2021 Japan Prize laureates named
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 -- The winners of the 2021 Japan Prize were recently announced by the Japan Prize Foundation and its president, Hiroshi Komiyama.
The newest laureates are Australian researcher Prof Martin Andrew Green and US researchers Prof Bert Vogelstein and Dr Robert A. Weinberg.
Prof Green is being honoured for his work in the field of ‘Resources, Energy, the Environment, and Social Infrastructure’ as he developed high-efficiency silicon photovoltaic devices.
Prof Vogelstein and Dr Weinberg are joint winners for their work in the field of ‘Medical Science and Medicinal Science'.
They are being honoured for their pioneering contributions to the development of a multi-step carcinogenesis model, and to the model's application and its impact on improving cancer treatment.
Approximately 14,000 prominent scientists and engineers from Japan and other countries were approached for nominations for this year's Japan Prize, according to a statement.
They nominated 142 individuals in the field of Resources, Energy, the Environment, and Social Infrastructure, and 243 individuals in the field of Medical Science and Medicinal Science.
This year's Japan Prize laureates were selected from among those 385 nominations.
More details at https://www.japanprize.jp/en/index.html.
-- BERNAMA
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