Vivian Yam

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Yam. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Vivian Yam and the Chinese-style name is Yam Wing-wah.
Vivian Yam
Born (1963-02-10) 10 February 1963 (age 61)
Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
SpousePatrick Shing-Tat Mak (Chinese: 麥成達)
Children2 daughters
AwardsL'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science (2011)
Royal Society of Chemistry's Ludwig Mond Award (2015)
Scientific career
Fieldschemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Hong Kong (HKU)
Doctoral advisorChe Chi-ming[1]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese任詠華
Simplified Chinese任咏华
Hanyu PinyinRén Yǒnghuá
Yale RomanizationYahm Wihng-wàah
JyutpingJam4 Wing6-waa4

Professor Vivian Yam Wing-wah (born 10 February 1963)[2] CSci, CChem, FRSC,[1] is a Hong Kong chemist. Yam is the youngest female member ever to be elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She was a 2011 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureate[3] "for her work on light-emitting materials and innovative ways of capturing solar energy."[4]

  1. ^ a b "Prof. Vivian Wing-Wah YAM". Vivian YAM Lab. The University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Vivian Wing-Wah Yam". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53 (24): 6034–6035. 10 June 2014. doi:10.1002/anie.201400644.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ahmed2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Natural Sciences". UNESCO. November 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2014.