Native name 葉玉如 Fields Neuroscience Residence Hong Kong | Name Nancy Ip Nationality Hong Kong | |
 | ||
Born 30 July 1955 (age 68)
British Hong Kong ( 1955-07-30 ) Institutions Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences Children One son and one daughter Notable awards L'Oreal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science Alma mater Simmons College, Harvard University | ||
Nancy ip the china brain science project
Nancy Ip (simplified Chinese: 叶玉如; traditional Chinese: 葉玉如; pinyin: Yè Yùrú; born 30 July 1955) is a Hong Kong neuroscientist. She is currently the Dean of Science, the Morningside Professor of Life Science, and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). She was recently appointed as the new Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies of HKUST, and will take up the position in November 2016.
Contents
Biography
Nancy Ip was born in British Hong Kong on July 30, 1955, with her ancestral home in Taishan, Guangdong. She is the youngest of six children.
She received her Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Bachelor of Biology degrees from Simmons College in 1977. And she earned a doctorate in pharmacology from Harvard University Medical School in 1983. After graduation, she spent the early part of her scientific career in the USA, and was Senior Staff Scientist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., New York.
She became a professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1993. She is currently Dean of Science, Morningside Professor of Life Science, and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at the University
She was elected a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001.
In 2004, she received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science Award at the 6th Annual L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards.