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2026

1. Setting Traps for Viruses
   Hertz Foundation, September
2. Antibody cocktails could steer viruses into evolutionary dead ends
   Phys.org, September
3. How to build an evolutionary trap for viruses
   Harvard FAS Current, September

2025

1. AI and biophysics unite to forecast high-risk viral variants before outbreaks
   Medical Xpress, July
2. Forecasting the next variant
   Harvard Gazette, July
3. Vaibhav Mohanty wins DBIO Early Career Prize Session, First Place
   Harvard Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, April

2024

1. Fitness, Physics, and Fighting Pathogens
   Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, June

2023

1. Scientists Find 'Pure Math' At Work in Evolutionary Genetics
   Yahoo Finance (Cover Media video), September
2. Scientists Discover 'Pure Math' Is Written Into Evolutionary Genetics
   ScienceAlert, September
3. Scientists uncover hidden math that governs genetic mutations
   Live Science, August
4. Scientists uncover hidden math that governs genetic mutations
   Yahoo (via Live Science), August
5. Scientists uncover a surprising connection between number theory and evolutionary genetics
   Phys.org, August
6. Scientists uncover a surprising connection between number theory and evolutionary genetics
   ScienceDaily, August
7. Scientists Uncover a Surprising Link Between Pure Mathematics and Genetics
   SciTechDaily, August
8. Vaibhav Mohanty named 2023 Hertz Fellow
   Harvard Gazette, June
9. Six with MIT ties win 2023 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
   MIT News, June
10. Hertz Foundation Announces 2023 Hertz Fellows
    Hertz Foundation, May
11. 6 HMS Students Receive Soros Fellowships
    Harvard Medical School, April
12. The 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans Are Announced
    Forbes, April
13. Six from MIT awarded 2023 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
    MIT News, April
14. 2023 Fellows: Announcement in the New York Times
    Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, April

2018

1. 6 Indian Americans among 2019 Marshall Scholarship recipients
   News India Times, December
2. Vaibhav Mohanty and Three Other New Marshall Scholars Gaze Ahead
   India New England News, December
3. New Marshall scholars gaze ahead
   Harvard Gazette, December
4. Four Harvard Seniors Selected for Marshall Scholarship
   The Harvard Crimson, December
5. Four Harvard seniors headed to UK
   Harvard Gazette, December
6. UK Government announces 2019 Marshall Scholarship winners and largest class in scholarship history
   UK Government / British Embassy, December
7. 2018 Goldwater Scholars Announced
   APS News, May
8. 2018 Goldwater Scholarship Awards
   Barry Goldwater Scholarship Foundation, March
9. A medley of makers
   Harvard SEAS, February

2017

1. Image resolution enhancer wins HackMIT
   The Tech (MIT), September

2015

1. Odisha boy creating waves in USA as a music composer
   Sambad English, February