Background
Ting, Yu-Chen was born on October 3, 1920 in Hsia-Yi Hsien, China. Arrived in the United States, 1948. Son of Jin-yung Ting and Yi-ying Wang.
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Yu-Chen Ting
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Yu-Chen Ting, Chinese science educator, researcher. Achievements include discovery of meiosis and chromosome number of sweet potato plant; proposal that abnormal chromosome 10 in maize was originated by A-B translocation; investigation of inversion polymorphism of teosintes and maize; study of chromosome fine structures, anther culture and cloning of maize.
Education
Bachelor of Science, National Henan University, Kaifeng, China, 1945. Master of Science in Agriculture, Cornell University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, 1954.
Career
Teaching assistant National Henan University, 1944—1948. Research assistant Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1951—1954. Postdoctoral researcher Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1954—1958, research fellow, 1958—1962.
Assistant professor Boston College, Chestnut Hill, 1962—1964, associate professor, 1964—1966, professor, 1966—1991, professor emeritus, from 1991. Consultant Cetus, Madison, Wisconsin, 1982—1985, Science Press of China, New York City, from 1992. Advisor Gerson and Lehrman, New York City, from 2001.
Achievements
Membership
Committee member National Association Chinese-Americans, Boston, 1975—1986. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Married Jovina Chen, June 25, 1959. Children: Andrew, Claire.
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Education
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1945
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1951
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1954
Career
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1944 - 1948
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1951 - 1954
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1954 - 1958
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1962 - 1964
Awards
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Fellow senior fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 1978. Grantee research grantee, National Science Foundation, 1983, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Ames, Iowa, 1979.Fellow senior fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 1978. Grantee research grantee, National Science Foundation, 1983, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Ames, Iowa, 1979.