Liao I-chiu
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Liao I-chiu ({{zh|c=廖一久|p=Liào Yījiǔ}}) (b. Nov. 4, 1936) is a Taiwanese academic who specializes in commercial aquatic animal breeding and aquaculture. He is known as the "Father of Shrimp Farming".{{cite web |title=Taiwan/Japan Medal for "Father of Shrimp Farming" |url=http://www.shrimpnews.com/FreeReportsFolder/NewsReportsFolder/TaiwanJapanMedalFatherOfShrimp.html |publisher=Shrimp News International |accessdate=30 May 2019}}
Early life and education
Liao was born in Tokyo to Taiwanese parents on 4 November 1936,{{cite book |title=The Republic of China Yearbook 2010 |date=November 2010 |publisher=Government Information Office |isbn=9789860252781 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EnAmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA321}} and moved to Taiwan at the age of four. He grew up in Fengyuan, Taichung. In 1962 he went back to Japan to study at the University of Tokyo. He returned to Taiwan in 1968 after earning his Ph.D. in agriculture.
Career
In the late 1960s Liao played an important role in developing methods to farm tiger shrimp. In 1968 he was named a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation.{{cite web |title=Dr. I. Chiu Liao |url=https://www.aquaculturealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/goal12-liao.pdf |publisher=Global Aquaculture Alliance |accessdate=30 May 2019}}
Liao is a fellow at Academia Sinica and The World Academy of Sciences and a distinguished professor at National Taiwan Ocean University.
Awards and recognitions
In 2012, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Global Aquaculture Alliance.
In 2014, Liao was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette by the Japanese Government.{{cite web |agency=Central News Agency |title=Taiwanese aquatic breeding expert wins Japan's Nikkei Asia Prize |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3714035 |publisher=Taiwan News |accessdate=30 May 2019}}
In 2019, he was awarded the Nikkei Asia Prize in Science and Technology for his work on shrimp breeding.{{cite web |title=The 24th Nikkei Asia Prize Winners |url=http://www.nikkei-events.jp/asiaprizes/en/ |publisher=Nikkei Asia Prizes |accessdate=30 May 2019}}
In 2020, he became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.{{cite web |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/ |title=The Asian Scientist 100 |author= |date= |website= |publisher= Asian Scientist |access-date= 13 March 2025 |quote= |language= }}
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