A fighter, a musician or a science whiz - all of these define one person,
Alia Sabur
This child prodigy has been all over the news lately for being recognized as the world's youngest college professor. At 18, she broke the 300-year-old record held by a student of physicist Isaac Newton.
By 14, Alia had earned a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Stony Brook University; she went on to earn an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University. She was then hired as a full-time faculty Professor at Konkuk University in Seoul, South Korea.
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In addition to her unprecedented academic achievements, Alia has been performing with orchestras since her solo debut at 11 and was billed a music prodigy. Alia also has a black belt in the Korean martial art of tae kwon do!
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