Su-May Yu 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
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)