5 Pakistanis who made a name in sci-tech in 2020
These Pakistanis excelled in their fields, ranging from gaming to cell-biology
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Tech has gradually become one of life s necessities, be it for businesses, industries, offices or the home.This year science, technology, and innovation played an even more important role as governments raced to find a vaccine and treatments for Covid-19. Individuals and organisations came forward to find innovative solutions. We bring to you a list of Pakistani scientist and researchers from around the world that pulled off an impressive performance in 2020.
Shazia Sadiq
Professor Shazia Sadiq has been selected by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) to be a part of its advanced STEM research team.
Pakistani Scientist Wins Prestigious German Award
Pakistani scientist, Asifa Akhtar, will receive the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize next year. She is among the ten recipients to win the nomination for outstanding research work in her field. The award ceremony will be a virtual event, scheduled for March 15, 2021.
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Asifa Akhtar serves as VP for The Max Planck Society, Germany’s most successful research institution. Since 1948, 18 Nobel laureates have emerged from the research organization, putting it on par with some of the best research institutions worldwide.
Hailing from Karachi, Asifa Akhtar achieved her doctorate at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund London, U.K, in 1997. Later, she moved to Germany, where she worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Adolf-Butenandt Institute in Munich from 1998 to 2001.
Opinion: Angela Merkel rocks Bundestag with pandemic speech
Angela Merkel s expected final Bundestag budget debate became a historic speech on responsibility during the pandemic, DW s Christoph Strack writes.
Merkel gave a speech so stirring that it came as a surprise to some Bundestag members
Wednesday was meant to be the 16th and final time that German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented and defended the coming year s federal budget in the Bundestag. Instead, she argued for the strictest measures yet to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. If people spend too much time with others, now just before Christmas, it could end up being the last celebration with the grandparents, Merkel said. Surely then we would have messed up. We shouldn t do that.