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President's Science & Technology Awards (PSTA)

2009

Meet the 2009 President's Science & Technology Awards winners.

Last updated 10 June 2026

President’s Science & Technology Medal

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Professor Miranda Yap

Executive Director, Bioprocessing Technology Institute
Executive Director, A*STAR Graduate Academy
Agency for Science, Technology and Research

“For her sustained, distinguished and strategic contributions to Singapore’s Biomedical Sciences landscape particularly in the areas of developing the biologics industry sector, building the research culture and nurturing young talent"

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President's Science Award

Image of Aung Tin and team

Associate Professor Aung Tin

Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Professor Roger Beuerman

Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Professor Donald Tan

Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

“For their innovative breakthroughs in “bench-to‐bedside” medical research in blinding corneal diseases, leading to major advancements in scientific knowledge and treatment of corneal blindness” Download Full Citation

President's Technology Award

Image of Goh Szu Huat and team

Mr Goh Szu Huat

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
SEMICAPS Pte Ltd, Singapore

Mr Alfred C.T. Quah

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
SEMICAPS Pte Ltd, Singapore

Professor Jacob C.H. Phang

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
SEMICAPS Pte Ltd, Singapore

Mr Chua Choon Meng

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
SEMICAPS Pte Ltd, Singapore

“For their outstanding contributions to the research, development and commercialisation of scanning optical microscope systems for design debug and failure analysis of advanced integrated circuits which have been adopted by some of the world’s top semiconductor manufacturers” Download Full Citation