Tuan-Hua David Ho 賀端華 Election Year 2002 Institute of Plant & Microbial Biology
Academia Sinica
128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Taipei 11529, Taiwan Tel: (02) 2787-1188; (02) 2787-1079 / Fax: (02) 2782-7954
Current Positions
Distinguished Visiting Chair, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica
Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, Washington University
Education
B.S., National Taiwan University (1970)
Ph.D., Dept. of Biochem & MSU/DOE Plant Research Lab, Michigan State Univ. (1976)
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biology, MIT (1976-1978)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology, Univ. of Illinois (1979-1984)
Associate Professor to Professor, Dept. of Biology, Washington Univ. (1984-2012)
Associate Chairman, Dept. of Biology, Washington Univ. (1998-2003)
Director General, National Science and Technology Program on Agricultural Biotechnology (2004-2008)
Director, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica (2003-2008)
Specialties
Plant Biology
Awards and Honors
Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship (1976)
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois (1982-1983)
Burris Distinguished Lectureship (1993)
United Nations UNESCO Professorship (1994)
Editor, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (1983-1992, 1995-2000)
Editor, DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS (1984-1990)
Editor, JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION (1989-2004)
Academician, Academia Sinica, R.O.C. (2002)
Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)(2004)
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)(2004)
ISI Most Cited Researcher in Plant & Animal Science (since 2003)
President, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)(2010/11)
Fellow, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)(2014)
Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)(2024)