Vivian Yam

Vivian Yam
Born (1963-02-10) 10 February 1963
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
SpousePatrick Shing-Tat Mak (Chinese: 麥成達)
Children2 daughters
AwardsL'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science (2011)
Royal Society of Chemistry's Ludwig Mond Award (2015)
Scientific career
Fieldschemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Hong Kong (HKU)
Doctoral advisorChe Chi-ming
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese任詠華
Simplified Chinese任咏华
Hanyu PinyinRén Yǒnghuá
Yale RomanizationYahm Wihng-wàah
JyutpingJam4 Wing6-waa4

Professor Vivian Yam Wing-wah (born 10 February 1963) CSci, CChem, FRSC, is a Hong Kong chemist. Yam is the youngest female member ever to be elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She was a 2011 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureate "for her work on light-emitting materials and innovative ways of capturing solar energy."