Is Tu Youyou an American citizen?

Tu Youyou, female, 1930, native of Ningbo, Zhejiang, Han nationality, party member, pharmacist. 195 1, admitted to the Department of Pharmacy of Peking University. 1955 graduated from Beijing Medical College (now peking university health science center).

After graduation, he received Chinese medicine training for two and a half years, and has been working in China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (renamed China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2005), during which he was promoted to master tutor and doctoral tutor. At present, he is the chief scientist, lifelong researcher and chief researcher of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, director of artemisinin research and development center, doctoral supervisor, and winner of national medal.

Win the nobel prize:

20 15,10/0/0. On 5 October, Caroline Medical College of Sweden announced in Stockholm that Tu Youyou, william campbell and Satoshi Omura, female pharmacists from China and chief researchers of Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, had won the 20 15 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

This is the first time that a scientist from China has won the Nobel Prize for his scientific research in China, and it is also the highest prize won by the China medical community so far. The reason is that she discovered artemisinin, which can effectively reduce the mortality rate of malaria patients.

20 15,65438 On the afternoon of February 7th, 2015 China scientist Tu Youyou, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Discovery of Artemisinin: Gift of Traditional Chinese Medicine to the World" at Karolinska Medical College in Sweden.