Wang You
Wang You, also known as Yu Wang, was a Chinese biochemist. He was a pioneer of antibiotics and biochemistry studies in China.Life
Wang was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He first studied applied chemistry at Zhejiang University. He went to Nanjing and graduated from the Department of Industrial Chemistry, University of Nanking in 1931. He obtained his PhD from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1937.
Between November 1952 and July 1984, chronologically, Wang was the deputy director, acting director, director of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science.
Wang participated and played an important role in the artificial synthesis of cattle insulin. He also made contributions to modern Chinese biochemical industries.Membership
