Live Desk: Three Bangladeshi researchers have been included in the sixth edition of Asian Scientist 100 list, which celebrates the success of the region's "best and brightest, highlighting their achievements across a range of scientific disciplines." They are Dr Salma Sultana, Dr Firdausi Qadri and Prof Samia Sabrina.

To be recognized on the list published by Asian Scientist, an English language science and technology magazine published in Singapore, "the honouree must have received a national or international prize in the preceding year for his or her research", according to its website.

Alternatively, the researcher must have provided leadership in academia or industry, or made a significant scientific discovery to secure a place on the prestigious list.

As stated on the magazine's website, Salma Sultana, founder of Model Livestock Advancement Foundation, was awarded the 2020 Norman E Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application by the World Food Prize Foundation for her work with small-scale farmers in Bangladesh, and her efforts involving veterinary outreach, treatment and education in particular.

Meanwhile, Firdausi Qadri, emeritus scientist at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b), is a laureate of the 2020 L'Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science Award for her advocacy of early diagnoses and global vaccination as well as her work on understanding and preventing infectious diseases affecting children in developing countries.

On the other hand, Samia Sabrina, professor of electrical and electronic engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), is a recipient of the 2020 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for her research on the properties and uses of nanomaterials.

Dhaka, 28 April (campuslive24.com)//BSC