Huanming Yang(henry Yang)

Biography

Dr. Yang is the co-founder and Chairman of Board, BGI, one of the major genomics centers in the world. He and his partners have made a significant contribution to the International HGP, HapMap Project, 1000 Genomes Project, and other human omics research, as well as sequencing and analyzing genomes of many other animals, plants, and microorganisms, with many publications in Science, Nature, Cell and other internationally prestigious journals. Dr. Yang obtained his Ph.D. from University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and postdoctoral trainings in France and USA. He has received many awards and honors, including Research Leader of the Year by Scientific American in 2002 and Award in Biology by the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2006. He was elected as a foreign member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in 2006, an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007, a fellow of TWAS in 2008, a foreign academician of Indian National Science Academy in 2009, German National Academy of Science in 2012 and the USA National Academy of Science in 2014. Honors and Awards(Partial) 1994 Awarded for Outstanding Young Talent by National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2002 Received National Natural Science Award (2nd) by Ministry of Science & Technology, China. 2002 Awarded for Outstanding Team in Science & Technology Achievement by “Qiu Shi” Science & Technologies Foundation, Hongkong. 2002 Received Research Leader of the Year by Scientific American. 2003 Awarded Nikkei Asia Prize for Science by Nihon KeizaiShimbun, Inc. Japan. 2003 Awarded Nihon KeizaiShimbun, Inc. Japan by Nihon KeizaiShimbun, Inc. Japan. 2003 Awarded Outstanding Award against SARS by Chinese Association of Science and Technology. 2003 Awarded for Outstanding Team in Science & Technology Achievements by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). 2004 Awarded TWAS Prize for Biology by The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). 2004 Awarded H & H Prize by H& H Foundation, Hongkong. 2006 Received Award in Biology by the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) . 2011 Received the Chen Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Human Genetic and Genomic Research at the 2011 Human Genome Meeting (HGM). 2012 Elected as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences, on account of his outstanding contributions to the field of Human Genomics and Genetics. 2013 The book “Reproduction and Cloning, Natural or Artificial”, written by Professor Huanming Yang, won the 2012 National Science and Technology Progress Award. 2013 Listed as Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers Related News More Four BGI Researchers Listed as Thomson Reuters’ Highly CitedDirector Jun Wang sharing thoughts on the 40th anniversary of Cell: Driving ‘Omics’Fortune listed BGI Director Jun Wang the 40 Under 40 Hottest Young StarsThomson Reuters Names BGI Director Jun Wang one of the Hottest Scientific Researchers of 2012Nature named BGI Executive Director Jun Wang “People Who Mattered This Year”Professor Huanming Yang Elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Research Interest

Business, Management, Finance, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology