Technology research is the driving force of the innovations that shape the world. Sony Group Corporation (Sony) and Nature partnered together to launch the Sony Women in Technology Award to recognize three outstanding early to mid-career researchers from the field of technology. Here, we interviewed the winners of the inaugural 2024 award on the inspirations behind their outstanding research.
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The Sony Women in Technology Award was supported by Sony Group Corporation (Sony) and The Nature Portfolio.
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Kiana Aran is an associate professor of Bioengineering and Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, USA. Her research fuses biology and electronics for multi-omics studies, targeted drug delivery and ageing research. She is a Mid-Career prize winner.
Jiawen Li is an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Her research work in endoscopy combines nanoscale 3D printing with optical fibres for ultrathin, flexible, multimodal fibre-optic imaging probes used in cardiology. She is actively commercializing this invention and is the Judges’ Commendation Recipient prize winner.
Amanda Randles is an associate professor of Biomedical Sciences at Duke University, USA. Her research is focused on biomedical simulation via high-performance computing, machine learning and the personalized modelling for disease diagnostics and treatment. She is a Mid-Career prize winner.
Yating Wan is an assistant professor at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Her research focuses on the integration of ‘quantum dot’ lasers onto silicon chips for more energy-efficient data communication and information processing. She is the Early-Career prize winner.
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Aran, K., Li, J., Randles, A. et al. Meet the winners of the 2024 Sony Women in Technology Award. Nat Rev Electr Eng 2, 297–301 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44287-025-00171-9
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