Jackie Yi-Ru Ying Explained

Jackie Yi-Ru Ying
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality:American
Singaporean permanent resident
Fields:Nanotechnology
Workplaces:
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology,
NanoBio Lab
Education:Cooper Union (BEng)
Princeton University (MA, PhD)
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Academic Advisors:Herbert Gleiter
Awards:Singapore Women's Hall of Fame;
Mustafa Prize (2015);
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) Academy Prize;[1]
Fellow AAAS (2015);[2]
Fellow NAI (2017);
Fellow NAE (2021);
King Faisal Prize (2023)
Children:1 daughter

Jackie Yi-Ru Ying (born 1966) is an American nanotechnology scientist based in Singapore. She is the founding executive director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN).[3]

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[4] and Raffles Girls' School. She then went to New York City, earning a B.Eng. degree, summa cum laude, from Cooper Union in 1987.[5] She then attended Princeton University, receiving her MA in 1988 and her PhD 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.[6] [7]

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.[6]

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).[5] 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.[8]

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.[9]

Since then, Ying has joined the Department of Bioengineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) as a professor.[10]

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.[11]

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".[12] In 2016, she was elected to the Cooper Union Hall of Fame for her achievements.[13]

When the National Academy of Inventors gave Ying a fellowship in 2017, she was the first Singaporean to receive this honour. 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."[14] In 2021, she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.[15] She has served as the Editor in Chief of Nano Today, and is currently advising the journal as Editor Emeritus.[16] In 2023 she was awarded the King Faisal Prize.[17]

She is also a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.[18]

Personal life

Ying is a practicing Muslim, having converted to the faith when she was 35.[19] Ying had a daughter.[20]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-12-28 . Prof. Jackie Ying Receives 2018 Turkish Academy of Sciences Prize > Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) . 2024-01-12 . a-star.edu.sg. https://web.archive.org/web/20181228223311/https://www.a-star.edu.sg/News-and-Events/News/Press-Releases/ID/7416 . 2018-12-28 .
  2. Web site: IBN Executive Director Jackie Ying Elected AAAS Fellow. 30 November 2015.
  3. Web site: Amelia. Teng. Singapore-based scientist Jackie Ying clinches highest accolade for academic inventors. The Straits Times. 2017-12-15. 13 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Jurong Heritage Trail. National Heritage Board. 26.
  5. Web site: Jackie Yi-Ru Ying. Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. 10 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117122736/http://www.swhf.sg/the-inductees/name/21-science-technology/167-jackie-yi-ru-ying. 17 November 2015. dead.
  6. Spector. Myron. An interview with Jackie Yi-Ru Ying: the compleat multi-tasker. Biomedical Materials. 12 May 2014. 9. 3. 030401. 10.1088/1748-6041/9/3/030401. 24818688. 2014BioMa...9c0401S. 1170604 . free.
  7. Web site: Jackie Yi Ru Ying, Editorial Board - Nano Energy. Elsevier. 11 November 2015.
  8. News: Lee . Li Ying . 2023-01-06 . A*Star researcher one of two women scientists to win prestigious international award . 2024-08-19 . . en . 0585-3923.
  9. Web site: 15 Dec 2017. Star scientists Jackie Ying, Birgitte Lane stepping down from key leadership roles at A*Star's research institutes. 26 November 2018. Straits Times.
  10. Web site: Jackie Yi-Ru Ying . 2024-07-22 . King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals . en-US.
  11. Web site: THE HONOUREES . Singapore Women's Hall of Fame . 15 July 2021.
  12. Web site: A*STAR's IBN Executive Director wins top scientific achievement award. 24 Dec 2015. Channel NewsAsia. 2016-06-03. 2016-06-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624173423/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/a-star-s-ibn-executive/2374338.html. dead.
  13. Web site: Lynch . Mary . ALUMNI PROFILE: JACKIE YING, CHE'87, Engineer, Hall of Fame . 9 May 2016 . Cooper Union Alumni Association . 8 May 2021.
  14. Akhtar . Saghir . Editorial: In honour of Professor Jackie Ying, recipient of the Journal of Drug Targeting's Lifetime Achievement Award for 2020 . Journal of Drug Targeting . July 28, 2020 . 28 . 7–8 . 681–682 . 10.1080/1061186X.2020.1798585 . 32686541 . 220655129 . free .
  15. Web site: Dr. Jackie Y. Ying . National Academy of Engineering . 8 May 2021.
  16. Web site: Nano Today - Editorial Board . Elsevier . 8 May 2021.
  17. https://kingfaisalprize.org/winnerInfo/364 King Faisal Prize 2023
  18. Web site: Dr. Jackie Y. Ying . 2024-06-18 . NAE Website . en.
  19. Web site: Boh. Samantha. 2015-12-24. Singapore-based scientist wins top science and technology award of Islamic world. 2020-07-30. The Straits Times. en.
  20. Web site: 2023-10-06 . Professor Jackie Ying is a nanobiotechnology scientist on a tireless mission to improve lives . 2024-08-19 . Her World Singapore . en-SG.