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Nam-Hai Chua

Nam-Hai Chua

Singaporean botanist

Nam-Hai Chua FRS (Chinese: 蔡南海; pinyin: Cài Nánhǎi) (born 8 April 1944) is a Singaporean botanist. He is an Andrew W. Mellon Emeritus Professor[1] at Rockefeller University.[2] He is now deputy chairman of Temasek Life Science Laboratory.[3]

Life

He earned a BS from the National University of Singapore, and an AM and PhD from Harvard University in 1969. He taught at the University of Singapore Medical School, from 1969 to 1971.[4] He was awarded the International Prize for Biology in 2005. He joined Rockefeller University in 1973 and remained there till his retirement from the university. Thereafter, he moved back to Singapore in 2016.

Awards and honors

  • Royal Society of London (1988)
  • Taiwan Academica Sinica (1988)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006)
  • Honorary Doctorate from NTU Singapore (2008)
  • Singapore National Science and Technology Gold Medal (1998)
  • Singapore Public Administration Gold Medal (2002)
  • International Prize in Biology (2005)
  • NUS Distinguished Alumni Service Award 2017
  • Recognized as a Pioneer Member of the American Society of Plant Biologists. [5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Nam-Hai Chua".
  2. [2]
    "The Rockefeller University » Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology". lab.rockefeller.edu.
  3. [3]
    "Chua Nam Hai, Ph.D, Deputy Chairman | TLL Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory".
  4. [4]
    "The Rockefeller University » Scientists & Research". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  5. [5]
    "ASPB Pioneer Members".
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