2015

President’s Science & Technology Medal

Tan Gee Paw

Chairman, PUB Singapore

“For his pivotal role in harnessing science and technology to enable Singapore to achieve sustainable water supply, and to become a global water hub. He formulated Singapore’s first water master plan in 1972 and played a central role in the development of Singapore’s NEWater and desalination capabilities. His outstanding leadership in Singapore’s water R&D effort has made a profound impact on water sustainability, and spawned a thriving water and environment research, development and industry ecosystem in Singapore.”

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President's Science Award

Professor Patrick Tan

Cancer and Stem Cell Biology
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore/Genome Institute of Singapore

Professor Teh Bin Tean

Division of Medical Sciences
National Cancer Centre Singapore

Professor Steven Rozen

Cancer and Stem Cell Biology and Centre for Computational Biology
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore

“For outstanding integrative and translational research in Asian cancer genomics” Download Full Citation

President's Technology Award

Professor Neal Tai-Shung Chung

Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore

"For his outstanding research work on various novel membrane technologies, especially for water treatment, that have shown significant potential to make desalination more energy efficient and environmentally friendly, and that have helped to establish Singapore as a leading research centre for water research" Download Full Citation