Michelle C. Y. Chang is a chemist

Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...

 at the department of chemistry

Chemistry

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, University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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, a recipient of several young scientist awards for her research in biosynthesis

Biosynthesis

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 of biofuel

Biofuel

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s and pharmaceuticals.

Education

• B.S., Biochemistry, B.A., French Literature, University of California, San Diego
  University of California, San Diego
  The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
  
   (1997)
• National Science Foundation
  National Science Foundation
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   Predoctoral Fellow (1997-2000)
• M.I.T./Merck
  Merck
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   Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (2000-2002)
• Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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   (2004)
• Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
  Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
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   Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
  University of California, Berkeley
  The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
  
   (2004-2007)

Awards

• 2007: The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
  The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
  The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation is a New York City-based foundation founded in 1946 by chemist and investor Camille Dreyfus in honour of his brother, Henry Dreyfus...
  
   New Faculty Award
• 2008: Arnold
  Arnold Orville Beckman
  Arnold Orville Beckman was an American chemist who founded Beckman Instruments based on his 1934 invention of the pH meter, a device for measuring acidity. He also funded the first transistor company, thus giving rise to Silicon Valley.-Early life:Beckman was born in Cullom, Illinois, the son of...
  
   and Mabel Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award
• 2008: TR35
  TR35
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  : Technology Review
  Technology Review
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  magazine Young Innovator Award
• 2009: National Science Foundation
  National Science Foundation
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   Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award
• 2010: Agilent Early Career Professor Award
• 2011: International Young Talents in Chemistry Award
• 2011: NIH Director's New Innovator Award

Personal life

Michelle was born in San Jose

San José

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, California

California

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 to immigrants from Taiwan

Taiwan

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.

Michelle is married to her colleague from the department of chemistry, Christopher Chang

Christopher Chang

Christopher J. Chang is a chemist at the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, a recipient of several young scientist awards for his research in bioinorganic chemistry, molecular and chemical biology....

, another 2008 TR35 award recipient.

Publications

Chang's scientific papers are listed on her group's website.