Michelle Chang

Michelle C. Y. Chang is a chemist at the department of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, a recipient of several young scientist awards for her research in biosynthesis of biofuels and pharmaceuticals.[1]

Michelle C. Y. Chang
Born	1977 San Jose, California
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	University of California, San Diego, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UC Berkeley
Spouse(s)	Christopher Chang
Scientific career
Fields	Metabolic engineering
Institutions	UC Berkeley
Doctoral advisor	JoAnne Stubbe and Daniel G. Nocera
Other academic advisors	Jay Keasling

Education

• B.S., Biochemistry, B.A., French Literature, University of California, San Diego (1997)
• National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (1997-2000)
• M.I.T./Merck Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (2000-2002)
• Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004)
• Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley (2004-2007)

Awards

• 2007: The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award [1]
• 2008: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award [1]
• 2008: TR35: Technology Review magazine Young Innovator Award[2]
• 2009: National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award[3]
• 2010: Agilent Early Career Professor Award[4]
• 2011: International Young Talents in Chemistry Award[5]
• 2011: NIH Director's New Innovator Award[6]
• 2012: Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award[7]
• 2015: Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (early career)[8]

Personal life

Michelle was born in San Jose, California to Chinese immigrant parents from Taiwan.[9]

Michelle is married to her colleague from the department of chemistry, Christopher Chang, another 2008 TR35 award recipient.[10]

Publications

Chang's scientific papers are listed on her group's website.

References

1. "Faculty & Research - College of Chemistry". chem.berkeley.edu.
2. Review, MIT Technology. "Innovator Under 35: Michelle Chang, 31". MIT Technology Review.
3. CAREER award Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
4. Agilent Early Career Award Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
5. International Young Talents Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2011-10-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. "2012 Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award, Dr Michelle Chang" (PDF). iotasigmapi.info.
8. "2015 National Award Recipients". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
9. "財經新聞 - PChome 新聞". PChome 新聞.
10. "National magazines tout two chemists and two astronomers as top innovators in their fields" Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, UC Newsroom, August 22, 2008 (retrieved January 26, 2010)