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Dr. M. Y. Chou (周美吟博士)

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Dr. M. Y. Chou (周美吟博士)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Dr. M. Y. Chou
  • Chinese: 周美吟博士
  • Era: 1958
  • Geography: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Core roles: scientist, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Georgia Institute of Technology Professor and Head of Department, Department of Physics (1989-2011)

Education

  • National Taiwan Univ. — 1980 — B.S., Physics
  • Univ. of California, Berkeley — 1983 — M.S., Physics — 1986 — Ph.D., Physics

Employment

  • Georgia Institute of Technology — Professor and Head of Department, Department of Physics — (1989-2011) — Academia Sinica (中央研究院) — Director, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences — (2011-) — Academia Sinica (中央研究院) — Associate Dean — (2016-)

Family

  • Daughter: 1
  • Son: 1

Role in the Community

  • As Academia Sinica 副院長 she chaired the 數理科學組 candidate review at the 34th academicians’ meeting (2025-07), alongside 院士沈元壤, during the first election in which 院士 nationality disclosure was required (台灣justice:e-News 2025-07-18).
  • Appeared with 衛福部長陳時中 and 中研院長廖俊智 in the 中研院「預祝30零確診」紅豆餅 photo (2020-05), announcing 疾管署研檢中心’s temporary入驻 at Academia Sinica (台灣justice:e-News 2020-05-11).
  • Herself an elected 院士 (academician) of Academia Sinica — press coverage of the 34th academicians’ meeting identifies her as 「副院長、院士周美吟」, the 數理科學組 review chair (台灣justice:e-News 2025-07-18).
  • Own TAH encyclopedia record: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1829-m-y-chou|TAH #1829]].

Corpus re-grep 2026-09-18 (slice 09180131-22): hits remain her own TAH #1829 record, the works index, and the two 台灣justice e-News articles already absorbed above — nothing new.

Corpus re-grep 2026-09-21 (slice 09201400-20, 周美吟 / M. Y. Chou): hit set unchanged (TAH #1829 + the two absorbed 台灣justice e-News articles) — SKIP: no absorbable new facts.

Corpus re-grep 2026-09-22 (slice 09211400-9): hit set unchanged (TAH #1829, works index, the two already-absorbed 台灣justice e-News articles) — SKIP: no absorbable new facts.

Corpus re-grep 2026-09-22 (slice 09220800-19, 周美吟 / M. Y. Chou): hit set unchanged (TAH #1829, works index, the two already-absorbed 台灣justice e-News articles) — SKIP: verified-saturated.

Corpus re-grep 2026-09-24 (slice 09230317-18, 周美吟 / M. Y. Chou): hit set unchanged — SKIP: verified-saturated.

Corpus re-grep 2026-09-25 (slice 09240317-19, 周美吟 / M. Y. Chou): hit set unchanged (TAH #1829, works index, the two already-absorbed 台灣justice e-News articles) — SKIP: verified-saturated, nothing absorbable.

Corpus re-grep 2026-09-25 (slice 09250700-19, 周美吟 / M. Y. Chou): hit set unchanged (TAH #1829, works index, the two already-absorbed 台灣justice e-News articles) — SKIP: verified-saturated.

Corpus re-grep 2026-09-26 (slice 09260400-19, 周美吟 / M. Y. Chou): hit set unchanged (TAH #1829, works index, the two already-absorbed 台灣justice e-News articles) — SKIP: verified-saturated.

Timeline

  • 2020-05-11 — 中研院防疫報導: 副院長周美吟出席研檢中心進駐宣布
  • 2025-07-07 — 主持第34屆院士選舉數理科學組審查（院士國籍揭露首屆）

Sources

Corpus re-grep 2026-10-04 (slice 09300315-23, 周美吟 / M. Y. Chou): fresh ZH+EN grep across works/ + articles/. hit set unchanged — her own TAH #1829 record, the works index, and the two 台灣justice e-News articles (34th academicians’ meeting review chair; 2020-05 紅豆餅/研檢中心 photo) already absorbed above; the broad “Chou” grep matched unrelated 周姓/Johnson articles only — SKIP: verified-saturated, nothing absorbable.

Corpus re-grep 2026-10-07 (slice 10051909-11, 周美吟 / M. Y. Chou): fresh ZH+EN grep across works/articles/sources/events/topics plus knowledge/web-archives full-text — hit set unchanged (TAH #1829 record, works index, the two already-absorbed 台灣justice e-News articles). SKIP: verified-saturated, nothing absorbable.

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