Background
Shih, Jason Chia-Hsing was born on October 8, 1939 in Chien-Chen, Hunan, China. Came to the United States, 1969.
Shih, Jason Chia-Hsing was born on October 8, 1939 in Chien-Chen, Hunan, China. Came to the United States, 1969.
Bachelor of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 1963. Master of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1973.
Lecturer Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, 1966-1969. Research assistant Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1969-1973, senior research associate, 1975-1976. Research associate University Illinois, Urbana, 1973-1975.
Assistant professor North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1976-1980, associate professor, 1980-1988, professor, since 1988. Founder, chairman BioResource International, Inc., since 1999. Visiting fellow University College Cardiff, Wales, 1983, Academy Sinica, Taiwan, 1997.
Science advisor Shenyang Agricultural University, China, 1985-1989. Visiting professor National Taiwan University, 1986, special advisor to the president, 1994. Visiting specialist United Nations Development Programme, China, 1987-1993.
Visiting professor Bowman Gray School Medicine, 1991. Adjunct chair professor China agriculture University Beijing, 2003^.
Member executive committee Triangle Area Chinese American Society, Raleigh, 1979-1982, president, 1982-1983, chairman board, 1992-1993. Coordinator North Carolina State University exchange programs with China and Taiwan, 1985^. Science exchange fellow to Spelderholt Poultry Research Center, The Netherlands, USDA-Office of International Cooperative and Development, 1994, 95, Governors Mission to Israel, 1995, Governors Mission to China, 1998.
Visiting fellow Academy Sinica, Taiwan, 1997. Advisory Institute BioAgr. Science, Academy of Sciences, 1998.
Coordinator North Carolina State University National Taiwan University Cooperative programs, 1994-2002. Coordinator China affairs North Carolina State University, 2002^. Advisory national program on agriculture biotechnology, Taiwan, since 2000.
Fellow American Heart Association, Arteriosclerosis Research Council. Member American Institution Nutrition (Travel award 1981, 89), American Society for Microbiology, Poultry Science Association, Society Chinese Bioscientists in American (secretary and treasurer 1985-1986), Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Iota Rho (J. Rigney award for International Service 1994).
Married Jane Chu-Huei Chien, August 31, 1966. Children: Giles C., Tim C.