Wang You

WANG You , also known as Yu WANG, 1910 Jun 7 - 1997 May 6, was a chemist and biochemist. He was a pioneer of antibiotics and biochemistry studies in China .

Life

Wang was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He first studied applied chemistry at Zhejiang University. He went to Nanjing and graduated from the Department of Industrial Chemistry, Jinling University in 1931. He obtained his PhD from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1937.

Between Nov 1952 and Jul 1984, chronologically, Wang was the deputy director, acting director, director of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science .

Wang participated and played an important role in the artificial synthesis of cattle insulin. He also made contributions to modern Chinese biochemical industries.

Membership

Member, Chinese Academy of Science
Foreign member, French Academy of Sciences
Foreign member, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Honorary member, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology