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Nancy Ip

Dean of Science

Institution
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Country

Field
Biomedical Sciences

In 2015, Ip was elected as foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences. An academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the dean of science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Ip has furthered our understanding into brain development and synaptic plasticity, and dysregulation in neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

Awards include the National Natural Science Awards, China’s highest honor in the natural sciences, and the L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Award.

(Photo: Nancy Ip/HKUST)


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