Background
Tye was born on January 7, 1947 in Hong Kong, China; the daughter of Ngo and Ching-Yu (Ma) Yeung. She came to the United States in 1966.
106 Central St, Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States
Bik received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in 1969.
77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Tye was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974.
Ithaca, New York, United States
Tye has worked at Cornell University since 1977.
Bik Tye (third left) and Professor Zhai Yuanliang (second right) holding an ORC model with members of the research team.
Tye was born on January 7, 1947 in Hong Kong, China; the daughter of Ngo and Ching-Yu (Ma) Yeung. She came to the United States in 1966.
Tye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in 1969. Two years later she earned her Master of Science degree from the University of California, San Francisco. Then in 1974, Tye was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Tye began her career as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine in 1974. Three years later she took a position of an assistant professor, and associate professor in 1984 at Cornell University. Since 1991 Bik was a professor of molecular biology at the same university. Nowadays she works as a professor emeritus of molecular biology and genetics at Cornell University and a visiting professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Tye is a member of American Association for the Advancement of Science and Genetic Society of America.
On June 25, 1971 Bik Tye married Henry Tye. They have two children.