Ho-Kwang Mao

Ho-Kwang Mao
Born (1941-06-18) June 18, 1941
Alma materNational Taiwan University (BS)
University of Rochester (MS, PhD)
Known forHigh Pressure techniques, X-ray sciences
SpouseAgnes Mao
AwardsInge Lehmann Medal (2007)

Balzan Prize (2005)
Gregori Aminoff Prize (2005)
Roebling Medal (2005)
Arthur L. Day Prize (1990)
P. W. Bridgman Award (1989)

Mineralogical Society of America Award (1979)
Scientific career
FieldsGeology, Material Sciences
InstitutionsCarnegie Institution of Washington
Doctoral advisorBill Bassett and Taro Takahashi
Websitehttps://sites.google.com/carnegiescience.edu/ho-kwangmao/cv

Ho-Kwang (Dave) Mao (Chinese: 毛河光; pinyin: Máo Héguāng; Wade–Giles: Mao Ho-kuang; born June 18, 1941) is a Chinese-American geologist. He is the director of the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research in Shanghai, China. He was a staff scientist at Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science for more than 30 years. Mao is a recognized leading scientist in high pressure geosciences and physical science. There are two minerals named after him, Davemaoite and Maohokite.