Xinnian Dong

Xinnian Dong
Native name 董欣年
Born 1959 (age 58–59)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Nationality United States
Alma mater Wuhan University
Northwestern University
Harvard University
Spouse(s) Xiao-Fan Wang
Scientific career
Fields Molecular biology
Plant physiology
Institutions Duke University

Xinnian Dong (Chinese: 董欣年; pinyin: Dǒng Xīnnián; born 1959) is a Chinese-American biologist who is the current Arts and Sciences Professor of Biology in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University.[1][2]

Biography

Dong was born in Wuhan, Hubei, China in 1959, to Dong Fureng (Chinese: 董辅礽), a Chinese-American economist, and Liu Ainian (Chinese: 刘蔼年), a Chinese-American ophthalmologist.[3] After resuming the college entrance examination, Dong was accepted to Wuhan University, where she graduated in 1982. After college, she attended the China-United States Biochemistry Examination and Application (CUSBEA) and was sent abroad to study at the expense of the Chinese government with her husband Xiao-Fan Wang. In 1983 she pursued advanced studies in the United States, earning her doctor's degree from Northwestern University in 1988. Dong did post-doctoral research at Harvard University from 1988 to 1991.

Dong joined the faculty of Duke University in 1992. She became a naturalized US citizen in 1998. She became a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011. In 2012 she was elected an academician of the National Academy of Sciences.[4]

Personal life

Dong was married to Xiao-Fan Wang, a Chinese American oncologist.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "XINNIAN DONG". asm.org. 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Profile of Xinnian Dong". pnas.org. 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ↑ 董欣年：爸爸您好好休息吧（图）. Sohu (in Chinese). 2004-08-12.
  4. ↑ 董欣年的珞珈情缘. Chinadaily (in Chinese). 2012-07-02.
  5. ↑ 王小凡和董欣年：中美院士伉俪竟是武大同学. Sohu (in Chinese). 2017-12-01.
  6. ↑ 杰出校友王小凡、董欣年教授重回母校. whu.edu.cn (in Chinese). 2018-06-13.
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