Background
Chow, Tsaihwa James was born on October 13, 1924 in Shanghai, Republic of China. Son of Ma Son and Tze (Hsu) Chow. came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1960.
Chow, Tsaihwa James was born on October 13, 1924 in Shanghai, Republic of China. Son of Ma Son and Tze (Hsu) Chow. came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1960.
Bachelor of Science, National Chiao-tung U., Shanghai, 1946; Master of Science, Washington State University, Pullman, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Washington, 1953; postgraduate, Stanford University, 1954.
Research associate oceanography, U. Washington, Seattle, 1953-1955;
research fellow geochemistry, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1955-1960;
assistant research chemist, Scripps Institute Oceanography University of California, San Diego, 1960-1965;
associate research chemist, Scripps Institute Oceanography University of California, San Diego, 1966-1971;
research chemist, Scripps Institute Oceanography University of California, San Diego, 1971-1988;
researcher emeritus, Scripps Institute Oceanography University of California, San Diego, since 1988. Visiting researcher Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, 1962-1963. Visiting scientistAcad.
Science People's Republic of China, 1979, National Bureau Oceanography, People's Republic of China, 1981, 83, 85. Member trace metal subcommittee of safe drinking water committee Assembly of Life Science, National Research Council, 1976-1977. Advisory marine productivity project Instituto del Mar del Peru, Lima, Organization of American States, 1976, member marine pollution committee, 1981.
Panel member workshop on lead in human environmental Environmental Studies Board National Research Council-NAS, 1978. Participant Standards & Intercomparison Mat., Analysis Qual. Control Svc. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1972-1978.
Session chairman joint symposium on isotope ratios as pollutant source and behavior indicators Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)-International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1974. Session chairman, invited speaker 26th Congress International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry, Tokyo, 1977.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, American Geophysical Union, Geochem. Society, Japan Oceanographic Society, Sigma Xi.