Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, a bright mind in modern physics, started her journey long before she entered a university classroom. At just 12, she started building a single-engine aircraft from a kit. By 14, she was flying it solo, even years before she was legally old enough to drive, according to a report in Times of India.
The Chicago-born physicist has since achieved significant milestones that few scientists can match. She graduated from MIT with a perfect 5.0 GPA, completed her PhD at Harvard, saw her research cited by the late Stephen Hawking.