The Asian Scientist 100
Bertil Andersson
President
Institution
Nanyang Technological University
Country
Singapore
Field
Leadership
In 2016, Andersson received a Singapore National Academy of Science Fellowship and the prestigious President’s Science and Technology Award for leading Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University to greater heights as its president, and for building up the city-nation into a global R&D hub.
(Photo: Nanyang Technological University)
AWARDS
- 2016 President's Science and Technology Award
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