Jackie Yi-Ru Ying
| Jackie Yi-Ru Ying | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1966 Taipei |
| Fields | nanotechnology |
| Institutions |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology |
| Education | Raffles Girls' School |
| Alma mater | Cooper Union, Princeton University |
| Academic advisors | Herbert Gleiter |
| Notable awards | Singapore Women's Hall of Fame |
Jackie Yi-Ru Ying (born 1966) is a nanotechnology researcher and the executive director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore.
Biography
Ying was born in Taipei in 1966. She moved to Singapore with her family in 1973 where she was a student at Raffles Girls' School. Her family moved to New York when she was 15. She earned a B.Eng. degree, graduating summa cum laude from Cooper Union in 1987.[1] She then attended Princeton University, receiving her MA in 1988 and her PhD in 1991, both in chemical engineering. She spent a year as a Humboldt Fellow at the Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken and researched nanocrystalline materials with Herbert Gleiter.[2][3]
Ying became a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1992. She was made a full professor in 2001; at 35 she was one of MIT's youngest full professors.[2]
Ying returned to Singapore in 2003 to serve as the first executive director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, a division of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).[1] Her research concerns the biomedical and catalytic applications of nanostructured systems and materials.
Ying was elected to the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.[1]
Ying converted to Islam and mentors Muslim youth in science through Mendaki's Project Protégé.[4]
In December 2015, it was announced that she was one of the recipients of the inaugural 2015 Mustafa Prize awarded by the Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation. She was awarded the "Top Scientific Achievement" award for "her great scientific and technological contributions and achievements to the synthesis of well-designed advanced nanostructured materials and systems, nanostructured biomaterials and miniaturised biosystems for various interesting applications".[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Jackie Yi-Ru Ying". Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- 1 2 Spector, Myron (12 May 2014). "An interview with Jackie Yi-Ru Ying: the compleat multi-tasker". Biomedical Materials. 9 (3). doi:10.1088/1748-6041/9/3/030401.
- ↑ "Jackie Yi Ru Ying, Editorial Board - Nano Energy". Elsevier. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ Abdullah, Ahmad Zhaki (26 December 2012). "A Life of Passion, Commitment and Hard Work: Professor Jackie Ying". MuzlimBuzz.
- ↑ "A*STAR's IBN Executive Director wins top scientific achievement award". Channel NewsAsia. 24 Dec 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-03.