Young Scientist Award 2025
Chan Yi Hao
Principal Investigator
A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
"For his research on viral encephalitis, revealing how the brain defends itself from life-threatening viral infections."
Andy Tay Kah Ping
Presidential Young Professor
National University of Singapore
"For advancing biomaterial-based therapies that modulate immune responses to improve diabetic wound healing and enhance cancer immunotherapy outcomes."
Liu Ziwei
Nanyang Assistant Professor
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
"For his contributions to the field of generative AI, in particular, how it perceives, understands and recreates the visual world around us."
Wang Xinchao
Presidential Young Professor
National University of Singapore
"For advancing machine learning techniques that train compact AI models using limited resources, while achieving the capabilities of larger AI systems."