

She is from South Africa. Her parents are Bob and Rekha Nirghin. She has three older siblings. 

Associated With

She was photographed with Maye Musk at the Carolina Herrera Spring Summer 2023 fashion show in 2022.