Jackie Yi-Ru Ying
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| birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan
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| fields = Nanotechnology
| workplaces = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
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| education = Cooper Union (BEng)
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| academic_advisors = Herbert Gleiter
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| awards = Singapore Women's Hall of Fame;
Mustafa Prize (2015);
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) Academy Prize;{{Cite web |date=2018-12-28 |title=Prof. Jackie Ying Receives 2018 Turkish Academy of Sciences Prize > Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) |url=https://www.a-star.edu.sg/News-and-Events/News/Press-Releases/ID/7416 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=a-star.edu.sg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228223311/https://www.a-star.edu.sg/News-and-Events/News/Press-Releases/ID/7416 |archive-date=2018-12-28 }}
Fellow AAAS (2015);{{Cite web|url=https://www.asianscientist.com/2015/11/topnews/ibn-executive-director-jackie-ying-elected-aaas-fellow/|title=IBN Executive Director Jackie Ying Elected AAAS Fellow|date=30 November 2015}};
Fellow NAI (2017);
Fellow NAE (2021);
King Faisal Prize (2023)
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Jackie Yi-Ru Ying (born 1966) is a Taiwanese-born American nanotechnology scientist based in Singapore. She is the founding executive director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN).{{cite web|first1=Amelia|last1=Teng|title=Singapore-based scientist Jackie Ying clinches highest accolade for academic inventors|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/singapore-based-scientist-jackie-ying-wins-highest-accolade-for-academic?login=true|website=The Straits Times|accessdate=2017-12-15|date=13 December 2017}}
Early life and education
Ying was born in Taipei in 1966. She moved to Singapore with her family in 1973 as a child where she was a student at Rulang Primary School{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhb.gov.sg/~/media/nhb/files/places/trails/jurong%20heritage%20trail%20booklet_13042015.pdf|title=Jurong Heritage Trail|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=National Heritage Board|page=26|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} and Raffles Girls' School. She then went to New York City, earning a B.Eng. degree, summa cum laude, from Cooper Union in 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.swhf.sg/the-inductees/name/21-science-technology/167-jackie-yi-ru-ying|title=Jackie Yi-Ru Ying|publisher=Singapore Women's Hall of Fame|access-date=10 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117122736/http://www.swhf.sg/the-inductees/name/21-science-technology/167-jackie-yi-ru-ying|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}} She then attended Princeton University, receiving her M.A. in 1988 and her Ph.D. 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.{{cite journal|last1=Spector|first1=Myron|title=An interview with Jackie Yi-Ru Ying: the compleat multi-tasker|journal=Biomedical Materials|date=12 May 2014|volume=9|issue=3|pages=030401|doi=10.1088/1748-6041/9/3/030401|pmid=24818688|bibcode=2014BioMa...9c0401S|s2cid=1170604 |doi-access=free}}{{cite web|title=Jackie Yi Ru Ying, Editorial Board - Nano Energy|url=http://www.journals.elsevier.com/nano-energy/editorial-board/jackie-yi-ru-ying/|publisher=Elsevier|accessdate=11 November 2015}}
Career
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.
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). Her research concerns the biomedical and catalytic applications of nanostructured systems and materials.
In 2005, Ying was the youngest member inducted into the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Li Ying |date=2023-01-06 |title=A*Star researcher one of two women scientists to win prestigious international award |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/astar-researcher-one-of-two-women-scientists-to-win-prestigious-international-award |access-date=2024-08-19 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}
In March 2018, Ying stepped down from her position as Executive Director at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology to lead her own lab, NanoBio lab.{{Cite web|date=15 Dec 2017|title=Star scientists Jackie Ying, Birgitte Lane stepping down from key leadership roles at A*Star's research institutes|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/star-scientists-stepping-down-from-key-leadership-roles-at-astars-research-institutes|access-date=26 November 2018|website=Straits Times}}
Since then, Ying has joined the Department of Bioengineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) as a professor.{{Cite web |title=Jackie Yi-Ru Ying |url=https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/jackie-yi-ru-ying |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals |language=en-US}}
In 2021, Ying was elected as a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.
Honours and awards
During 2008, Ying was chosen by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers as an Engineer of the Modern Era. Ying was elected to the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.{{cite web |title=THE HONOUREES |url=https://www.swhf.sg/the-honourees/ |website=Singapore Women's Hall of Fame |access-date=15 July 2021}}
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".{{Cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/a-star-s-ibn-executive/2374338.html|title=A*STAR's IBN Executive Director wins top scientific achievement award|date=24 Dec 2015|website=Channel NewsAsia|access-date=2016-06-03|archive-date=2016-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624173423/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/a-star-s-ibn-executive/2374338.html|url-status=dead}} In 2016, she was elected to the Cooper Union Hall of Fame for her achievements.{{cite web |last1=Lynch |first1=Mary |title=ALUMNI PROFILE: JACKIE YING, CHE'87, Engineer, Hall of Fame |date=9 May 2016 |url=https://cooperalumni.org/alumni-profile-jackie-ying-che87/ |publisher=Cooper Union Alumni Association |access-date=8 May 2021}}
When the National Academy of Inventors gave Ying a fellowship in 2017, she was the first Singaporean to receive this honour. The following year, Ying became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist. In 2020, Ying received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Journal of Drug Targeting for "her many outstanding contributions in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine including drug delivery and targeting."{{cite journal |last1=Akhtar |first1=Saghir |title=Editorial: In honour of Professor Jackie Ying, recipient of the Journal of Drug Targeting's Lifetime Achievement Award for 2020 |journal=Journal of Drug Targeting |date=July 28, 2020 |volume=28 |issue=7–8 |pages=681–682 |doi=10.1080/1061186X.2020.1798585 |pmid=32686541 |s2cid=220655129 |doi-access=free }} In 2021, she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.{{cite web |title=Dr. Jackie Y. Ying |url=https://www.nae.edu/141142/Dr-Jackie-Y-Ying |publisher=National Academy of Engineering |access-date=8 May 2021}} She has served as the Editor in Chief of Nano Today, and is currently advising the journal as Editor Emeritus.{{cite web |title=Nano Today - Editorial Board |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/nano-today/editorial-board |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=8 May 2021}} In 2023, she was awarded the King Faisal Prize.[https://kingfaisalprize.org/winnerInfo/364 King Faisal Prize 2023]
She is also a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Jackie Y. Ying |url=https://nae.edu/141142/Dr-Jackie-Y-Ying |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=NAE Website |language=en}}
Personal life
Ying is a practicing Muslim, having converted to the faith when she was 35,{{Cite web|last=Boh|first=Samantha|date=2015-12-24|title=Singapore-based scientist wins top science and technology award of Islamic world|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-based-scientist-wins-top-science-and-technology-award-of-islamic-world|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-30|website=The Straits Times|language=en}} the year when her daughter was born.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-06 |title=Professor Jackie Ying is a nanobiotechnology scientist on a tireless mission to improve lives |url=https://www.herworld.com/pov/people/professor-jackie-ying-nanobiotechnology-singapore |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Her World Singapore |language=en-SG}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20171209130333/http://www.ibn.a-star.edu.sg/pdf/JackieYing_Bio.pdf Biography] at Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
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Category: MIT School of Engineering faculty
Category: American nanotechnologists
Category: Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
Category: American people of Taiwanese descent
Category: American people of Chinese descent
Category: Raffles Girls' Secondary School alumni