Nancy Y. Ip#
| Membership Number: | 7555 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | http://iplab.ust.hk/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-2763-8907 |
| Publication Link: | https://iplab.hkust.edu.hk/sp.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2022 - present President, The Hong Kong University Science and Technology (HKUST)
- 2020 - present Director, InnoHK Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
- 2016 - 2022 Vice-President for Research and Development HKUST
- 2013 - present The Morningside Professor of Life Science and Chair Professor, Division of Life Science (formerly Department of Biochemistry), HKUST
- 2011 - 2016 Dean of Science, HKUST
- 2010 - present Director, State Key Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders (formerly State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience), HKUST
- 1999 - 2017 Director, Molecular Neuroscience Center HKUST
- 1996 - 2008 Director, Biotechnology Research Institute, HKUST
- 1989 - 1986 Scientific Consultant (1993 - 1996); Senior Staff Scientist (1989 - 1993), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, USA
- 1983 - 1984 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Neurodevelopment and synaptic plasticity
- Alzheimer's disease: Innate immunity, biomarkers, and therapeutic development
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Honorary doctorate from the University of Strathclyde
- 2025 Top 10 Neuroscience Scientist in China, Research.com ranking
- 2024 Women-in-STEM Groundbreakers Award for Leadership, Global Women Asia
- 2023 & 2024 Gold Meal with Congratulations of the Jury and Prize of the Chinese Delegation for Invention and Innovation, International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Switzerland
- 2019 Leading Women in STEM, The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
- 2016 10 Science Stars of China by Nature
- 2016 Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2015 International Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA
- 2015 Founding member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
- 2011 State Natural Science Award, State Council of the People's Republic of China
- 2011 Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite (National Order of Merit), French Government
- 2011 Honors for Women Innovators at the APEC Women and the Economy Summit
- 2007 Doctor of Humane Sciences, Honorary Doctorate from Simmons College
- 2004 L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Award
- 2004 Fellow, World Academy of Sciences
- 2003 State Natural Science Award, State Council of the People's Republic of China
- 2001 Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
