Chi-Huey Wong
Chi-Huey Wong (Chinese: 翁啟惠; born 3 August 1948) is a Taiwanese-American biochemist. He is currently the Scripps Family Chair Professor at the Scripps Research Institute, California in the department of chemistry. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, as awarded the 2014 Wolf Prize in Chemistry and 2015 RSC Robert Robinson Award. Wong is also the holder of more than 100 patents and publisher of 700 more scholarly academic research papers under his name.
Chi-Huey Wong | |
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| 翁啟惠 | |
| President of the Academia Sinica | |
| In office 19 October 2006 – 10 May 2016 | |
| Deputy | Chen Chien-jen, Wang Fan-sen, etc. |
| Preceded by | Yuan T. Lee |
| Succeeded by | Wang Fan-sen (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 3, 1948 Yizhu, Tainan County, Taiwan (now Chiayi County) |
| Nationality | Taiwanese American |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Awards | F. A. Cotton Medal (2008) Arthur C. Cope Award (2012) Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2014) Robert Robinson Award (2015) Welch Award in Chemistry (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry Chemical biology |
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| Doctoral students | Carlos F. Barbas III |
| Political party | Independent |
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