Dr Chantara Thevy Ratnam: Polymer power

Dr. Chantara Thevy Ratnam is an award-winning nuclear scientist whose research could have implications for Malaysia's rubber recycling industry. Her childhood ambition was to become a medical doctor, and her favourite song is Daddy Cool by Boney M.

Meet the first Malaysian to win the Grand Prix Award at the 34th International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products.

Doing experiments. Generating data. And solving a million problems we didn’t even know existed.