The EURAXESS Prize Winners 2018 for Indonesia (Jakarta), Malaysia (AIMST), Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam have been selected! The five researchers are the winners of the Falling Walls Lab competitions in their respective countries and institutions. The EURAXESS Prize has a value of 600 Euros and offers the unique opportunity to visit a research lab or university in any of the 28 member countries of the European Union.
The winners are:
I Made Andi from Universitas Gadjah Mada won over the jury of the Falling Walls Lab Jakarta with his presentation "Breaking the Wall of Technological Injustice".
Falling Walls Lab AIMST in Malaysia crowned Dr. Guruswamy Prabhakaran as this year's winner of the competition. Dr Prabhakaran presented his ground breaking idea on cholera.
Dr Chin Sau Yin from the Molecular Engineering Laboratory (MEL), Biomedical Sciences Institutes, A*STAR is the winner of Singapore's Falling Walls Lab 2018. She convinced with her presentation on Biocompatible Implantable Devices.
Mr Pawin Taechoyotin from Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society was announced the winner of Falling Walls Thailand with his presentation called “Breaking the Wall of Safety and Security” - a gas detection system using a low-cost multi-spectral camera system.
Ms Vo Quoc Thao Nguyen from Saigon has won Falling Walls Lab Vietnam. She successfully delivered the idea of replacing plastic straw by a particular grass, which is abundant in the Mekong Delta.
The EURAXESS Prize is awarded to the Falling Walls Lab winners in in recognition of their great science communication achievement. It is meant as a career-advancement bursary enabling the winners to expand their professional network through linkages with researchers in the European Union. Over the next few weeks, EURAXESS ASEAN will introduce each of the 5 EURAXESS Prize winners as they prepare to travel to Europe to meet their European research peer and as they get ready to take part in the Falling Walls Lab Grand Finals in Berlin on 8 November.
About Falling Walls Lab
The Falling Walls Lab is a unique competition that provides young students, researchers and entrepreneurs a platform to present their innovative ideas, research projects and social initiatives. The challenge is to present this in just 3 minutes in English!
The Falling Walls Lab was initiated on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Inspired by this world-changing event on 9 November 1989, the question of every Falling Walls gathering is “Which walls will fall next?”
Falling Walls Labs are part of the annual, internationally-renowned conference for breakthroughs in science and society, the Falling Walls Conference. It fosters discussion on research and innovation and promotes the latest scientific findings among a broad audience from all parts of society.
International Falling Walls Labs are organised by academic institutions throughout the world – many of those with the support of the EURAXESS Worldwide team. The winners of each international Lab travel to the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin, which takes place every year on 8 November. At the Berlin Lab, 100 innovators receive the opportunity to present their work in front of a distinguished jury and attend the Falling Walls Conference on 9 November where they meet the world’s top scientists.