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MIT Technology Review Announces 2018 Innovators Under 35 List
CAMBRIDGE, MA – June 27, 2018: MIT Technology Review today announced its annual list of Innovators Under 35. This renowned list honors exceptionally talented technologists whose innovations are poised to transform our world.
The 35 innovators on this year’s list include inventors, entrepreneurs, visionaries, humanitarians and pioneers in fields ranging from software and biotech to artificial intelligence and transportation. Honorees on this global list represent six countries: the United States, United Kingdom, China, Netherlands, India and Chile. To learn more about each of the honorees, visit www.technologyreview.com/tr35.
Gideon Lichfield, editor-in-chief of MIT Technology Review, said: “MIT Technology Review is focused on reporting technology first — the groundbreaking changes and their potential to impact our lives. With our annual Innovators Under 35 list, we dive deeper and honor the outstanding people behind those technologies. Our goal with these profiles is to offer an in-depth look at what the face of innovation looks like both today and in the future.”
2018 Innovators Under 35
Inventors:
- Shinjini Kundu, Artificial intelligence
- Manan Suri, Computer/electronics hardware
- Sheng Xu, Nanotech & materials
- Will McLean, Biotech
- Barbarita Lara, Internet & web
- James Dahlman, Biotech
- Shreya Dave, Nanotech & materials
- Huanping Zhou, Energy
Entrepreneurs:
- Natalya Bailey, Transportation
- Alice Zhang, Biotech
- Elizabeth Nyeko, Energy
- Jonas Cleveland, Robotics
- William Woodford, Energy
- Ashutosh Saxena, Robotics
- Ji Xu, Software
- Inch Yin, Artificial intelligence
Visionaries:
- Menno Veldhorst, Nanotech & materials
- Archana Kamal, Computer/electronics hardware
- Shehar Bano, Internet & web
- Brenden Lake, Artificial intelligence
- Adam Marblestone, Biotech
- Marzyeh Ghassemi, Biotech
- Niki Bayat, Biotech
- Prineha Narang, Nanotech & materials
Humanitarians:
- Mimi Yen, Biotech
- Mustafa Suleyman, Artificial intelligence
- Hera Hussain, Internet & web
Pioneers:
- Alexandre Rebert, Software
- Joy Buolamwini, Artificial intelligence
- John Schulman, Software
- Nabiha Saklayen, Nanotech & materials
- Chelsea Finn, Artificial intelligence
- Julian Schrittweiser, Artificial intelligence
- Alessandro Chiesa, Internet & web
- Humsa Venkatesh, Biotech
Learn more about this year’s honorees online here and in the July/August print magazine, the first print issue following the outlet’s design rebrand, which hits newsstands on July 3. The 2018 Innovators are also invited to appear in person at the annual EmTech MIT conference September 11-14, 2018.
About MIT Technology Review
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