Walburga Hemetsberger

How Technological Entrepreneurship Saves Economies With Limited Natural Resources When Dan Shechtman became a full professor at Technion in 1986 and initiated a new class on technological entrepreneurship, the word “start up” – which became a mantra after the dot-com boom – was not that fashionable yet. Even today, entrepreneurship education…

Nominated by: Shane West, Aleap Presented by: Saeid Hosseini

The key principles are to promote data-driven, inter-disciplinary approaches to social sciences and the humanities, foster academic research that involves the genuine participation (through co-design) of local communities, industry and government, and to develop innovative courses at Undergraduate and Masters Level that attracts a wide spectrum of learners at key…

Carsten Streb, FRSC, is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany. Carsten’s research vision is to overcome global challenges in energy conversion, energy storage and public health by developing technologically important multifunctional materials. His research group work at the interface between molecules, nanostructures and solid-state materials…

Marcel Kempers partners with local coastal businesses to collect and apply data-to-decisions (for coral nursery planning, etc.) and with marine research organisations to advocate for participatory science.

MDC has excellent structural stability and high catalyst activity.Comparing to conventional ozonation process, MDC/HCO process was 30% more effective for organic removal and 50% less energy intensive.   Tags: Engineering, Environment & Nature, Advanced water and wastewater treatment.

Amina Helmi: Breaking the Wall to Mapping the Milky Way – Falling Walls Science Summit 2023 For most of human history, the vast expanse of space beyond Earth has remained a mystery, theorised by philosophers and scientists. We’ve progressed from telescopes that could observe celestial objects in the 17th century…

The project organizes rapid, evidence-based guidance for policymakers combating the pandemic. It engages a large network of social and behavioral experts and skilled, science communicators. Actionable reports have been issued on evaluating disease data, encouraging mask wearing and distancing, and applying survey-research lessons to contact-tracing. Report utilization, report downloads, webinar…

Nominated by: Thomas Ribeiro, CNRS Innovation Presented by: Thomas Hiriart

To overcome the inconvenience of finding lost items on campus, Marianne Chang proposes the use of a lost and found app to geotag the found items. Simple, convenient, and smart!