Bor-ming Jahn

Bor-ming Jahn
Born(1940-08-24)24 August 1940
Miaoli
Died1 December 2016(2016-12-01) (aged 76)
Beitou, Taipei
NationalityEmpire of Japan (1940–1945)
Republic of China (1945–2016)
France (1980–2016)
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Brown University
University of Minnesota
Scientific career
ThesisStrontium isotope and trace element studies of the lower Precambrian rocks from the Vermilion district, northeastern Minnesota (1972)
Doctoral studentsCatherine Chauvel

Bor-ming Jahn (Chinese: 江博明; pinyin: Jiāng Bómíng; 24 August 1940 – 1 December 2016) was a Taiwanese-French geochemist.

Born in Miaoli on 24 August 1940, Jahn graduated from Hsinchu Senior High School and attended National Taiwan University, where, in 1963, he earned a bachelor's degree in geology.[1] He obtained a master's degree in geochemistry from Brown University in 1967, and completed a doctorate at the University of Minnesota in 1972.[2][3] After postdoctoral work and further research at NASA and the Lunar Science Institute,[2][4] Jahn moved to France and joined the University of Rennes I faculty in 1976.[5] Jahn acquired French nationality in May 1980.[3] In 2003, he returned to Taiwan,[2] serving as distinguished research fellow affiliated with the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica from August 2004 to 2010.[6] He left Academia Sinica to take an appointment at NTU, as distinguished chair professor of the department of geosciences.[2] Between 2006 and 2016, Jahn was chief editor of the Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.[2]

Over the course of his career, Jahn was granted fellowship by the Mineralogical Society of America and Geological Society of America in 2004, followed by the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry in 2006. In 2012, Jahn was elected a member of Academia Sinica. The next year, the French government named Jahn a chevalier of the ordre des Palmes Académiques. In 2016, the Geological Society of America awarded Jahn honorary fellow status.[2][7] He died on 1 December 2016, at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital.[1]

  1. ^ a b Liou, Juhn G. (1 September 2017). "Bor-ming Jahn (BMJ) biographical memoir and brief introduction to BMJ's scientific contributions and academic services". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 145: 298–308. Bibcode:2017JAESc.145..298L. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.06.006.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Lee, Jian-Cheng; Siame, Lionel. "Hommage to Prof. Bor-Ming Jahn (1940-2016)". Centre national de la recherche scientifique. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). asiaoceania.org. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Bor-ming Jahn 1972". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Distinguished Chair Professor for Research Bor-Ming Jahn". National Taiwan University. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Jahn, Bor-ming Distinguished Research Fellow (Retired 9/1/2010)". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Bor-ming Jahn". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 11 December 2023.