Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science Awards
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| Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science Awards | |
|---|---|
| Country | Taiwan |
| First award | 2007 |
| Website | towis |
The Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science Award (TOWIS, Chinese: 台灣傑出女科學家獎; Tongyong Pinyin: Táiwān jiéchū nyǔ kēsyuéjiā jiǎng; Tâi-lô: Tâi-uân kia̍t-tshut lú kho-ha̍k-ka tsióng was jointly established in 2007 by L'Oréal Taiwan and the Chien-Shiung Wu Foundation. It aims to encourage young female students to pursue scientific research as their career by recognizing outstanding female scientists. This award is also known colloquially as the "Taiwan Women's Nobel Prize".[1] The awards include the "Outstanding Award", the "Young Talent Award" and the "Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship" added in 2012. The scientists participating in the selection are mainly from the three fields of material science, mathematics and information science.[2] The winners are announced annually in March.
| Year | Award | Name | Scientific field |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Outstanding Award | Jacqueline Whang-Peng | Cancer medical research |
| 2009 | Outstanding Award | Wang Yu | Chemistry-X-ray Crystallography |
| Young Talent Award | Shu-Chun Chu | Optical physics, optical applications | |
| 2010 | Outstanding Award | Yan-Hwa Wu Lee | Biochemistry and Molecular Virology |
| Chang Mei-hwei | Hepatitis and childhood liver cancer | ||
| Young Talent Award | Su-Ying Wu | Structural biology | |
| Shuen-Iu Hung | Drug allergy research | ||
| 2011 | Outstanding Award | Kuo-Fong Ma | Seismology |
| Young Talent Award | Peichen Yu | Nanotechnology and Solar Cell Research | |
| Hsiao-Wen Zan | Semiconductor electronic components | ||
| 2012 | Outstanding Award | Chu-Fang Lo | Crustacean diseases |
| Bon-Chu Chung | Steroid research | ||
| Young Talent Award | Chao-Wen Wang | Cell biology | |
| Ya-Hui Chi | Life Sciences, Medicine and Health - Cell Cycle and Cancer Mechanisms | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Wei-Chien Yuan | Biochemistry | |
| 2013[3] | Outstanding Award | Su-Lan Wang | Crystallography and Solid-State Inorganic Structural Chemistry |
| Mei-Yin Chou | Condensed matter physics and electronic structure theory | ||
| Young Talent Award | Keng-hui Lin | Soft condensed matter physics - the role of cells and materials | |
| Shu-Chih Yang | Atmospheric science - Numerical model assimilation and forecasting | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Yu-Jung Lu | Semiconductor light-emitting elements | |
| 2014[4] | Outstanding Award | Yu Su-may | Plant molecular biology, rice Locus control region |
| Chao Agnes Hsiung | Genetic epidemiology, biostatistics and bioinformatics | ||
| Young Talent Award | Denise Hsien Wu | Cognitive neuroscience | |
| Yun-Ju Chen | Neurodegenerative disease | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Hsuan-Wen Lin | Neuroscience | |
| 2015 | Outstanding Award | Ray-Nien Kwo | Materials science, mimicry physics, nanoelectronics |
| Young Talent Award | Ya-Ping Chiu | Novel Nanomaterials (Semiconductors, Composite Oxides, Energy Materials) Interface Science | |
| Ching-Wen Chiu | Inorganic chemistry | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Yu-hsuan Huang | Applied Chemistry - Photolysis Dynamics of Benzaldehyde, Second-Generation Horst Infrared Spectrometer | |
| 2016 | Outstanding Award | Ruey-Hwa Chen[5] | Messaging, Cancer Biology, Cell biology |
| Young Talent Award | Lily Hui-Ching Wang | Cell biology, tumor viruses, live cell photography | |
| Chang, Ye-ling | Neuropsychology, dementia and neurodegenerative diseases, brain functional imaging | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Li-An Chu | Drosophila neural signal transduction | |
| 2017 | Outstanding Award | Li-Chyong Chen[6] | Nanomaterials Science and Energy Applications |
| Young Talent Award | Ya-Ju Hsu | Geophysics | |
| Shin-Shan Yu | High-energy physics | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Hsieh, Yi-Hui | Nanomaterials | |
| 2018 | Outstanding Award | Yi-Fang Tsay[7] | Plant Molecular biology |
| Young Talent Award | Ling Chao | Cell membrane proteins | |
| Han-Ching Wang | Shrimp immune mechanisms and disease treatment mechanisms | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Hsiu-Ju Lin | Proteolysis | |
| 2019 | Outstanding Award | Yng-Ing Lee | Mathematical Differential geometry and geometric analysis |
| Young Talent Award | Haojia Abby Ren | Biogeochemical cycle, paleoclimate and paleoceanography, stable isotope geochemistry | |
| Yi-Chia Chou | Electron microscopy, growth and property analysis of semiconductor low-micron crystals, nanoscale metal silicides, electronic thin film engineering. | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Hsiang-Ying Chen | Physics - Nonlinear wave research, Biomedicine - Collective movement behavior of cancer cells | |
| 2020 | Outstanding Award | Sue Lin-Chao | Molecular mechanisms regulating post-transcriptional gene expression in bacteria |
| Young Talent Award | Hsiao-Ching Lin | Genetic engineering, protein engineering, and chemical methods | |
| Yun-Ching Chen | Cancer medicine | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Chien-Hui Lo | Cell biology - Cellular Cilia | |
| 2021 | Outstanding Award | I-I Lin[8] | Interdisciplinary satellite remote sensing, atmospheric science, and ocean science |
| Young Talent Award | Hsin-Jay Wu | High-efficiency thermoelectric materials | |
| Yun-Nung Chen | Artificial intelligence language processing | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Chuang, Tso-Chi | Thermo-spintronics and spintronics | |
| 2022 | Outstanding Award | Hsou-min Li | Plant Molecular Biology |
| Young Talent Award | Hsiao-Chun Huang | Cell division and differentiation | |
| Yen-Ping Hsueh | Genetics and Mycology | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Chao, Tung | Molecular medicine, immunology | |
| 2023[9] | Outstanding Award | Yu-Ju Chen[10] | Biotechnology, proteomics |
| Young Talent Award | Lin, Li-Hwai | Astronomy (galaxy evolution) | |
| Vita Pi-Ho Hu | Advanced electronic components and memory | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Ni-En Hsieh | Photodesorption and photochemical reactions of interstellar ice crystals under vacuum ultraviolet light and X-ray irradiation | |
| 2024 | Outstanding Award | Sun, Yu-Ju[11] | Membrane proteins, protein chemistry, crystallography, structural biology, biophysics |
| Young Talent Award | Ming-Jung Liu | Plant biological stress, gene regulation, bioinformatics | |
| Hsueh-Ping Catherine Chu | Genomics and Molecular biology | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Chu, Ming-Chia | Neuroscience | |
| 2025 | Outstanding Award | Wanjiun Liao[12] | Communication Network |
| Young Talent Award | Yen-Ting Hwang | Climate change science, large-scale atmospheric circulation, cloud-circulation interaction | |
| Hsiang-Yi Karen Yang | Astrophysics | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Yi-Fan Chen | Nanopolymers | |
| 2026[13] | Outstanding Award | Zee-Fen Chang | Nucleic acid medicine and cancer biology |
| Young Talent Award | Annie Cheng | Nanobiomedicine and precision medicine | |
| Wei-Chien Yuan | Cancer and Regenerative medicine | ||
| Mong Tsui-Chu Scholarship | Jui-Yi Chen[14] | Spinal cord injury research |