2021

President’s Science & Technology Medal

Professor Ivy Ng

Group CEO, SingHealth
Clinical Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
Clinical Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Governing Board Member, Duke-NUS Medical School
Board Member, National Medical Research Council (NMRC)
Member, Human Health and Potential Executive Committee, National Research Foundation (NRF)

“For her outstanding leadership in the development of academic medicine in Singapore through advancing health and biomedical sciences research and innovation, nurturing clinical research talent, and establishing strategic partnerships among academia, healthcare and industry, to improve health and healthcare delivery.” Download Full Citation

Professor Sir Peter Gluckman

Chief Scientific Officer, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Visiting Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Director, Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland
Director Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland
President, International Science Council

“For his outstanding leadership in advancing health, clinical and biomedical sciences research, particularly the strengthening of developmental and early life research and enhancing Singapore’s human health and potential R&D capabilities” Download Full Citation

President's Science Award

Professor Chen Xiaodong

President’s Chair Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Director, Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Scientific Director, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Deputy Director, Singapore Hybrid-Integrated Next-Generation μ-Electronics Centre (SHINE)

“For his outstanding contribution to advanced materials research for soft bioelectronics capable of digitising biological senses and extending human sensing capabilities, and their application to advanced manufacturing and healthcare wearables.” Download Full Citation

Professor Wang Linfa

Professor, Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School
Executive Director, Programme for Research in Epidemic Preparedness and Responses (PREPARE), Ministry of Health

“In recognition of his stellar contributions to the field of bat biology and emerging viral diseases, and the successful translation of his discoveries into biomedical innovations that have helped combat several viral outbreaks, including the COVID-19 pandemic” Download Full Citation

President's Technology Award

Associate Professor Too Heng-Phon

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Associate Professor, NUS Centre for Cancer Research, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Co-founder, Chief Scientific Advisor and Non-Executive Chairman, MiRXES

“For his groundbreaking work in developing a method for accurate, versatile detection of microRNA disease biomarkers, leading to the clinical implementation of blood tests for early detection of diseases such as cancer” Download Full Citation

Young Scientist Awards

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Category

Dr Sarah Luo

Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

“For her research in the neural circuit underpinnings of appetite regulation” Download Full Citation

Physical, Information & Engineering Sciences Category

Dr Yvonne Gao

Presidential Young Professor, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore
Principal Investigator, Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore

“For her work on developing the key hardware building blocks for quantum computers” Download Full Citation

Dr Zhang Hanwang

Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

“For his pioneering and fundamental contributions to applied causality in AI” Download Full Citation