Nancy Ip
Nancy Ip | |
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葉玉如 | |
Nancy Ip in September 2013 | |
| 5th President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| Assumed office 19 October 2022 | |
| Chancellor | John Lee Ka-chiu |
| Preceded by | Wei Shyy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nancy Ip Yuk-yu Hong Kong |
| Education | Simmons College (BSc) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Awards | L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science (2004) |
| Other names | Ye Yuru |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Thesis | Cholinergic and Peptidergic Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Activity in the Rat Superior Cervical Ganglion (1983) |
Nancy Chu Ip Yuk-yu (Chinese: 朱玉如; pinyin: 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. 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.