Professor María Esperanza Martínez-Romero
SUMMARY OF WINNING ENTRY Advances in microbial ecology and symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the tropics. Plants interact with diverse microbial communities. These associated microorganisms confer advantages to the host plant. In particular, nitrogen-fixing bacteria—particularly Rhizobium—enhance plant growth and productivity. Unlike many approaches that relied on model rhizobial strains or commercial inoculants from temperate regions, María […]
Dr. Firdausi Qadri
AFFILIATION International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) SUMMARY OF WINNING ENTRY For Innovative Improvement of Oral Cholera Vaccination in Developing Countries Dr. Firdausi Qadri has played a key role in improving vaccination against cholera, a severe diarrheal disease due to the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, that occurs after ingestion of contaminated food or water […]
Professor Gurdev Singh Khush
AFFILIATION International Rice Research Institute, Philippines and University of California, Davis, USA SUMMARY OF WINNING ENTRY Discovery and implementation of disease-resistant rice The agricultural revolution was greatly propelled by the efforts of Professor Gurdev Singh Khush and Professor Xuan Vo-Tong in inventing and advancing disease-resistant rice varieties, contributing to the strengthening of global food security. […]
Professor Xuan Vo-Tong
AFFILIATION Nam Can Tho University, Vietnam SUMMARY OF WINNING ENTRY Advancing disease-resistant rice varieties, ensuring global food security The agricultural revolution was greatly propelled by the efforts of Professor Gurdev Singh Khush and Professor Xuan Vo-Tong in inventing and advancing disease-resistant rice varieties, contributing to the strengthening of global food security. Professor Vo-Tong has played […]
Professor Thalappil Pradeep
BIOGRAPHY Institute Professor Deepak Parekh Institute Chair Professor and Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Prof. Thalappil Pradeep is an Institute Professor* and Professor of Chemistry. He is also an Institute Chair Professor. He has conceptualized and built the International Centre for Clean Water (www.iccwindia.org), a new initiative of IIT […]
Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim
BIOGRAPHY Affiliation at the time of the award: Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine University of KwaZulu-Natal & Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Ph.D., is an infectious disease epidemiologist whose primary research focuses on understanding the evolving […]
Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim
BIOGRAPHY Affiliation at the time of the award: Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine University of KwaZulu-Natal & Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Salim S. Abdool Karim, FRS, is an infectious diseases epidemiologist widely recognised for his contributions to HIV […]
