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The native form of this personal name is Dong Xinnian. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Xinnian Dong
董欣年
Born1959 (age 65–66)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
NationalityUnited States
Alma materWuhan University
Northwestern University
Harvard University
SpouseXiao-Fan Wang
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular biology
Plant physiology
InstitutionsDuke University

Xinnian Dong (Chinese: 董欣年; pinyin: Dǒng Xīnnián; born 1959) is a Chinese-American biologist who is the current Arts and Sciences Professor of Biology in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University. She is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.[1][2]

Biography

Dong was born in Wuhan, Hubei, China in 1959, to Dong Fureng (Chinese: 董辅礽), a Chinese-American economist, and Liu Ainian (Chinese: 刘蔼年), a Chinese-American ophthalmologist.[3] After resuming the college entrance examination, Dong was accepted to Wuhan University, where she graduated in 1982. After college, she attended the China-United States Biochemistry Examination and Application (CUSBEA) and was sent abroad to study at the expense of the Chinese government with her husband Xiao-Fan Wang. In 1983 she pursued advanced studies in the United States, earning her doctor's degree from Northwestern University in 1988. Dong did post-doctoral research at Harvard University from 1988 to 1991.

Dong joined the faculty of Duke University in 1992. She became a naturalized US citizen in 1998. She became a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011. In 2012 she was elected an academician of the National Academy of Sciences.[4]

Personal life

Dong was married to Xiao-Fan Wang, a Chinese American oncologist.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "XINNIAN DONG". asm.org. 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Profile of Xinnian Dong". pnas.org. 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ 董欣年：爸爸您好好休息吧（图）. Sohu (in Chinese). 2004-08-12.
  4. ^ 董欣年的珞珈情缘. Chinadaily (in Chinese). 2012-07-02.
  5. ^ 王小凡和董欣年：中美院士伉俪竟是武大同学. Sohu (in Chinese). 2017-12-01.
  6. ^ 杰出校友王小凡、董欣年教授重回母校. whu.edu.cn (in Chinese). 2018-06-13.
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