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- Sae Woo Nam
- Physicist, National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA
- World-renowned quantum physicist who developed the world's most efficient single photon detectors, settling long-standing disputes in quantum physics and advancing quantum information technology
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- K. Heran Darwin
- Professor, New York University, USA
- Groundbreaking biologist who discovered the protein recycling system in tuberculosis for the first time, suggesting the possibility of developing new treatments through research on bacterial infections
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- Su-In Lee
- Professor, University of Washington, USA
- Exceptional computer engineer who developed the explainable AI framework, SHAP, which allows people to trust AI decisions, and has made significant contributions to its application of AI in biomedicine
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- Peter Park
- Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA
- Innovative bioinformatician who developed computational analysis methods to decipher the vast DNA genetic information of cells and elucidated the mechanisms behind the occurrence of disease like cancer
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- Han Kang
- Novelist
- Korea’s representative novelist who delves into human existence and the sorrows of Korean modern history, eliciting worldwide sympathy through novels such as ‘The Vegetarian’ and ‘Human Acts’
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- Gerardine Ryan
- Sister, Missionary Sisters of St. Columban, Ireland
- Irish sister who dedicated her life to medical service, disability rehabilitation, and awareness improvement of those with disabilities in the Mokpo region for the past 50 years since entering the country in 1975