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March 4, 2019 Press Release By Asian Scientist Newsroom

2019 Edition Of Asian Scientist 100 Announced

Each year, Asian Scientist Magazine highlights 100 outstanding thinkers and innovators from Asia who are pushing the envelope with their research.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AsianScientist (Mar. 4, 2019) – Asia has risen rapidly to become a vibrant hub of cutting-edge research and development, driven by talented scientists who continue to push the boundaries of their respective scientic elds. As Asia’s leading publisher of

science and technology news, Asian Scientist Magazine seeks to highlight outstanding scientists, innovators and business leaders from the region.

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Now into its fourth consecutive year, the Asian Scientist 100 (2019 edition) comprises individuals who have received a national or international prize in 2018 for their scientic research. This prize must involve a competitive selection procedure.

Alternatively, in the same period, the honoree could have made a signicant contribution in scientic discovery or leadership that has beneted either academia or industry. This year’s honorees have made signicant contributions to diverse disciplines

ranging from materials science to molecular biology and particle physics, with representatives from China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. The list is by no means exhaustive but

captures the essence of the region’s ingenuity and enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“We hope that with our yearly publication of the Asian Scientist 100, outstanding researchers from Asia will be recognized for their fervent passion to further scientic knowledge and impact people’s lives,” said Dr. Juliana Chan, editor-in- chief of Asian Scientist Magazine.

The list, in no order of merit, is available online here. For media enquiries, please contact Samantha at [email protected].

Annex A – Scientists featured on the Asian Scientist 100 (2019 edition) 1. Tamal Lata Aditya 2. Amitha Bentota 3. Soichi Arai 4. Takeshi Horie

5. Artemio Salazar 6. Xu Minggang 7. Zhang Dabing 8. Stuart Cook 9. Christiani Jeyakumar Henry 10. Tasuku Honjo https://www.asianscientist.com/2019/03/pr/asian-scientist-100-2019-edition/?fbclid=IwAR0qwfAkcPBWOJoJ-2s8NG9vI7WiPw_bU3zYp8PRigvk3I… 2/7 3/20/2019 2019 Edition Of Asian Scientist 100 Announced | Asian Scientist Magazine | Science, technology and medical news updates from Asia

11. Hou Yunde 12. Kim Eunjoon 13. Kim Beom Kyung 14. Kim Ho Min 15. Koh Gou Young 16. Kazutoshi Mori 17. Chanchao Lorthongpanich 18. Varisa Pongrakhananon 19. M. R. Rajagopal

20. Pankaj Manubhai Shah 21. Rody Sy 22. Wan Yue 23. Chihaya Adachi 24. Bao Xinhe 25. Makoto Fujita 26. Witri Wahyu Lestari 27. Loh Teck Peng 28. Keiji Maruoka

29. Rosalinda Torres 30. Chularat Wattanakit 31. Ricardo Balog 32. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay

33. Tseng Yu-Chee

34. James C. C. Chan 35. Elmer Dadios

36. He Jinliang 37. Hwang Cheol-Ju

38. Park Nam-Gyu 39.

40. Surapa Thiemjarus 41.

42. Wang Zeshan

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43. Dai Jinxing

44. Sekhar Muddu 45. Gay Jane Perez

46. Kusala Rajendran 47. Toshiko Terakawa

48. Vikram Chandra Thakur

49. Khadg Singh Valdiya 50. Zhao Guochun

51. Chang Meemann 52. Ravi Kuchimanchi

53. Lam Khin Yong 54. Judith Swain

55. N. R. Narayana Murthy 56. Hiroki Nakatani

57. Shih Choon Fong

58. Hiroshi Yamakawa 59. Zakri Abdul Hamid

60. Bang Yung-Jue 61. Kenji Doya

62. Charissa Marcaida Ferrera 63. Ho Weang Kee

64. Lee Sang Yup 65. Li Jiayang

66. Lim Kah Leong

67. Ng Huck Hui 68. Tan Eng King

69. Tan, Louis 70. Tetsuo Nagano

71. Nguyen Thanh Liem 72. Wirulda Pootakham

73. Susumu Seino 74. Gen Suwa

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75. Chikashi Toyoshima 76. Xue Shifeng

77. Takuzo Aida 78. Hideo Hosono

79. Liu Zheng

80. Luo Huixia 81. Nguyen Thi Hiep

82. Yukiko Ogawa 83. Marissa Paglicawan

84. 85. Anjan Soumyanarayanan

86. Tian Yongjun 87. Wang Jianfang

88. Akira Yoshino

89. Masaki Kashiwara 90. Shigeo Kusuoka

91. Ritabrata Munshi 92. Hasibun Naher

93. Oh Hee 94. Wu Yirong

95. Xu Zongben 96. Gao Hongjun

97. Ng Kwan Hoong

98. Hirosi Ooguri 99. Urbasi Sinha

100. Son Young-Woo ####

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