Full name:   Professor Yuan LongPing Date of Birth:   7 September 1930 Affiliations (at the time of the award):   Professor, Director General of Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Field:   Agriculture Summary of body of work recognised by MSA:   The 2011 Mahathir Science Award is awarded to Professor Yuan LongPing in recognition of…

Full name:   Gurdev Singh Khush Date of Birth:   August 22,1935 Affiliations (at the time of the award):   Adjunct Professor, University of California, Davis CA 95616-7008, USA Field:   Genetics and Plant Breeding Summary of body of work recognised by MSA:    Dr. G.S. Khush is world’s premier rice breeder. He led the…