Yi-Fang Tsay

Yi-Fang Tsay is a Taiwanese botanist. She is a distinguished research fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica.

Education

For high school she attended Taipei First Girls' High School. She received her bachelor's and master's degree from Department of Botany, National Taiwan University. In 1990 she completed her PhD in biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.

Research

She is a distinguished research fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica. She is best known for her work on nitrate transport, signaling and utilization efficiency in plants.

Awards and recognitions

She is a recipient of the Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science Award. In 2021, she was elected to the American National Academy of Sciences. In 2017, 2022 and 2024, she was named a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.