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Prof. Ming-Chiao Michael Lai (賴明詔教授)

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Prof. Ming-Chiao Michael Lai (賴明詔教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Prof. Ming-Chiao Michael Lai
  • Chinese: 賴明詔教授
  • Era: 1942
  • Geography: Tainan, Taiwan
  • Core roles: scientist, physician, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Prof. Ming-Chiao (Michael) Lai 賴明詔教授 – History of Taiwanese American (T.A. Archives) 台美史料中心

Education

  • National Taiwan Univ. — 1968 — M.D.
  • U.C. Berkeley — 1973 — Ph.D., Mol. Biol.

Employment

  • University of Southern California — Professor — (1973-2007) — Academia Sinica — Distinguished Researcher and Deputy Dean of Institute of Molecular Biology — (2003-2006) — National Cheng Kung University — President — (2007-2011) — Academia Sinica — Distinguished Researcher — (2011-2017)

Family

  • Wife: 翁惠瑛
  • Daughter: Cindy, Jennifer

Vault records (deepen pass 2026-09-14)

Absorbed from vault pages already held for him (no web):

  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ff252||TAH #252: Michael M. C. Lai 賴明詔校長 / 冠狀病毒之父]] — the vault record titles him 冠狀病毒之父 (“father of coronavirus” research).
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/nikkei-asia-prize||TAH #43: Nikkei Asia Prize 日經亞洲獎, 2017]] — he was a 2017 Nikkei Asia Prize laureate.
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories321||TAH #321: 台美人的榮耀（Pride of Taiwanese American）：賴明詔校長 / 林秀美 / 2015-08]] — feature on his NCKU presidency.
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories561||TAH #561: 鶼鰈琴深 賴明詔與妻結音緣 / 黃以敬 / 2017-07]] — story of how he and his wife 翁惠瑛 shared a musical bond.
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys291||TAH #291 (Our Journeys)]] describes him as a coronavirus researcher (冠狀濾過性病毒專家), Academia Sinica academician (中研院院士), and NCKU president.
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys186||TAH #186]] lists him among the advisors (顧問) of the 台美公民協會籌備委員會 (台灣公論報 #369, 1985-04-15)；同一記錄之英文姊妹檔見 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys186-eng||TAH 186-eng]]（deepen-x slice 3, 2026-09-14 補連結）。
  • Corpus cross-check（deepen-x slice 3, 2026-09-14）：本輪檢索命中（mystories561／ourjourneys186／mystories321／94-／nikkei-asia-prize）均為本頁已收記錄，除上方 sister-record 連結外無新事實可吸收；無需 HOLD。
  • During his 1973–2007 USC years, the vault’s USC Taiwanese-American community page is |TAO at USC.
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-370-ming-chiao-lai||TAH #370: 370. Prof. Ming-Chiao (Michael) Lai 賴明詔教授 / 2015-04-16]] — the second Who’s Who encyclopedia entry (Era 2015, band B bibliographic record) alongside #94 above (deepen-x slice 8, 2026-10-10 補連結）.
  • Corpus cross-check（deepen-x slice 8, 2026-10-10）：本輪全語料檢索（works/articles/sources/events/topics）命中 mystories561／ourjourneys186／mystories321／94／370／nikkei-asia-prize／ourjourneys291／ff252 及兩篇 taiwanjustice 報導，除上方 #370 補連結外均為本頁已收記錄，無新事實可吸收；無需 HOLD。
  • Corpus cross-check（deepen-x slice 29, 2026-10-11）：本輪全語料檢索（賴明詔／Ming-Chiao／Michael Lai，works/articles/sources/events/topics）命中檔案與上列完全重疊，無新記錄可吸收；維持 verified-saturated，無需 HOLD。

Absorbed from the taiwanjustice.net community-press corpus (2026-09-14 pass):

  • 2020-01-24 — 以冠狀病毒專家身分發表〈武漢冠狀病毒的省思〉（源於其臉書貼文，經社區媒體轉載），建議關閉野生動物市場、隔離病人、一般口罩即可等 evidence-based 建言；其夫人（專業醫師）評為「經驗加科學根據，平實中肯」：|武漢冠狀病毒的省思（2020-01-24 刊）。
  • 2022-01-23 — 受邀以視訊主講北美洲台灣人醫師協會（NAMA）南加分會年會，題目〈新冠肺炎病毒及疫苗〉；該報導稱其在臺灣有「冠狀病毒之父」美譽，與上方 TAH #252 標題相符：|NAMA 南加分會年會公告（2022-01-20 刊）。

Timeline

  • 1942 — born (Era per TAH directory)
  • 1968 — M.D., National Taiwan Univ.
  • 1973 — Ph.D. (Mol. Biol.), U.C. Berkeley; joins USC
  • 1985-04-15 — listed as advisor to the 台美公民協會籌備委員會 (台灣公論報 #369)
  • 2003–2006 — Academia Sinica, Distinguished Researcher & Deputy Dean, Institute of Molecular Biology
  • 2007–2011 — President, National Cheng Kung University
  • 2011–2017 — Academia Sinica, Distinguished Researcher
  • 2017 — Nikkei Asia Prize 日經亞洲獎

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