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The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting will take place from June 29 to July 4, 2025 in Lindau, Germany. More than 630 young scientists from 84 countries have been invited to attend and engage in discussions with approximately 35 Nobel Laureates. Among them, three outstanding young scholars from Taiwan have been selected through a rigorous international process to represent the country at the event. They are Hsin-Yu Yang and Loan Thi Ngo, PhD students of Academia Sinica's Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP), and Yi-Fan Chen, a PhD candidate in the Department of Applied Chemistry at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.

Hsin-Yu Yang is pursuing research in biochemistry and cancer therapy at the Nano Science and Technology program of TIGP (TIGP-Nano). She expressed that attending the Lindau Meeting has been a lifelong dream. Being selected to travel to Germany and interact with world-class scholars marks a major milestone in her PhD journey. She looks forward to engaging with John M. Jumper, the 2024 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, known for his AI-based protein structure predictions.

Loan Thi Ngo, who specializes in quantum dot materials, is particularly eager to hear from Moungi G. Bawendi, the 2023 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, about his motivations and experiences in quantum dot research. She hopes to gain inspiration and broaden her scientific perspective.

Yi-Fan Chen focuses on responsive polymeric nanomaterials and hydrogels for water purification. She aims to learn from leading international scientists, especially David MacMillan, the 2021 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, known for his work in asymmetric organocatalysis and more recent advances in photocatalysis. Chen aspires to follow MacMillan’s visionary approach to identifying impactful research directions.

This year’s Lindau Meeting will cover various chemistry-related topics with close societal relevance, with a particular focus on the impact of artificial intelligence on chemistry and the role of circular chemistry in sustainable development. Most of the selected young scientists are outstanding undergraduate, master’s, PhD students, or postdoctoral researchers under the age of 30, with women comprising 50% of the participants. All selected individuals underwent a multi-stage international selection process organized by around 150 academic institutions worldwide to earn the opportunity to converse with Nobel Laureates.

The Lindau Meetings continue to pass on Nobel-level wisdom and inspire the next generation of scientists, while also fostering global networks among young researchers. The meeting themes rotate annually among physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, with a separate economic sciences meeting held every three years. Since its founding in 1951, over 36,000 young scientists have participated in the Lindau Meetings. In 2017, Academia Sinica signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (Lindau Council) and the Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (Lindau Foundation), becoming an academic partner of the event.