Yi-Fang Tsay is a Taiwanese botanist. She is a distinguished research fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biology,

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, la, 1=Academia Sinica, 3=Chinese Academy; ), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ...

Education

For high school she attended

Taipei First Girls' High School Taipei First Girls High School (TFG; ; colloquially or ), is a Taiwanese all-girls senior high school, located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City. Accepting only the top scorers in the national Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior Hig ...

. She received her bachelor's and master's degree from Department of Botany, National Taiwan University. In 1990 she completed her PhD in biological sciences at

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Research

She is a distinguished research fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica. She is best known for her work on nitrate transport, signaling and utilization efficiency in plants.

Awards and recognitions

She is a recipient of the Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science Award. In 2021 she was elected to the American

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References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Women botanists Carnegie Mellon University alumni National Taiwan University alumni Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Members of Academia Sinica {{Taiwan-scientist-stub