Cao Tianqin

Cao Tianqin (; 5 December 1920 – 8 January 1995), also known as Tien-chin Tsao, He entered the affiliated high school of Yenching University in 1932, and was admitted to the Chemistry Department of Yenching University in 1935. This caused long-term damage to his health, and in the view of Zhang Youshang, led to his relatively early death.

In 1973, Cao participated in the research of the ancient corpse from the Han dynasty tombs of Mawangdui. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, Cao was politically rehabilitated and awarded a National Scientific Achievement Prize in 1978, and elected as a CAS academician in 1980. In the mid-1980s, he served as President of the CAS Shanghai Branch.

Death Cao died on 8 January 1995 in Shanghai, at the age of 74. After his death, a series of Tianqin Cao Memorial Symposium on Protein Research were held in his memory. Its fourth edition was held in December 2010.