院士簡歷

Division of Life Sciences

Teh-Hui Kao
Election Year 2014
333 S. Frear Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Tel: (814) 863-1042 / Fax: (814) 863-7024
院士email

Current Positions

Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, Penn State University

Education

B.S. in Chemistry, National Taiwan University (1973)
Ph.D. in Chemistry (with focus on Physical Biochemistry), Yale University (1980)

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology (1980-81)
Cornell University:
Postdoctoral Fellow (1982-84); Research Associate (1984-86), Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology
Penn State University:
Assistant Professor (1986-92); Associate Professor (1992-96); Professor (1996-2012), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology (1999-present); Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2013-present)
Panel Member, Plant Genetic Mechanisms, US Department of Agriculture (1993-95)
Academia Sinica:
Member (1997-2007); Chair (2007-present), Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Plant & Microbial Biology
Member (2017-present), Scientific Advisory Board, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center
Monitoring Editor, Plant Physiology (1998-2001)
Member, Editorial Board, Plant & Cell Physiology (2009-12)
Peer reviewer for 47 scientific journals (>240 manuscripts), including Cell, Genetics, Plant Cell, Plant Journal, Plant Molecular Biology, PNAS, Nature, Nature Communications, Science (1987-present)
Ad hoc reviewer of grant proposals (>100) for various programs at the US National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, and granting agencies of Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Belgium, Greece, Israel, Taiwan, the Netherlands, United Kingdom (1987-present)
Associate Editor, Plant Reproduction (formerly Sexual Plant Reproduction) (2001-present)
Editor, Plant & Cell Physiology (2012-15)

Specialties

Plant Molecular Biology and Genetics

Awards and Honors

Delivered 170 invited lectures (including five keynote/plenary lectures) at international symposia, conferences, universities, and other organizations worldwide (1985-present)
Suzuki and Yabuta Foundation Lectureship, Tokyo University, Japan (1993)
Dutch Royal Society of Botany Lecturer, the Netherlands (1994)
Research featured on cover of the Feb. 1994 issue of Nature chosen as one of the top 75 science stories in 1994 by Discover magazine (1994)
Visiting Professor Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (declined) (1995)
Faculty Scholar Medal in Life and Health Sciences, Penn State University (1995)
Invited Lecturer (one of five) at the Symposium on Frontiers in Plant Biology, Annual Meeting of the US National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C. (1996)
Kathryn Barnes Memorial Lecture in Plant Biology, University of Chicago (2000)
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University (2013)
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)(2014)