Nancy Ip
Nancy Ip | |
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朱葉玉如 | |
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 |
| Education | Simmons College (BSc) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Awards | L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Other names | Ye Yuru |
| 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: 朱葉玉如; Jyutping: Zyu1 Jip6 Juk6-jyu4; 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, Ip has also served as the deputy from the Hong Kong delegation to the National People's Congress.