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院士簡歷


Division of Life Sciences


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Su-May Yu 余淑美
Election Year 2012
Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica
128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Taipei 11529, Taiwan
Tel: (02) 2788-2695 / Fax: (02) 2782-6085
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Current Positions
  • Distinguished Visiting Chair, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica
Education
  • Ph.D., Plant Pathology and Biology, University of Arkansas, U.S.A. (1980-84)
Professional Experience
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, New York, U.S.A. (1984)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, U.S.A. (1984-87)
  • Research Associate, Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University (1987-88)
  • Academia Sinica: Associate Research Fellow (1989-97); Research Fellow (1997-2008); Associate Director (1999-2001); Distinguished Research Fellow (2008-present), Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica
  • Adjunct Professor, Taiwan International Graduate Program at Academia Sinica; National Defense, Taiwan, Central, Chung-Hsing, and Cheng-Kung Universities (1997-present)
Specialties
  • Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Awards and Honors
  • Distinguished Research Award, National Science Council (three times: 1995-96; 1997-98; 1999-2000)
  • Young Scientist Research Award, Academia Sinica (1996)
  • Ho, Jin-Dwei Distinguished Honorary Award in Biological Sciences (1998)
  • Distinguished Technology Transfer Award, National Science Council (2002)
  • Merit Research Award, National Science Council (twice: 2003-05; 2006-09)
  • Outstanding Achievement Award in Science and Technology, Executive Yuan (2003)
  • Academic Award, Ministry of Education (2004)
  • Panel Chair, the National Science and Technology Program for Agricultural Biotechnology–Application of Functional Genomics in Biotechnology (2005-2008)
  • Frontier Science Research Award, National Science Council (three times: 2005-10; 2012-17; 2017-2022)
  • Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)(2005)
  • Panel Chair, the National Energy Program–Biofuel (2008-2013)
  • Article Selected by the "Thomson Essential Science Indicator" as a Fast Breaking Paper in the field of Plant & Animal Science, one of the most-cited papers (top 1%) in its discipline published during 2006-2007
  • Khwarizmi International Award (KIA) for Science and Technology (2009)
  • Best Woman Scientist for Innovation Award, World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organization (2009)
  • Eminent Researcher, National Science Council of ROC-National Research Council of Canada (2009)
  • TECO Technology Award (2009)
  • Distinguished Merit Research Award, National Science Council (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2009)
  • One of the“100 New Pride of Taiwan”elected by the magazine Global Views Monthly (遠見雜誌) for the celebration of the centennial of the ROC (2010)
  • Bill & Melinda Gate Foundation supported International C4 Rice Consortium collaborative project: Creating the second Green Revolution by supercharging photosynthesis: C4-rice (2009—)
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, National Chung Hsing University (2012)
  • Taiwan Outstanding Woman in Science (2014)
  • Corresponding Membership Award, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)(2014)
  • Honorary Chair Professorship, National Chung Hsing University (2012)
  • Honorary Chair Professorship, National Cheng Kung University (2012)