Juhn G. Liou

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Juhn Guang Liou is a Taiwanese geologist.

Liou attended Hsinchu Senior High School and National Taiwan University, where he worked as a research assistant to Academia Sinica member V. C. Juan alongside high school classmate Bor-ming Jahn. [1] Liou earned a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles, and joined the Stanford University faculty in 1972. In 1978, Liou was named a fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. The Geological Society of America granted Liou fellowship in 1979. He retired from Stanford in 2005, and was awarded the Roebling Medal in 2011. [2]

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References

  1. Liou, Juhn G. (1 September 2017). "Bor-ming Jahn (BMJ) biographical memoir and brief introduction to BMJ's scientific contributions and academic services". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 145: 298–308. Bibcode:2017JAESc.145..298L. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.06.006.
  2. "Juhn Liou". Stanford University. Retrieved 12 December 2018.