For subscribers

Great minds who further R&D in S’pore

Boosting ties between academia and industry

The President's Science and Technology Awards are the highest honours given to research scientists and engineers in Singapore for their contributions. Jose Hong highlights this year's winners, who were presented their prizes on Tuesday by President Halimah Yacob.

Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox

Professor Lam Khin Yong

Jose Hong

Google Preferred Source badge
Professor Lam Khin Yong has pushed for scientific research that impacts society, and has played a key role in shaping Singapore's pool of scientific talent.
His career spans more than three decades, and he has led multiple mergers and organisations such as the Institute of High Performance Computing.
See more on