Background
Ma, Hong was born on October 19, 1960 in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Arrived in the United States, 1980. Son of Zhe and Linsun (Hu) Ma.
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Hong Ma
Edit Profileeducator plant molecular biologist
Hong Ma, American Plant molecular biologist, educator. Massachusetts Institute of Technology fellow, 1983, Helen H. Whitney Foundation fellow, 1988; National Science Foundation research grantee, 1990, 91, 94, 98, USDA research grantee, 1991, 92, 94, 95, 96, Am.Cancer Society research grantee, 1995; American Cancer Society junior faculty research awardee, 1994.
Education
Bachelor summa cum laude, Temple University, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988.
Career
Teaching assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1983—1984, research assistant, 1984—1988. Postdoctoral fellow California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1988—1990. Staff investigator Cold Spring Harbor (New York ) Laboratory, 1990—1991, senior staff investigator, 1992—1996, associate investigator, 1996—1998.
Associate professor biology and life science consortium Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1998—2002. Professor biology Huck Institute Life Sciences, since 2002. Adjunct faculty State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1991-1998.
Faculty State University of New York-Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory-Brookhaven Joint, 1991-1998. Advisory undergraduate research program Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1991-1998. Member panel National Institutes of Health Biological Study Section, 1995-1999.
Speaker in field; competitive grants review panelist United States Department of Agriculture, 1997. Lecturer Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1993-1998. Advisory undergraduate research program Pennsylvania State University, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Member selection committee Partners for Future High School Students, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1991-1998. Mentor high school student research project Westinghouse Talent Competition, 1993, 97-98. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Plant Biologists, Genetic Society of America, American Society Microbiology, International Society Plant Molecular Biologists, Association Chinese Students and Scholars in Life Sciences, Society Chinese Bioscientists American, New York Academy of Sciences.
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Married Yi Hu, August 10, 1987. Children: Jason J., Julia C.
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Education
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1983
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1988
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1983 - 1984
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1988 - 1990
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1998 - 2002
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Recipient junior research award, American Cancer Society, 1994. Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983, Helen H. Whitney Foundation, 1988. Grantee, National Science Foundation, 1990-1991, 1994-1997, 1998—2000, 1998—2001, 2000-2001, 2001-2001, United States Department of Agriculture, 1991-1992, 1994-1996, 2001-2003, since 2003, American Cancer Society, 1995, National Institutes of Health, since 2001, Department Energy, since 2002.Recipient junior research award, American Cancer Society, 1994. Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983, Helen H. Whitney Foundation, 1988. Grantee, National Science Foundation, 1990-1991, 1994-1997, 1998—2000, 1998—2001, 2000-2001, 2001-2001, United States Department of Agriculture, 1991-1992, 1994-1996, 2001-2003, since 2003, American Cancer Society, 1995, National Institutes of Health, since 2001, Department Energy, since 2002.