DR. NG HOI YING HOLMAN

Biography

Dr. Hoi-Ying Ng Holman, a graduate from Fung Kai no. 1 Secondary School, is currently the Founding Director of the Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared Structural Biology (BSISB) Imaging Resource, a senior scientist at the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division, and is a member of the Advance Light Source (ALS) Biosciences Council at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, USA.

Groundbreaking contributions to the synchrotron-radiation infrared hyperspectral bioimaging of biological systems are the hallmarks of Dr. Holman’s distinguished career. Her research accomplishments include studies of mechanisms of actions that govern gene sequence, gene expressions, and downstream functional outcomes. She has developed methods that use non-destructive light-matter interactions for real-time imaging at the atomic and molecular levels the biological processes with super-high chemical resolution, and developed methods for studying biological systems at scales from micrometers to nanometers. In her research, she has demonstrated key applications of synchrotron infrared in microbial ecology, renewal bioenergy, and biomedical imaging. She played a critical role in the establishment of the infrared imaging and sensing technology at light source facilities operated by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Dr. Holman has been recognized for her accomplishments such as the International R&D 100 awards which recognized her invention “Multiplex Chemotyping Microarray (MCM) System and Methods”; David A. Shirley Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement which recognized her “pioneering the study of living cells and their response to environmental stimuli using synchrotron-based FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) spectromicroscopy”, and her "SR-FTIR imaging for Gulf Oil Spill research"; and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Outstanding Scientific Performance Award. She is active in closing STEM gender and racial gaps and is a 2020 STEM ambassador to the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. She received her B.S. in Earth Sciences from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from the San Jose State University, and Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry & Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.