Michelle Chang

Michelle C. Y. Chang
Born	1977
Residence	Berkeley, California
Citizenship	United States
Fields	Chemistry, Biology
Institutions	UC Berkeley
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor	JoAnne Stubbe and Daniel G. Nocera

For a Tekken series character, see Michelle Chang (Tekken).

Michelle C. Y. Chang is a chemist at the department of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, a recipient of several young scientist awards for her research in biosynthesis of biofuels and pharmaceuticals.^[1]

Education

• B.S., Biochemistry, B.A., French Literature, University of California, San Diego (1997)
• National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (1997-2000)
• M.I.T./Merck Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (2000-2002)
• Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004)
• Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley (2004-2007)

Awards

• 2007: The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award ^[1]
• 2008: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award ^[1]
• 2008: TR35: Technology Review magazine Young Innovator Award^[2]
• 2009: National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award^[3]
• 2010: Agilent Early Career Professor Award^[4]
• 2011: International Young Talents in Chemistry Award^[5]
• 2011: NIH Director's New Innovator Award^[6]

Personal life

Michelle was born in San Jose, California to immigrants from Taiwan.^[7]

Michelle is married to her colleague from the department of chemistry, Christopher Chang, another 2008 TR35 award recipient.^[8]

Publications

Chang's scientific papers are listed on her group's website.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Faculty profile
2. ^ TR35 Award
3. ^ CAREER award
4. ^ Agilent Early Career Award
5. ^ International Young Talents
6. ^ [1]
7. ^ http://news.pchome.com.tw/finance/cnyes/20110311/index-12998026413899109003.html
8. ^ "National magazines tout two chemists and two astronomers as top innovators in their fields", UC Newsroom, August 22, 2008 (retrieved January 26, 2010)

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