Young Scientist Award

The YSA recognises to young researchers, aged 35 years and below, who are actively engaged in R&D in Singapore, and who have shown great potential to be world-class researchers in their fields of expertise. This award is organised by the Singapore National Academy of Science and supported by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research.

Recipients receive a trophy, certificate of commendation and a prize of S$10,000.

2008 Winners

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Dr David Chen
Chemical Synthesis Laboratory, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR
“For his work on synthetic chemistry and chemical biology, and application to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics”
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Assistant Professor Wang Hongyan
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
“For her research on neural stem cells self-renewal and differentiation and study on brain tumors”
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Assistant Professor Liu Bin
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
“For her research on polymer chemistry and the application of polymers in biosensors and solar cells”
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