Xuong Nguyen-Huu ( Vietnamese: Nguyễn Hữu Xương; born in 1933 in Vietnam) is a pioneer of protein crystallography technology. His research focuses on the development of novel methods, such as protein crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy, for the determination of protein structures and biological macromolecules. [1] [2]
Nguyen received his B.S.E.E. in electrical engineering; M.S.E.E. from Ecole Superieure d'Electricite, Paris, France (1957); M.S. in mathematics from University of Paris, Paris (1958); M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley (1962). [1] [3]
He is a professor emeritus of physics, biology, chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego since 1964. [3] [4] He is a pioneer of protein crystallography technology [1] and of the field of Direct Detection Device (DDD) that will be used in Electron Microscopy. [2] He is also inventor of "Xuong’s X-Ray Machine" (or Xuong Machine) in 1975, an X-ray Multiwire Area Detector, which using Multi-wire Proportional Chambers and then Silicon detectors to help researchers map three-dimensional structure of receptor and allowed for high-speed data collection, [5] and can be used to find drugs to kill deadly viruses such as HIV (the AIDS virus), Polio, etc. [6]
His awards include Guggenheim Fellowship (1965–1966), NATO Senior Fellowship (1977), Fogerty Fellowship (Unable to accept, 1984), Union of Pacific Asian Communities Award (1985), UCSD Chancellor Associate Award (1992 [7]) and Charles E. Supper Instrumentation Award from American Crystallographic Association (2004). [8] He is also founder of Area Detector Systems Corporation [9]
He served as the President of the Vietnamese Alliance Association, 1976–1992 and was also co-founder and Ex-Chairman of " Boat People SOS Committee" from 1980 to 1990, which worked with another non-profit organizations to obtain visas for Vietnamese refugees ( Boat people) and they successfully sent out rescue ships on the South China Sea to pick up drifting boat people, saving more than 3,500. [10] [11] [12]
Xuong Nguyen-Huu ( Vietnamese: Nguyễn Hữu Xương; born in 1933 in Vietnam) is a pioneer of protein crystallography technology. His research focuses on the development of novel methods, such as protein crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy, for the determination of protein structures and biological macromolecules. [1] [2]
Nguyen received his B.S.E.E. in electrical engineering; M.S.E.E. from Ecole Superieure d'Electricite, Paris, France (1957); M.S. in mathematics from University of Paris, Paris (1958); M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley (1962). [1] [3]
He is a professor emeritus of physics, biology, chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego since 1964. [3] [4] He is a pioneer of protein crystallography technology [1] and of the field of Direct Detection Device (DDD) that will be used in Electron Microscopy. [2] He is also inventor of "Xuong’s X-Ray Machine" (or Xuong Machine) in 1975, an X-ray Multiwire Area Detector, which using Multi-wire Proportional Chambers and then Silicon detectors to help researchers map three-dimensional structure of receptor and allowed for high-speed data collection, [5] and can be used to find drugs to kill deadly viruses such as HIV (the AIDS virus), Polio, etc. [6]
His awards include Guggenheim Fellowship (1965–1966), NATO Senior Fellowship (1977), Fogerty Fellowship (Unable to accept, 1984), Union of Pacific Asian Communities Award (1985), UCSD Chancellor Associate Award (1992 [7]) and Charles E. Supper Instrumentation Award from American Crystallographic Association (2004). [8] He is also founder of Area Detector Systems Corporation [9]
He served as the President of the Vietnamese Alliance Association, 1976–1992 and was also co-founder and Ex-Chairman of " Boat People SOS Committee" from 1980 to 1990, which worked with another non-profit organizations to obtain visas for Vietnamese refugees ( Boat people) and they successfully sent out rescue ships on the South China Sea to pick up drifting boat people, saving more than 3,500. [10] [11] [12]