Three researchers and one team were honoured at the President’s Science and Technology Awards.
“We were looking for molecules that emit very brightly and have a long lifetime... so we picked one that looked most promising, but we found something unusual,” said the Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor from the National University of Singapore , adding that every step towards the discovery was curiosity driven.
This discovery bagged her the 2024 President’s Science Award, making her the first woman scientist to win the prize as an individual. The individual winners of the President’s Science and Technology Awards – Professor Liu Bin, Professor Richard Parker and Professor Ho Teck Hua. ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG “There are many people who have worked with me over the past decade to nurture a pipeline of top talent and build strong R&D ecosystems for Singapore. Therefore, this really is a team award,” he added.
The President’s Technology Award was given to a team, led by Professor Malini Olivo of the A*Star Skin Research Labs, in recognition of their development of a groundbreaking optical wearable technology to measure respiratory and lung physiological parameters.
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