MIT Technology Review Announces 2018 Innovators Under 35 List

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Jun 27, 2018, 10:00 ET

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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.

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.

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