Nancy Ho

Nancy W. Y. Ho is the recipient of 2013 USA National Medal of Technology and Innovation,[1] awarded to her by President Barack Obama.[2] The award is the highest honor for technological achievement bestowed by the President of the United States.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ho(何).
Nancy W. Y. Ho
Chinese: 何汪瑗
Born1936 (age 84–85)
China
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materNational Taiwan University, Purdue University, Temple University
AwardsNational Medal of Technology and Innovation
Scientific career
Fieldsmolecular biology
InstitutionsPurdue University

She was awarded the medal for: "For the development of a yeast-based technology that is able to co-ferment sugars extracted from plants to produce ethanol, and for optimizing this technology for large-scale and cost-effective production of renewable biofuels and industrial chemicals."[3]

President Obama's citation at the award ceremony read:

Ho’s work will lead to large-scale and cost-effective production of renewable biofuels and industrial chemicals.

Early life

Ho was born in China.[4] Ho grew up in Taiwan.[4] Ho is a Taiwanese American.[5][6]

Education

Ho earned her PhD in molecular biology in 1968, her masters from Temple University in 1960, and her undergraduate degree from National Taiwan University, Taiwan in 1957.

Career

In 2006, Ho founded GreenTech America Inc. in West Lafayette, Indiana.[7] Ho is also the President of GreenTech America Inc. Ho is known for the yeast called Ho-Purdue Yeast.[4]

Ho is a research professor emerita at Purdue University. Earlier on, she was a senior research scientist at Purdue Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE). In 2007, she became a research professor at Purdue, in the School of Chemical Engineering.[8]

For over 30 years, she has devoted research to develop the most successful yeast for the production of ethanol. This has considerable impact in the renewable energy field.

Awards
  • National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2013)

Book
  • Ho, Nancy (2018). The Miracle Yeast. LifeRich Publishing.[9]

References
  1. "National Science and Technology Medals Foundation". nationalmedals.org. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  2. "Obama honors Purdue professor with technology medal". indystar.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  3. "2013 Laureates- National Medal of Technology and Innovation". USPTO. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  4. Lane, Jim (January 20, 2015). "Dr. Nancy Ho, Founder, Green Tech America". biofuelsdigest.com. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  5. "Nancy Ho Chosen to Receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation : Women In Academia Report". wiareport.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  6. "1015. Nancy Ho / 何汪瑗 2016/05 | History of Taiwanese American (T.A. Archives) 台美史料中心". taiwaneseamericanhistory.org. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  7. "Nancy W. Y. Ho". Purdue.edu. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  8. "Purdue engineer receives top award from President Obama - Purdue University". purdue.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  9. The Miracle Yeast: Amazon.es: Nancy W. Y. Ho: Libros en idiomas extranjeros. ASIN 1489719296.
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