About Ming-Yu-Ngai
Ming-Yu Ngai was introduced to research in chemistry as an undergraduate in the laboratories of Prof. Wai-Kin Chan and Prof. Chi-Ming Che, and graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2003. He spent one year at the University of California, San Diego in 2002 and carried out undergraduate research under the supervision of Prof. Michael S. VanNeuwenhze. In 2004, Ming started his Ph.D. studies with Prof. Michael J. Krische in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin and received his Ph.D. degree in 2008. He then moved to Stanford University as a Croucher postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Barry M. Trost. In 2011, Ming worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Prof. Tobias Ritter at Harvard University. Ming joined the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University (SBU) as Assistant Professor in 2013 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019.
Education
2011-2013 Harvard University, Post-doctoral Fellow, Advisor: Professor Tobias Ritter
2009-2011 Stanford University, Croucher Post-doctoral Fellow, Advisor: Professor Barry M. Trost
2004-2008 The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), Ph.D., Chemistry, Advisor: Professor Michael J. Krische
2002-2003 The University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Exchange Student, Advisor: Professor Michael S. VanNeuwenhze
2000-2003 The University of Hong Kong (HKU), B.Sc. Chemistry, Advisors: Professor Chi-Ming Che and Professor Wai-Kin Chan
Awards & Honors
2021 Inducted as a Member of the National Academy of Inventors
2021 Maximizing Investigator Research Award for Established Investigator (NIGMS, 2021-2026)
2019 Discovery Prize Finalist (SBU)
2019 Young Academic Investigator (ACS-Division of Organic Chemistry)
2019 NSF CAREER Award (2019-2024)
2018 Young Academic Inventor’s Award (National Academy of Inventors – SBU Chapter)
2017 ChemComm Emerging Investigator
2016 Maximizing Investigator Research Award (NIGMS, 2016-2021)
2016 Individual Development Awards (SBU)
2016 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 20162016 Individual Development Awards (SBU)
2015 Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry New Talent
2009 Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009-2011)
2007 Wendell Gordon Fellowship (UT Austin)
2007 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (Environmental Protection Agency, US) 2007 William S. Livingston Award for the Outstanding Graduate Student Academic Employee (UT Austin)
2004 Robert H. Hamilton/Eugene P. Schoch Fellowship (UT Austin)
2003 The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (UCSD)
2002 HKU Worldwide Undergraduate Student Exchange Program Scholarship
2000 Dean’s Honors List (HKU, 2000-2003)
2000 Cheung King Pak Memorial Scholarship (HKU)