Nancy Ip

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| name = Nancy Ip

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| title = 5th President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

| term_start = 19 October 2022

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| chancellor = John Lee Ka-chiu

| predecessor = Wei Shyy

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| native_name = 葉玉如

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| birth_name = Nancy Ip Yuk-yu

| birth_place = Hong Kong

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| education = Simmons College (BSc)
Harvard University (PhD)

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| awards = L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science (2004)

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| fields = Neuroscience

| workplaces = Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

| thesis_title = Cholinergic and Peptidergic Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Activity in the Rat Superior Cervical Ganglion

| thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/303271681/

| thesis_year = 1983

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| other_names = Ye Yuru

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Nancy Chu Ip Yuk-yu ({{zh|t=朱玉如|s=朱玉如|p=Zhūyù Rú}}; also spelled as Nancy Y. Ip in academic publications) is a Hong Kong neuroscientist. She is serving as the 5th President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) since 19 October 2022. She had served as the Vice-President of Research and Development, the Morningside Professor of Life Science, and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at the HKUST.{{cite news|url=http://www.ust.hk/about-hkust/media-relations/press-releases/hkust-appoints-prof-nancy-ip-dean-science/ |title=HKUST Appoints Prof Nancy Ip as Dean of Science |newspaper=HKUST |date=2010-11-16 }}{{cite news |url=http://women.sohu.com/20080306/n255562077.shtml |title=世界杰出女科学家成就奖：叶玉如 |newspaper=Sohu |date=2008-03-06 |language=zh |access-date=2015-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163015/http://women.sohu.com/20080306/n255562077.shtml |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }} Since December 2022, Ms. Ip has also served as the deputy from the Hong Kong delegation to the National People's Congress and received the largest number of votes from the 1273 member Electoral Committee which elects delegates, receiving 1254 votes.{{cite news | url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/198241/Nancy-Ip-secured-the-most-votes-as-32-HK-deputies-to-China%E2%80%99s-national-legislature-elected | title=Nancy Ip secured the most votes as 32 HK deputies to China's national legislature elected | newspaper=The Standard }}

Biography

Nancy Ip was born in Hong Kong, with her ancestral home in Taishan, Guangdong. She is the youngest of six children. She attended secondary education at St. Mary's Canossian College.{{Cite web|url=https://seng.hkust.edu.hk/news/20220520/hkust-appoints-prof-nancy-ip-fifth-president|title=HKUST Appoints Prof. Nancy IP as Fifth President}}

She received her bachelor degree in Chemistry and Biology from Simmons College in 1977, and she earned a doctorate in pharmacology from Harvard University Medical School in 1983. After graduation, she spent the early part of her scientific career in the USA, and was Senior Staff Scientist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, New York.{{Cite web|url=https://iplab.ust.hk/|title=Ip Lab - Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory|website=iplab.ust.hk}}

Since joining The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1993, Ip served as Dean of Science, the Director of the Biotechnology Research Institute, and the Head of the Department of Biochemistry. She is currently the Vice-President for Research and Development, the Morningside Professor of Life Science, and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at the University.{{cite news|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2004-03-07/11433000770.shtml |title=携带时尚元素的女科学家叶玉如(组图) |newspaper=Sina |date=2004-03-07|language=zh }}

She has been elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2001), the World Academy of Sciences (2004), the US National Academy of Sciences (2015), the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences (2015), the American of Arts and Sciences (2016), and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2019).{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com.cn/GB/keji/25509/29829/2104066.html |title=中国两院院士资料库：叶玉如 |newspaper=People.com |date=2003-09-22 |language=zh }}

In 2004, she received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science Award at the 6th Annual L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards{{cite news|url=http://news.163.com/2004w03/12486/2004w03_1078814134799.html |title=中国女性梅开二度获"世界杰出女科学家成就奖" |newspaper=163.COM |date=2004-03-09 |language=zh }} for her discoveries on the molecular control of growth, differentiation and synapse formation in the nervous system.

Research

Ip has made seminal discoveries in the biology of neurotrophic factors, specifically proteins that support the growth, survival, and differentiation of both developing and mature neurons. Her recent research to understand the deregulation of signaling pathways mediated by different classes of cell surface receptors has led to critical insights on the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, and unveiled new molecular targets and potential therapeutic strategies for the disease.

Award

1998 - Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellowship{{Cite web|url=https://scholars.croucher.org.hk/scholars/nancy-ip-yuk-yu|title=Nancy Ip Yuk Yu 葉玉如教授 | The Croucher Foundation|website=scholars.croucher.org.hk}}
2001 - Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences{{Cite web|url=http://casad.cas.cn/sourcedb_ad_cas/zw2/ysxx/smkxhyxxb/200906/t20090624_1803062.html|title=叶玉如----中国科学院学部|website=casad.cas.cn}}
2003 & 2011 - State Natural Science Award, State Council of the People's Republic of China{{cite web |url= https://hkust.edu.hk/press_release_archive/chi/news/archive/c_pa040224-780.pdf|title=科大教授獲國家自然科學獎 |date=24 February 2004 |website= hkust.edu.hk|access-date=2021-01-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://hkust.edu.hk/news/recognition/hkust-big-winner-among-institutions-hong-kong-chinas-state-science-and-technology|title=HKUST the big winner among Institutions in Hong Kong in China's State Science and Technology Awards | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology|website=hkust.edu.hk}}
2004 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences{{Cite web|url=https://twas.org/directory|title=TWAS Directory|website=TWAS}}
2004 - L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhrtDAFDLjk|title=Best of 2004 L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards Ceremony - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|date=6 July 2014 }}
2008 - Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation{{Cite web|url=http://www.hlhl.org.cn/news/findnews/showsub.asp?id=924|title=何梁何利基金|website=www.hlhl.org.cn}}
2008 - Medal of Honor, Hong Kong SAR Government{{Cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200807/01/P200806300286.htm|title=2008 Honours List|website=www.info.gov.hk}}
2011 - Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Merite, France{{Cite web|url=https://hongkong.consulfrance.org/Prof-Nancy-Ip-Knight-of-l-Ordre|title=Prof. Nancy Ip, Knight of l'Ordre National du Mérite|website=Consulat général de France à Hong Kong et Macao}}
2014 - Justice of Peace, Hong Kong SAR Government{{Cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/cml/eng/miscell/index3e.htm|title=Civil And Miscellaneous Lists : Justices of the Peace|date=August 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821174550/https://www.info.gov.hk/cml/eng/miscell/index3e.htm|archive-date=2019-08-21}}
2015 - Founding Member, The Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong{{Cite web|url=http://www.ashk.org.hk/en/ourMembers/details/20|title=Nancy Y IP - Our Members - The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences 香港科學院|website=www.ashk.org.hk}}
2016 - Foreign Associate, US National Academy of Sciences{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/april-28-2015-NAS-Election.html|title=2015 New Members and Foreign Assoicates [sic] Elected|website=www.nasonline.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20035911.html|title=Nancy Ip|website=www.nasonline.org}}
2016 - Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences{{Cite web|url=https://www.amacad.org/directory?search_api_fulltext=nancy+ip&field_election_year=2016&field_class_section=All&field_class_section_1=All&field_deceased=1&sort_bef_combine=search_api_relevance_DESC|title=Member Directory | American Academy of Arts and Sciences|website=www.amacad.org}}
2016 - 10 Science Stars of China by Nature{{Cite journal|title=Science stars of China|date=June 23, 2016|journal=Nature News|volume=534|issue=7608|pages=456–461|doi=10.1038/534456a|pmid=27337325|bibcode=2016Natur.534..456.|doi-access=free}}
2016 - Asian Scientist 100, 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= }}
2017 - Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS), Hong Kong SAR Government{{Cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201706/30/P2017062900879.htm|title=2017 Honours List|website=www.info.gov.hk}}
2019 - Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences