Ho-Kwang Mao

Ho-Kwang Mao
Born (1941-06-18) June 18, 1941 (age 83)
Shanghai, China
Alma mater1963 B.S. National Taiwan University

1966 M.S. University of Rochester

1968 Ph.D University of Rochester
Known forHigh Pressure techniques, X-ray sciences
SpouseAgnes Mao
AwardsInge Lehmann Medal (2007)

Balzan Prize (2005)
Gregori Aminoff Prize (2005)
Roebling Medal (2005)
Arthur L. Day Prize (1990)
P. W. Bridgman Award (1989)

Mineralogical Society of America Award (1979)
Scientific career
FieldsGeology, Material Sciences
InstitutionsCarnegie Institution of Washington
Doctoral advisorBill Bassett and Taro Takahashi [1]
Websitehttps://sites.google.com/carnegiescience.edu/ho-kwangmao/cv

Ho-Kwang (Dave) Mao (Chinese: 毛河光; pinyin: Máo Héguāng; Wade–Giles: Mao Ho-kuang; born June 18, 1941) is a Chinese-American geologist. He is the director of the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research in Shanghai, China.[2] He was a staff scientist at Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science[3] for more than 30 years. Mao is a recognized leading scientist in high pressure geosciences and physical science. There are two minerals named after him, Davemaoite and Maohokite.

  1. ^ "Ho-Kwang Mao |". honors.agu.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ Mao, Ho-kwang (July 2016). "High pressure presses ahead". Nature Materials. 15 (7): 694–695. Bibcode:2016NatMa..15..694M. doi:10.1038/nmat4642. ISSN 1476-4660. PMID 27329457. S2CID 44666542.
  3. ^ Witze, Alexandra (11 November 2021). "Diamond delivers long-sought mineral from the deep Earth". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03409-2. PMID 34764468. S2CID 244039394.