Liao I-chiu
Taiwanese scientist
About Liao I-chiu
Born 1936. Liao I-chiu is a Taiwanese.
Liao I-chiu (b. Nov. 4, 1936) is a Taiwanese academic who specializes in commercial aquatic animal breeding and aquaculture. He is known as the "Father of Shrimp Farming".
Early life and education Liao was born in Tokyo to Taiwanese parents on 4 November 1936, and moved to Taiwan at the age of four. He grew up in Fengyuan, Taichung. In 1962 he went back to Japan to study at the University of Tokyo. He returned to Taiwan in 1968 after earning his Ph.D. in agriculture.
Liao is a fellow at Academia Sinica and The World Academy of Sciences and a distinguished professor at National Taiwan Ocean University.
In 2019, he was awarded the Nikkei Asia Prize in Science and Technology for his work on shrimp breeding.
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Taiwanese scientist
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Liao I-chiu was born on 4 November 1936 in Tokyo.
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