Jackie Ying, Profesor Termuda MIT yang Memeluk Islam

Profesor Jackie Ying




Profesor Jackie Ying lahir di Taiwan. Pada usia 7 tahun, ia dan keluarganya pindah ke Singapura. Ayahnya seorang dosen Sastra Cina, d Nanyang University.

Sejak kecil, ia sangat menyukai ilmu pengetahuan, khususnya ilmu kimia. Namun, informasi soal kehidupan pribadinya tidak tersentuh. Ini termasuk keputusannya memeluk Islam.
Profesor Ying termasuk ilmuwan yang menonjol. Ia bekerja di bidang nanoteknologi dan banyak menerima penghargaan di bidang tersebut. Kini, ia menjabat Direkut Eksekutif Lembaga Bioengineering dan Nantotelnologi (IBN), Singapura . Ia juga masuk dalam daftar 500 Muslim paling berpengaruh versi Kerajaan Yordania (RISSC).

Pada usia 36, Profesor Ying menjadi profesor termuda di  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), dan dua tahun kemudian menjadi anggota termuda dari Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Leopoldina Jerman, akademi tertua di dunia untuk obat-obatan dan ilmu pengetahuan alam. Pada tahun 2008, ia meraih satu tempat dari delapan perempuan dalam daftar 100 Insinyur di era modern versi American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Profesor Ying memiliki 320 artikel, 140 paten untuk namanya, dan mengisi 370 ceramah  di konferensi internasional.

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Professor of Chemical Engineering
B.E., The Cooper Union, 1987
M.A., Princeton University, 1988
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1991
Room: 66-542
Phone: (617) 253-2899
Fax: (617) 452-3436
E-mail: jyying@mit.edu

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1991
Alexander von Humbolt Research Fellowship, 1992
Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1992
Ross C. Purdy Award, American Ceramic Society, 1995
Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, 1995
David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science & Engineering, 1995
ICI Fellowship, Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K.), 1995
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1996
Faculty Fellowship Award in Solid-State Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1997
Ernest W. Thiele Lectureship, University of Notre Dame, 1997
Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award, 1998 & 1999
TR100 Young Innovator Award, Technology Review, 1999
Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2000
Editorial Advisory Panel of Materials Today
Advisory Editor of Molecular and Supramolecular Science
Editor of Advances in Chemical Engineering
Associate Editor of Acta Metallurgica and Scripta Metallurgica, 2000-01
Associate Editor of Nanostructured Materials, 1997-99
Editorial Board of Applied Catalysis A: General
Editorial Board of Journal of Metastable and Nanostructured Materials
Editorial Board of Nanoparticle Science and Technology
Editorial Board of Journal of Electroceramics
Editorial Board of Journal of Porous Materials
Guest Editor of Chemistry of Materials, the AIChE Journal, Nanostructured Materials, and Materials Science & Engineering A
Materials Engineering and Sciences Division Director, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry Executive Committee, American Chemical Society
Board of Directors, Alexander von Humboldt Association of America, 1994-97
Council, International Mesostructured Material Association
Advisory Board, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden
International Advisory Board, University of Queensland Nanomaterials Centre
Advisory Board, National Research Council Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
Honorary Professor of Chemistry, Jilin University (China)
Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore