Finalists 2022
These Finalists qualify for the title of Science Breakthrough of the Year, which is awarded in all ten categories, from Life Sciences to Science Engagement.
Click on a category below to learn more about the corresponding Finalists.
Life Science
Adam Yala & Regina Barzilay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Predicting future cancer risk from medical imaging
Alberto Ascherio & Kjetil Bjornevik, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Epstein-Barr virus causes multiple sclerosis
Ameya Kirtane, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Ultralong pills for fostering global female health
Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Prediction and prevention of diabetes in children
Autun Purser, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Discovering a vast icefish colony, Antarctica
Benyamin Rosental, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Stem cell transplantation for corals cell-therapy
Christian Rutz, Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology and University of St Andrews, Towards sustainable human-wildlife coexistence
Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, AlphaFold
Elodie Floriane Mandel-Briefer, University of Copenhagen, Assessing pig emotions from their vocalisations
Evan Eichler & Team, University of Washington, The complete sequence of a human genome
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), Conservation through Public Health
Iain Couzin, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and Universität Konstanz, The geometry of decision-making
Jason Chin, MRC Laboratory of Moleclar Biology / University of Cambridge, Reprogramming the genetic code
Jennifer Mitchell, University of California San Francisco, MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD
Jim Roberts, Lumen Bioscience, Democratizing biologic therapeutics
Klaus Gerwert, Ruhr-University-Bochum, Test for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease AD
Marcus Mall, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Therapy of the molecular defect in cystic fibrosis
Maria Elena Bottazzi & Peter Hotez, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, A Covid-19 vaccine patent free for global access
Martin Broadley, Rothamsted Research, GeoNutrition
Mehmet Fatih Yanik, ETH Zurich, Non-invasive focal drug delivery to the brain
Michael Pittman, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Laser technology shows how dinosaurs took flight
Peter Ellis & James Turner, Kent University / Francis Crick Institute, Methods of offspring sex ratio control in animals
Piro Lito, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Inactivating KRAS: from bench to bedside and back
Rachel Vannette, University of California Davis, Uncovering functions of the flower microbiome
Randall Platt, ETH Zurich, Sentinel cells to understand and guide gut health
Regina Belz, Universität Hohenheim, HerbBi – Herbicide mediated Hormesis in plants
Segun Fatumo, MRC/UVRI and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, The genetic impact of non-communicable diseases in Africa
Stefano Sacanna & Team, New York University, Artificial cell mimics
Tobias Moser, University Medical Center Göttingen, Understanding and restoring hearing
Wolf Reik, Altos Labs Cambridge Institute and Babraham Institute Cambridge, Rejuvenation of human cells
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Physical Sciences
Meet our Physical Sciences Finalists
Alex Zylstra & Andrea Kritcher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Breaking the wall to self-heating Ppasmas
Anthony Kucernak, Imperial College London, Renewable energy devices that don’t cost the earth
Heide Ibrahim, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) and University of Ottawa, A molecular road movie: filming atomic motion
Holger Kreft, University of Göttingen, GIFT – Global Inventory of Floras and Traits
Ian Heywood, University of Oxford, A new view of the chaotic heart of our galaxy
Ihar Babushkin, Universität Hannover, The optical attoclock
Ilka Kriegel, Italian Institute of Technology, Solutions for direct solar energy storage
Jonas Degrave & Dr. Federico Felici, DeepMind / EPFL, Control of fusion plasma with AI
Jonathan Feng, University of California, Irvine, Detecting elusive neutrinos
Luciano Rezzolla, Goethe University Frankfurt, The first images of black holes
Maksym Yarema, ETH Zurich, Intermetallic nanocrystals from amalgams
Marcel Pawlowski, Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Cosmic choreographies
Matthias Christandl & Team, University of Copenhagen, Quantum position verification
Mihaela Zigman & Ferenc Krausz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and Center for Molecular Fingerprinting (CMF), Probing human health with attosecond laser light
Mika Sillanpää, Aalto University, Entangling two macroscopic objects
Nathalie Picqué, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Optical frequency comb interferometry
Nathaniel Park, IBM Research, Development of new materials from carbon dioxide
Peter Baum, University of Konstanz, Seeing atoms and electrons in space and time
Peter Hommelhoff, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lightwave electronics
Roman Fasel, Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Atomically precise carbon quantum materials
Ru-Jin Huang, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, To understand and mitigate haze and climate change
Sebastian Klembt, University of Würzburg, Vertical emitting topological laser array
Silke Ospelkaus-Schwarzer, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics, Breaking the wall to the molecular quantum world
Stefan Ulmer, RIKEN – Institute for Physical and Chemical Sciences, Testing fundamental symmetries with antiprotons
Thilo Stoeferle, IBM Research, Ultrafast and efficient all-optical logic circuits
Thomas Lauvaux, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE), Tracking methane sources from space
Xiulian Pan, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Study on direct syngas conversion to light olefins
Yang Jiao & Yunyan Qiu, Northwestern University, Electron-catalyzed molecular recognition
Yang Shao-Horn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Universal principles of catalytic functions
Yuanming Wang & Team, The University of Sydney, A new technique to detect rotating neutron stars
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Engineering and Technology
Meet our Engineering and Technology Finalists
Aldo Steinfeld, ETH Zurich, Fuels from sunlight and air
Carsten Streb, University of Mainz, Dark solar hydrogen
Chee Kai Chua, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 3D food printing of fresh vegetables
Christiane Voigt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz & German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cleaner skies by particle reduction in aviation
Farbod Alijani & Cees Dekker, Technical University Delft, Graphene drums to fight antibiotic resistance
François Légaré & Team, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, A novel technology to compress high-power lasers
Huisheng Peng, Fudan University, Fiber polymer lithium-ion batteries
James Collins, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard University, A Covid-19 face mask diagnostic
Jinlong Gong, Tianjin University, Solar fuels: cell regulation device engineering
John Rogers, Northwestern University, Biocompatible electronic & microfluidic systems
Katja Heinze, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Photochemistry with sustainable materials
Kylie Catchpole, Australian National University, High efficiency and low cost solar energy
Li Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Microrobot swarms: fundamentals and clinical use
Mario Caironi, Fabrizio Viola, Jonathan Barsotti & Virgilio Mattoli, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia / University of Pisa, Sustainable ultrathin electronics for healthtech
Maximilian Ackermann, Jonigk Danny, Peter Lee, Paul Tafforeau & Claire Walsh, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz / University College London / Medizinische Hochschule Hannover / ESRF Grenoble, The human organ atlas, in health and disease
Mazhar Ali & Team, TU Delft, One-way superconductivity w/o magnetic field
Michael Holynski, University of Birmingham, Quantum sensing for gravity cartography
Philip Walther & Roberto Osellame, University of Vienna / Italian National Research Council, Quantum memristor: a device acting like a neuron
Shadi Dayeh, University of California – San Diego, A ‘telescope’ for the human brain
Ting Xu & Team, Berkeley University, Program plastic lifecycle: an inside job of enzyme
Vasilis Ntziachristos, Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Munich and Chair of Biological Imaging, Technical University of Munich, The development of optoacoustic imaging methods
Wei Yan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Soft fiber electronics for brains and garments
Xia Chuan, Zeng Jie, Yu Tao & Team, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China / Chinese Academy of Sciences / University of Science and Technology, Recycling of CO2 to glucose and fatty acid
Xian Jun Loh, A*STAR, Vitreogel – A regenerative vitreous substitute
Xuanhe Zhao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Telerobotic stroke treatments
Xueliang Li, Southern University of Science and Technology, User-centered computers for energy efficiency
Yan Wang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Recycled materials outperform new materials
Yang Chai, Department of Applied Physics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, In-sensor computing paradigm for visual processing
Yi Long, Nanyang Technological University, Radiative cooling regulated smart windows
Ziad Obermeyer, Berkeley University, Algorithms must learn from patients, not doctors
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Social Sciences and Humanities
Meet our Social Sciences and Humanities Finalists
Angela Saini, Independent Journalist, Challenging pseudoscience
Ann Morning, New York University, Rethinking race in global perspective
Armin Falk, University of Bonn, Behavioral determinants of fighting climate change
Claudio Mazuqui, Poder Justicial de Córdoba, Humanize justice and judicial communication
Damir Arsenijevic, University of Tuzla, Degraded bodies, degraded environments
Daniel Leese, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, The politics of historical justice in China
Dina Pomeranz, University of Zurich, How to fight corporate tax evasion – research in collaboration with tax authorities
Dolly Kikon, University of Melbourne, Practicing food sovereignty
Eeva Luhtakallio, University of Helsinki, Imagi(ni)ng Democracy (ImagiDem)
Elisa P. Reis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Elite perceptions of poverty and inequality
Erica Gies, Independent Journalist, Water always wins
Heidi J. Larson, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, The confidence project
Heidi Stöckl, Ludwig Maximilian Universität Munich, Changes in intimate partner violence over time
Jennifer Telesca, Pratt Institute, New York, Breaking the walls on extractivism for ocean justice
Karen Douglas, Kent University, Psychology of conspiracy theories
Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University, Criminal organizations
Michele Gelfand, Stanford University, Tightness-Looseness
Morten H. Christiansen & Nick Chater, Cornell University & Warwick Business School, Language games: how improvisation changed humanity
Nicole Redvers, University of North Dakota, Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation
Nikita Sud, University of Oxford, The making of land and the making of India
Nikkil Sudharsanan, Technical University of Munich, Behavioral science and preventive health care
Racha Kirakosian, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, The mind’s eye: towards the neuro-medieval
Serena Parekh, Northeastern University, No refuge: ethics and the global refugee crisis
Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University, Global observatory for genome editing
Sherilee Harper, University of Alberta, Local voices for global climate change impact
Stuart Michael McManus, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Global Renaissance
Sunil Amrith, Yale University, An Environmental History of the Modern World
Sushrut Jadhav, University College London, How can you address social defeat in the Clinic
Ulrike Felt, University of Vienna, Innovation in reverse — engaging with left-behinds
Victoria Reyes-García, Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Local indicators of climate change impacts (LICCI)
Zsofia Toth, Durham University, Towards a new framework of AI robot accountability
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Art and Science
Meet our Art and Science Finalists
Andreas Tjeldflaat, Framlab, Oversky
Antoni Rayzhekov, National Art Academy of Bulgaria, Fragile Perspectives
Beatie Wolfe, Independent Artist, From Green To Red
Bianka Hofmann, Alexander Köhn, Mathias Neugebauer & Team, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine, The Beauty of Blood Flow Analysis
Christian Kosmas Mayer, Independent Artist, Maa Kheru
Dmitrii Morozov, Independent Artist, adad
Dora Bartilotti, Medialabmx, The Textile Rebellion
Emily Lindsey, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Augmented reality: time travel and teaching tool
Emeka Ogboh, 14th May Studio, Stirring the Pot
Ferdi Alici, OUCHHH STUDIO, AI Data Dark Machine Cern Data Painting
Fleur Oakes & Rachel Warr, Imperial College London, SomeBody
Gil Weinberg, Georgia Institute of Technology, FOREST
Holly Herndon, Holly Herndon Studio, Holly+
Irakli Sabekia, Studio Irakli Sabekia, Voicing Borders
Libby Heaney, Independent Artist, Ent-
Lucy Kim, Boston University, Melanin Images via Genetically Modified E. coli
Marc Böhlen, University at Buffalo, Return to Bali
masharu, Museum of Edible Earth, Museum of Edible Earth
Monika Sfeyfried, Cyrus Clarke & Jeff Nivala, Grow Your Own Cloud, Data Garden
Nancy Baker Cahill, Nancy Baker Cahill Studio & 4th Wall AR art app, CORPUS
Petra Jerič, National Institute of Chemistry Slovenia, Refashion
Rachel Mayeri, Harvey Mudd College, Primate Cinema
Shama Rahman, Hasso-Plattner Institute & Jugular Productions, AI co-creative collaboration for Flow performance
Shihan Zhang & Qinqin Yang, alteR.studio, Skin Database
Sofia Crespo, Entangled Others, Critically Extant
Stephanie Rothenberg, University at Buffalo, Aquadisia
Susanne M. Winterling, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, TEMPERATE through the web of life
Sylvia Grace Borda, Climate Arts for Resilient Environments, Trees for Life: Living Artworks
Tom Corby, Giles Lane & Team, University of the Arts London, Materialising Data Embodying Climate Change
Victoria Vesna, University of California, Los Angeles, ALIEN STAR DUST: Signal to Noise
Yuning Chan, Tom Hartley & Yishan Qin, Edinburgh College of Art / Royal College of Art / Imperial College London, Project Habitate
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Future Learning
Meet our Future Learning Finalists
Aline Sara, NaTakallam, high-quality language services delivered virtually by refugees
Vincent Widmer, Beekee, Making Learning Possible Anywhere, digital learning devices accessible without internet
Daniela Labra Cardero, AtentaMente, Educating for Wellbeing , a remote program that transforms learning environments and integrates SEL
Ahmed Badr, Narratio, Narratio Fellowship, supporting resettled refugee youth via an annual storytelling and leadership fellowship
Frankline Ojiambo, Frankys Foundation, Train 1000 Rural Youth on Technology in Kenya, access to ICT education
Keren Shamir, Sense Education, Sense – AI Solution for Scaling 1-1 Interactions on Open Ended Assignments
Stephanie Jones, Harvard University, SEL Kernels of Practice, easy-to-use strategies to support children’s SEL in school
Ralph Forsbach, Brian – Study for exams, a data-driven, and engaging learning software for universities
Karin Künnapas, kood/Jõhvi, a new coding school launched in Estonia for adults providing development or retraining
Diamonique Clark, naaee, Black by Nature, community engagement program that teaches environmental literacy in Baltimore City
Charli Kemp, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Creating Holistic, Radical, and Transformational Learning Experiences to close the opportunity gab for youth in underserved communities
Julia Lemesh, Ukranian Global Universit, the world’s best educational institutions support Ukrainian students and scholars
Bruna Enne, Sinaliza Enem, prep course for University’s admission exam in Brazilian Sign Language
Mónica A. Ramos Li, Musa, a mobile micro-learning methodology that can be accessed anywhere
Madhushree Kamak, Science Gallery Bengaluru, Xperimenter Programme, a hybrid learning program
Chao Mbogho, KamiLimu, Bridging skills gap between classroom learning and global competitiveness
Brook Negussie, eLearnAfrica, a virtual learning management system for African educators and students
Uchenna Onwuamaegbu-Ugwu, EdufunTechnik, STEM-On-Wheels, makes STEM-based learning resources accessible to schools across Nigeria
Umer Farooq, Boltay Huroof, a software creating an inclusive society for the visually impaired community
Marjolein Crooijmans, Leiden University, Guiding the Next Generation of Bio-Entrepreneurs
Jonathan Mendonca, Barefoot Edu, Rehnuma, incubator for principals to scale innovation in under-resourced schools
Arnold Pears, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, K-ULF – Compensatory Teaching for Learning and Research
India Johnson, Thrival Indy Academy, Thrive for a Lifetime- Thrival Indy Academy, create a village which supports self-actualization
Violet Kemunto, Tutoto Centre of Hope, learning strategy for skills development for children in Uganda’s informal settlements
Jakub Radzikowski, Imperial College London, Chemical Kitchen, a tool that focuses on developing teaching based on parallels between gastronomy and STEMM
Julia Leduc, University of Cologne, Anymate Me, AI-powered web platform to create training videos simply via text input or audio
Nele Kollenberg, TechLabs e.V. – Digital Shaper Program, free digital program to learn state of the art tech skills
Abhijit Sinha, Project DEFY, Nooks, community-led self-designed learning environments
Luma Makari, Elgorithm For Schools, digital mental health program for youth in the Arab world
Andrew Preston, Cassyni, Relaunching Academic Seminars, software tool that makes academic video more accessible for researchers and students
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Science and Innovation Management
Meet our Science and innovation Management Finalists
Kush R. Varshney, AI Fairness 360, an open-source toolkit for detecting, understanding and mitigating unwanted bias in machine learning
Anuraag Singh, TechNext, Transforming Science, R&D and technology management through quantitative forecasting
Emre Yildiz, Virtual Factory, a virtual environment to create, integrate, and manipulate the digital twin of all factory entities.
Khaled Elbehiery & Hussam Elbehiery, Robotized Datacenters, a programmable robotized design for datacenters to perform different tasks
Tony Q. S. Quek, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Future Communications R&D Programme, programme to jumpstart advanced communications and connectivity research
Firdausi Qadri, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Mucosal Immunology and Vaccinology for vaccines and translation for public health
Basma Albanna, Ain Shams University, Data-Powered Positive Deviance (DPPD), combining traditional and non-traditional data to identify and characterise outperformers
Christina Agapakis, Grow by Gingko, a magazine that tells the unfolding story of synthetic biology
Christopher Kyba & Team, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Nachtlichter, world’s largest ever lighting inventory, to better understand satellite data
Sara Sabry, Deep Space Initiative, increasing accessibility and opportunity in the space field while enabling deep space exploration
Sina Port, The Shared Diversity Models, drive brand innovation through shared diversity (of thought, identity, expertise, & experience)
Trevor Bedford & Richard Neher, Nextstrain, open-source project harness scientific, public health potential of pathogen genome data
Ana Belén Cristóbal, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Generation Solar, platform to create a unique solar energy community and promote data exchange
Sabine Schröder, Jülich Forschungszentrum, Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR) Data Infrastructure, open air quality data with extended metadata and user-friendly web services led by FAIR concept
Kalyan Veeramachaneni, MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, The Synthetic Data Vault, Create AI models that create realistic yet synthetic data
Manu Prakash, Stanford University, Frugal Science,, building low-cost yet high performance scientific tools that compete with other scientific instruments’ functionally, make microscopic world visibl
Sophie Musset, Zooniverse, Solar Jet Hunter, helps solar scientists identify and characterize solar jets
Fabio Terribile, University of Naples, Landsupport: a DSS towards better land and soil policies
Umayal Branavan, University of Colombo, Genotyping Sri Lankan women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): towards a novel screening tool
Londa Schiebinger, Standford University, Gendered Innovations, project that harnesses the creative power of sex and gender analysis for discovery
Martin-Immanuel Bittner, Arctoris, Democratising Drug Discovery: Breaking the Wall of Slow and Inefficient Biomedical Research
Chenli LIU, Liu Lab, From fundamental research to practical application, the “upstairs and downstairs innovation and entrepreneurship complex” pattern pioneered in China
Chao Charles, Huawai Innovation Research Program, A win-win based Open innovation and cooperation program
Tim Errington, Center for Open Science, Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology
Steven Allender, Sticke, Systems thinking for healthier communities (STICKE)
Robert Downey Jr., Footprint Coalition, Science Engine, platform where scientists can share research and engage to support it, fast grant seed funding to individual researchers
Vojtech Nosek, UNICO.AI, Experts.AI, AI-powered platform facilitates transfer of knowledge into practice
Marie Louise Conradsen, Aarhus University, ODIN – using openness to foster university-industry collaboration and innovation
Brian Nosek, Open Science Framework/Center for Open Science, increase openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research
Dick Co, Chain Reaction Innovations, Entrepreneurship at a Government-Funded Laboratory, technology that unlocks human and technological potential needed for a more resilient planet
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Science Start-Ups / Falling Walls Venture
Meet our Science Start-Ups / Falling Walls Venture Finalists
80 WASH LLP
ACKISION GmbH
AgGene
Agvolution
Air Company
AkoFresh
ArgenTAG
ARTI – Autonomous Robot Technology GmbH
Asani.io
Axolotl Biosciences
BAC3GEL
Bdetect
BeFC
Beth Bioinformatics Company Limited
Bilitech LTD
biotx.ai GmbH
Blue Practice Co. Ltd.
Bluu Seafood
Building Information Cloud GLWG
Bygen
C1 Green Chemicals AG
Carbon Cleanup GmbH
cellvie AG
Chemify
Compular
CrustaTec
Cutanos GmbH
Cyclize
Diamond Visions
dimpora AG
Dynocardia, Inc.
ekolive
Elypta
Endometrics
EpiBlok Therapeutics GmbH
EpiVario Inc.
EverCase, Inc
Exazyme GmbH
ExoMatter GmbH
Fagoterapia LAB S.r.l.
Formo
Genomiki Solutions Private Limited
GlycoVue Ltd
Goddard – Discovery
GrayMatters Health
House of Plasma GmbH
Hydrogen Energy Applications (Pty) Ltd [HYENA]
IAMA Therapeutics
IMESCIA
InCirT GmbH
Inmox
Innocent Meat GmbH
Invasight
IonKraft GmbH
Jupiter Ionics
Kitekraft
Krimanshi Technologies Private Limited
LabTwin GmbH
LightED
MagREEsource
Manastu Space Technologies Pvt Ltd
MariHealth Solutions
Mediprintic sp. z o.o.
Michroma
Midel Photonics GmbH
Modality.AI, Inc.
MorningStar Genes (Beijing) Intelligence Ltd.
MotorSkins
NanoLockin GmbH
NeuriTec
Neuronostics
NOAH Analytics
OBCTCD24
OMIND platform
Onego Bio Ltd
oqni
Organa
OSSTEC
Parverio Inc.
Phytonics
Plabeltech Private Limited
Planet A Foods (formerly QOA Company)
PRAMOMOLECULAR GmbH
PROSION GmbH
ProteinDistillery
Puna Bio
Q.ANT
QphoX
Qualivon Technologies Private Limited
RADBIO
Random Power s.r.l. (RaP!)
Respiree Pte Ltd
Ribbon Biolabs
rnatics
Robossis Inc.
rrreefs
RSL Revolutionary Labs Ltd
Samsara Eco
Saptkrishi Scientific Private Limited
Semantic Web India Private Limited
sendance GmbH
Simsi, Inc.
Singularity Computing
Smolt, Inc.
Solgate GmbH
STRAWCTURE ECO
STROHBOID
Sturfer GmbH
Synogate UG
TerraClim
Tessera Intelligence
Theranautilus
Touchless ID Private Limited
TRIO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Tubulis GmbH
VAS MedTech
VesselSens
Voltfang GmbH
Wasna Pte Ltd
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Science Engagement / Falling Walls Engage
Meet our Science Engagement / Falling Walls Engage Finalists
Please note: The numbers indicated do not count as ranking.
1. Thabiso Mashaba, IDIN-SADC Consortium
2. Darshana Joshi, Rural STEM Champions Fellowship
3. Karen Verstraelen, Amai! What an amazing AI-dea!
4. Nicole Rinehart, AllPlay: Making the World Fit for All Kids
5. Liesa Weiler-Wichtl, Junior research acadmey
6. Hannah Dalgleish, International Astronomical Youth Camp
7. Jerome Cote, Neuro-Show
8. Alfonso Olivera, STE(A)M ROOMS and LIDERS
9. Laura Henderson, Frontiers for Young Minds
10. Helen Bridle, Let’s Do Engineering
11. Hilary Webb, MOSAIC – Mission-oriented Swafs to advance innovation through co-creation
12. Rosa Arias, OdourCollect: Co-creating collaborative odour maps
13. Neda Jafari, Starcup Competition
14. Liat Ben David, Science Gap Year: enhancing equity through young science leaders
15. Otuo-Akyampong Boakye, Climate Smart Tree Planting
16. Joshua Salazar Mejía, OfflinePedia
17. Sharon Unsworth, Kletskoppen child language festival / Kletskoppen kindertaalfestival
18. Yamilée Toussaint Beach, Empowering Girls through STEM and Dance
19. Jie Geng, Science Drama videos
20. Jaime Antonio Mendoza Gonzales, Tecnonautas – Héroes del Planeta
21. Sandor Kruk, Romanian Science Festiva
22. Amber Abrams, Museum of Watery Relations/Water Map
23. Andrea Remes, Erandi Aprende
24. María Cristina Díaz, Chicas STEAM
25. Theo Anagnostopoulos, “EcosySTEM”: Integrating Pomak students in Thrace through STEM environmental education.
26. Anna Berti Suman, Sensing for Justice (SensJus)
27. Tim Rademacher, Witness Tree Project
28. Vaishali Sharma, Young Tinker Academy
29. Chioma Ibiam Aja, Cafe Scientifique-Woman
30. Mark Peñalver, Citizen Science and Community-based Waste & Brand Audit and Water Quality Monitoring in Panigan-Tamugan Watershed in Davao City
31. Faqih Akbar Alghozali, Elasmobranch Project Indonesia
32. Carrie Boyce, Science is a Drag
33. Sally Snow, Sharks of the Sulu Sea Impact Media Campaign
34. Miki Igarashi, Dancing Science Show
35. Charles Philipp, MICRO museums
36. Guadalupe Díaz Costanzo, Ocean
37. Brenda Noriega, Community Environmental Education Project
38. Hanna Rasper, Crowd-Science for the Med Sea – how crowdfunding can enable small-scale research projects
39. Michael Mumbo, Adventure in the Plants Kingdom
40. Archie Forpoh, STEM After School Encroachment Program
41. Pranjal Garg, Project Encephalon
42. Heike Wendt, Rethink Education and Science in Iraq: Student Conference on Sustainability
43. Agnes Förster, REVIERa
44. Ana Maria Londoño, EAFIT Children’s University
45. Ana Karen Ramirez Tellez, STEM PARTY by Epic Queen
46. Laila Berchane, Empowering Girls in rural areas through STEM
47. Grace Kibui Kago, Youtube Channel That Discusses Cell Biology Topics In Gikuyu Language
48. Victoria Kasprowicz, Using the internet as a communications tool to
facilitate scientific engagement projects with local communities in the COVID-19 social-distanced era
49. Tatiana Rincón Bello, Environmental georeferencing as a strengthening strategy in STEM+A training
50. Oluwafunke Akinbule, Nutritional Evaluation of Home-made Complementary foods using diversities of staples commonly consumed in Nigerian households
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