HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – February 26, 2024 – THE
VinFuture Foundation officially announced the list of distinguished members of the 2024 VinFuture Prize Council. Comprised of 11 renowned scientists recognized for their remarkable contributions to humanity, this year the Council welcomes three exceptional additions who have already received prestigious honors in the fields of batteries solar energy, plant biology and atmospheric chemistry.
Full list of VinFuture Prize 2024 Council members:
– Chairman of the Prize Council: Professor Sir Richard Henry Friend, FRS – University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Millennium Technology Prize 2010.
– Professor Pascale Cossart – Pasteur Institute, Paris, France.
– Professor Chi Van Dang – Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Johns Hopkins University, United States.
– Professor Soumitra Dutta – University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
– Professor Martin Andrew Green – University of New South Wales, Australia, Millennium Technology Prize 2022, VinFuture Grand Prix 2023.
– Professor Xuedong David Huang – Zoom Video Communications, USA.
– Professor Daniel Merson Kammen – University of California, Berkeley, United States.
– Professor Sir Konstantin (Kostya) S. Novoselov, FRS – University of Manchester, United Kingdom and National University of Singapore, Singapore, Nobel Prize in Physics 2010.
– Professor Pamela Christine Ronald – University of California, Davis, United States, 2022 Wolf Prize in Agriculture & VinFuture Special Prize.
– Professor Susan Solomon – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, 2009 Volvo Environmental Prize, VinFuture Special Prize 2023.
– Professor Leslie Gabriel Valiant, FRS – Harvard University, United States, AM Turing Prize 2010.
The members of the 2024 Prize Council are all excellent, renowned scientists, and most have accompanied VinFuture through many impressive seasons. This year, the Council welcomes three new members:
Professor Martin Andrew Green (University of New South Wales, Australia, Winner of the VinFuture Grand Prix 2023),
Professor Pamela Christine Ronald (University of California, Davis, United States, Winner of the 2022 VinFuture Special Prize for Women Innovators), and Professor Susan Solomon (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, Winner of the 2023 VinFuture Special Prize for Women Innovators).
Professor Martin Andrew Green is Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and founding director of the Australian Center for Advanced Photovoltaics, which involves several other Australian universities and research groups. His group’s contributions to photovoltaics are well known and include holding the record for silicon solar cell efficiency for 30 of the last 40 years, described as one of the “top ten” milestones in the history of solar photovoltaics. The PERC solar cell he invented in 1983 and his team developed to its full potential accounted for 91.2% of the world’s 2021 silicon solar module production (CPIA).
Professor Green has received major international awards including the Global Energy Prize 2018, the prestigious Japan Prize 2021, the Millennium Technology Prize 2022, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2023 and the VinFuture Grand Prix 2023.
Professor Martin Andrew Green (second from right), University of New South Wales, Australia, VinFuture Grand Prix Winner 2023
In the field of biology, the Prize Council has one additional member,
Teacher. Pamela Christine Ronald, holds a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. in molecular and physiological plant biology. She is currently Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis, and a researcher at the Innovative Genomics Institute at the University of California, Berkeley.
As co-author of “Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food,” she was named one of the world’s 100 most influential people in food. biotechnology by Scientific American. In 2022, Professor Ronald received the Wolf Prize in Agriculture and the VinFuture Special Prize for Women Innovators. She is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Pamela Christine Ronald, University of California, Davis, USA, winner of the 2022 VinFuture Special Prize for Women Innovators
Also winner of a VinFuture Prize,
Teacher. Suzanne Salomon is currently the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies and Chair of the Program on Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Previously, she served as the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Acting Director of the Division of Atmospheric Chemistry at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and Senior Scientist and Research Chemist at National Oceanic and Atmospheric. Administration.
Professor Susan Solomon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, winner of the 2023 VinFuture Special Prize for Women Innovators
She is internationally recognized for her outstanding contributions to elucidating the Antarctic ozone “hole” and to our understanding of the complex interplay between atmospheric chemistry and climate change. With an illustrious career, she has received numerous awards, including the 1999 National Medal of Science, the 2009 Volvo Environmental Prize, the 2018 Crafoord Prize of the Swedish Academy of Sciences and the 2023 VinFuture Special Prize for innovative women. Time magazine named Professor Solomon one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008.
Sharing his feelings about taking on a new role,
Teacher. Martin Andrew Green expressed: “I was deeply impressed by both and how the VinFuture Awards have established themselves as the number one international awards in just three years. Given my interest in Vietnam’s role in Southeast Asia’s energy transition through solar cell manufacturing and adoption, I was delighted to be asked to become a member of the Prize Council. I look forward to contributing to the Council and maintaining the strong record it has demonstrated in selecting the most deserving recipients.“.
Professor Richard Henry Friend, Chairman of the VinFuture Prize Council, commented on the importance of the new members, saying: “The new members of the Prize Council stand out in some of the key areas for which we receive many very strong nominations. Sustainability is often seen as difficult to balance with the need to feed and provide energy to societies around the world, and our new members bring strength and experience in many of these areas.”
Detailed information regarding the members of the VinFuture Prize 2024 Council is available online at
https://vinfutureprize.org/prize-councils/
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THE VinFuture Prize 2024 officially launches a call for applications. The deadline for submitting applications for The 2024 VinFuture Prize will take place on April 17, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. (Vietnam time, GMT +7). Applications received after this deadline will be considered for the following year. Previously, the recently concluded VinFuture 2023 awards season received a strong response from the global science and technology community, with nearly 1,400 outstanding nominations from scientists, researchers and inventors from around the world. |
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