Committees of the Fellowship
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Responsible for overseeing and shaping the foundation of the program, approval of the selection process and guiding the implementation of the selection process.
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Appointed by the Steering Committee, responsible for selection of the fellowship recipients.

Life Science
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Vishva M. DIXIT
Vice President of Early Discovery Research, Genentech; Member of the National Academy of Sciences
SELECTION COMMITTEE
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Florent GINHOUX
Senior Principal Investigator, Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) of Singapore
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Wanjin HONG
Chief Business Development Officer of Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) and Professor and Research Director, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), A*STAR
SELECTION COMMITTEE
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Kenji KABASHIMA
Chair at the Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
SELECTION COMMITTEE
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Peng LI
Professor, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University; Academician of the Chinese Academy
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Dennis LO
President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Li Ka Shing Chair Professor of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; President of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Fellow of the Royal Society; 2016 Future Science Prize – Life Science Prize Laureate
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Shigekazu NAGATA
Distinguished Professor of Osaka University
SELECTION COMMITTEE & 2025 SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIR
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Feng SHAO
Investigator and Deputy Director for Academic Affairs, National Institute of Biological Science
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Hee-Sup SHIN
Honorary Fellow, Institute for Basic Science (IBS)
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Krishnaswamy VIJAYRAGHAVAN
Emeritus professor and former director, the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)
STEERING COMMITEE
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Xiaofan WANG
Distinguished Professor, School of Medicine, Duke University
SELECTION COMMITTEE
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Jingke WENG
Inaugural Director, Institute for Plant-Human Interface; Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Hong WU
Professor, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
STEERING COMMITTEE

Physical Science
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Hong DING
T. D. Lee Chair Professor of theTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Rajesh GOPAKUMAR
Distinguished Professor, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (ICTS-TIFR)
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Zhaomin HOU
Chief Scientist, Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research Group Director, Advanced Catalysis Research; Group, Deputy Center Director, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Kumiko KOTERA
Professor, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS/INSU et Sorbonne Universite
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Dawei MA
Research professor of Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, and chaired professor of Southern University of Science and Technology
STEERING COMMITTE
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Nanlin WANG
Chair Professor, International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University
SELECTION COMMITTEE
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Hongming WENG
Professor of Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
SELECTION COMMITTEE & 2025 SUB-COMMITTE CHAIR
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Xiangping WU
Professor of Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Hiroshi YAMAMOTO
Professor of Institute for Molecular Science
SELECTION COMMITTEE

Mathematics and Computer Science
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Indranil BISWAS
Professor of Mathematics at Shiv Nadar University
SELECTION COMMITTEE-MATHEMATICS
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M.C. Frank CHANG
Wintek Chair in Electrical Engineering and Distinguished Professor at University of California, Los Angeles
STEERING COMMITTEE - COMPUTER SCIENCE
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K.-T. Tim CHENG
Vice-President for Research and Development, Chair Professor of Departments of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
SELECTION COMMITTEE-COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Katsushi IKEUCHI
Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo; Sr. Principal Research Manager, Microsoft
STEERING COMMITTEE-MATHEMATICS
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Jong Hae KEUM
Professor, School of Mathematics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study
SELECTION COMMITTEE & 2025 SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIR - MATHEMATICS
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Kai LI
Paul & Marcia Wythes Professor, Princeton University; Member, National Academy of Engineering; Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering
STEERING COMMITTEE - COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Akihiro NAKAO
Professor, Department of Systems Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
STEERING COMMITTEE & 2025 SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIR - COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Vijaykrishnan NARAYANAN
Associate Dean of Innovation, College of Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University
SELECTION COMMITTEE - COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Kaoru ONO
Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
STEERING COMMITTEE-MATHEMATICS
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Li Shiuan PEH
Provost’s Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore
STEERING COMMITTEE - COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Harry SHUM
Adjunct Professor of Tsinghua University; Foreign member of National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
STEERING COMMITTEE - COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Vasudevan SRINIVAS
Senior Professor, School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
STEERING COMMITTEE - MATHEMATICS
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Gang TIAN
Professor of Mathematics at Peking University; Higgins Professor Emeritus at Princeton University
STEERING COMMITTEE - MATHEMATICS
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Yao YAO
Associate professor of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
SELECTION COMMITTEE-MATHEMATICS