{"id":17107,"date":"2025-12-03T16:21:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/?post_type=nus-news&#038;p=17107"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:23:46","slug":"assistant-professor-tedrick-thomas-salim-lew-awarded-the-next-asean-innovator-award-2025","status":"publish","type":"nus-news","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/news\/assistant-professor-tedrick-thomas-salim-lew-awarded-the-next-asean-innovator-award-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant Professor Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew awarded the Next ASEAN Innovator Award 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew on being awarded the Next ASEAN Innovator Award 2025.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17108 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Supported by Government of the Republic of Korea, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) the The ASEAN Secretariat (ASEAN), the award recognises outstanding early-career ASEAN researchers advancing science and technology through collaboration with Korean institutions.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17109 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award2-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award2-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award2-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award2-1536x955.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The award ceremony was held on 25 November 2025 and was graced by Mr Hyuk Chae Koo, First Vice Minister at the Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17110 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award3.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award3-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award3-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award3-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Award3-1536x955.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Selected from 94 applicants, Dr Tedrick was honoured for research on implantable nanoscale plant sensors and nanoparticle-based delivery systems that enhance plant stress tolerance \u2014 work that aims to solve climate change and food security problems.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019m honoured to receive this award, which reflects not only our research but the collective effort of many students and collaborators who believe in building climate-resilient agriculture,\u201d said Dr Tedrick. \u201cThis recognition motivates us to keep pushing the boundaries of what is possible.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew on being awarded the Next ASEAN Innovator Award 2025. Supported by Government of the Republic of Korea, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) the The ASEAN Secretariat (ASEAN), the award recognises outstanding early-career ASEAN researchers advancing science and technology through<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":358,"featured_media":17108,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"news_category":[31],"class_list":["post-17107","nus-news","type-nus-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-faculty-awards"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nus-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/358"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17112,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17107\/revisions\/17112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/chbe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=17107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}