Huang Liang

Huang Liang (; 22 May 1920 – 21 November 2013) was a Chinese chemist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She was a member of the 5th, 6th and 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography Huang was born in Shanghai, on 22 May 1920. In 1938, she enrolled at St. John's University, Shanghai, where she majored in the Department of Chemistry.

In 1946, recommended by Professor Taykor, former head of the Department of Chemistry at St. John's University, Shanghai, she went to the Department of Chemistry at Cornell University in the United States to further studies and received a doctor degree in organic chemistry in 1949.

On 21 November 2013, Huang died in the United States at the age of 93.

Family Huang was married to Liu Jinxu (; 1917–1997), an animal nutritionist.

Honours and awards 1958 Title of "National March-Eighth Red-Banner Pacesetter" 1980 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 1987 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class) for synthesis and study of indigo red derivatives 1987 State Technological Invention Award (Third Class) for determination of the structure of a new anti tapeworm drug, hecao phenol. 1998 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation