Ho-kwang Mao

Background

Mao, Ho-kwang was born on June 18, 1941 in Shanghai, China. Son of Sen and Tak-chun (Hu) Mao. came to the United States, 1964.

Education

Bachelor of Science, National Taiwan U., Taepei, 1963; Master of Science, U. Rochester, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Rochester, 1968.

Career

Mao's hometown is Jiangshan of Zhejiang Province, China. Mao's father the Lieutenant General Mao Sen (毛森), was a high-ranked official of the intelligence department of the Republic of China. Mao Sen is among the so-called "Three Maos" or "One Dai Three Maos" (the other two Maos are Mao Wanli (毛万里) and Mao Renfeng (毛人凤).

The Dai is Dai Li (戴笠), all the four came from Jiangshan), which were the core intelligence crew of Chiang Kai-shek. Mao was born in Shanghai in 1941. When Mao was seven-years old, Mao moved to Taiwan with his family.

Mao received his BS from National Taiwan University in 1963. Mao further pursued his studies in the United States, and obtained MS in 1966 and PhD in 1968 from the University of Rochester, Rochester NY. From 1968-1972, Mao did his postdoctoral research at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW). From then on Mao has spent his career at Geophysical Laboratory as a Senior Staff scientist.

Mao is one of the most prolific users of the diamond anvil cell for research at high pressures. Although at the time the claim was controversial, his work with Peter M. Bell is now generally accepted as being the first verified static pressure in excess of 1 Megabar. 2008, Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of London W.

Achievements

• 2008, Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of London 1996, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 1994, Academician of the Academia Sinica, Taiwan 1993, Member of the United States National Academy of Science 1996, Fellow of the Geochemical Society 1994, Fellow of the American Physical Society 1987, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union 1979, Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America 2007, the Inge Lehmann Medal, from the American Geophysical Union 2005, the Balzan Prize for Mineral Physics (with Russell J Hemley) 2005, the Gregori Aminoff Prize, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2005, the Roebling Medal, from the Mineralogical Society of America 1990, the Arthur L. Day Prize, from the United States National Academy of Sciences 1989, the P. W. Bridgman Award, from the AIRAPT International 1979, the Mineralogical Society of America Award.

Membership

Fellow American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society, Mineral Society American (award 1979). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, NAS (Arthur L. Day prize and lectureship 1990), Academia Sinica, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Agnes Liu, February 10, 1968. Children: Cynthia, Linda, Wendy.

Father:

Sen Mao

Mother:

Tak-chun (Hu) Mao

Spouse:

Agnes Liu

child:

Wendy Mao

child:

Linda Mao

child:

Cynthia Mao