Global media company MIT Technology Review has announced its annual list of Innovators Under 35′ for the Asia Pacific Region.
Among the 2020 Innovators Under 35 are researchers, inventors, and entrepreneurs whose work includes applications in agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, biomedicine, construction, energy, new materials, robotics, and water.
Selected from a pool of 200 exceptional candidates, the 2020 list is double the usual number for the APAC region.
“The 20 ‘Innovators Under 35’ are a group of exceptional young scientists pursuing research that — in many cases — relates to substantial challenges facing humanity. The potential impact of their research is further increased when it becomes the foundation of one or more products that form the core of a deep tech startup,” said Steve Leonard, Founding CEO, SGInnovate. “Building a company from scratch is always hard, and even more so in the Deep Tech space.”
Below is a brief description of the innovators:
Anastasia Volkova (Australia): The CEO and Founder of FluroSat built a crop monitoring and management tool to help agribusinesses globally grow better yields with fewer resources.
Bolei Zhou (Hong Kong): An Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Zhou developed a technique that makes AI models more understandable and trustworthy to humans.
Carine Lim (Singapore): A PhD candidate of the National University of Singapore, Lim spearheaded the development of a tool to unmask Alzheimer’s disease with a simple, accurate and cost-effective blood test.
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Chunfeng Wan (Singapore): The Technical Director of Meinhardt (Singapore), Wan developed membrane technologies to convert osmotic pressure to renewable osmotic energy.
Connor Talbot (New Zealand): The Co-founder of ProstheteX, Talbot is developing data-centric solutions to eliminate prosthetics pain and discomfort.
Dongliang (Donny) Chao (Australia): A Researcher at The University of Adelaide, Chao pioneered the development of new safe and low-cost battery technologies for next-generation reliable and scalable energy storage.
Gibran Huzaifah Asmi El Farizy (Indonesia): The CEO and Co-founder of eFishery, Asmi created an IoT smart-feeding solution that leverages on data and its network to increase fisheries’ efficiency and profitability.
Hao Guo (Hong Kong): A Postdoc Fellow at the University of Hong Kong, Guo invented an electricity- and chemical-free filter for rapid water purification for disaster relief.
Ka Yi Ling (Singapore): The Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Shiok Meats, Ling works on bringing crustacean meat to consumers by harvesting cells instead of animals.
Katherine A. Kim (Taiwan): An Associate Professor at the National Taiwan University, Kim developed power electronics and control to maximise solar photovoltaic power for emerging applications.
Lukasz Orlowski (Singapore): The Co-founder and CTO of Archanan, Orlowski developed a cloud-based supercomputing system emulation engine for supercomputing software development, testing and validation.
Mohammad Hossein Davood Abadi Farahani (Singapore): The Co-founder and CEO of SEPPURE, he has invented and commercialised a nanofiltration membrane that separates industrial chemical mixtures at a molecular level with minimal energy.
Nazanin Saeidi (Singapore): A Postdoc Researcher (Future Cities Laboratory), Singapore ETH Centre, she transforms, upcycles and repurposes organic waste to create a 100 per cent mycelium-bound composite material for the construction industry.
Ping Luo (Hong Kong): An Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong, Luo has developed computer vision and AI technologies to understand human behaviours such as facial expressions, emotions and social relationships.
Po-Yen Chen (Singapore): An Assistant Professor at NTU, Chen is developing mechanically patterned 2D materials towards the fabrication of stretchable electronics and smart soft robotics.
Sadaf Monajemi (Singapore): The Co-founder and CTO of See-Mode Technologies, Monajemi developed software that combines deep learning, signal processing, and text recognition to predict and prevent a stroke.
Stephanie Hui Kit Yap (Singapore): A PhD Candidate of NTU, Yap invented an advanced hand-held microfiber-based sensor for water quality monitoring.
Wei Ru Wong (Malaysia): A researcher, University of Malaya, Wong has developed a novel technique using light to detect dengue virus and its antibodies in clinical blood samples.
Yvonne Gao (Singapore): A research scientist at the Institute for Materials Research and Engineering, Gao built modular hardware for quantum computers and successfully constructed the critical building blocks to demonstrate its viability.
Ziyan Guo (Hong Kong): A PhD researcher at the University of Hong Kong, Guo has developed the world’s first intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-guided robot for bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery.
The 20 ‘Innovators Under 35’ will be recognised at the EmTech Asia conference, to be held on 25-26 February 2020 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore.
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