# Tu Youyou

_Chinese medical scientist_

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Last updated: 2026-10-08

> Tu Youyou is a Nobel Prize-winning Chinese pharmaceutical chemist. She discovered artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria; these discoveries were a breakthrough in twentieth-century tropical medicine, saving millions of lives in South China, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. Tu was born, educated and carried out her research exclusively in China.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 30 December 1930 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462843#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Ningbo ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462843#P19))
- **Citizenship:** People's Republic of China; Republic of China ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462843#P27))
- **Occupation:** chemist; pharmacologist; inventor; university teacher; pharmacist; malariologist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462843#P106))
- **Political party:** Chinese Communist Party ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462843#P102))
- **Education:** Peking University; Beijing University of Chinese Medicine; Peking University Health Science Center; Ningbo High School; Xiaoshi Middle School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462843#P69))
- **Positions held:** professor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462843#P39))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Warren Alpert Foundation Prize; Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award; Pioneer of Reform; Medal of the Republic; State Preeminent Science and Technology Award; UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462843#P166))

## Questions

**When was Tu Youyou born?**  
Tu Youyou was born on 30 December 1930 in Ningbo.

**What positions has Tu Youyou held?**  
Positions held by Tu Youyou include: professor.

**Where did Tu Youyou study?**  
Tu Youyou was educated at Peking University, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Peking University Health Science Center, Ningbo High School.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Tu Youyou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_Youyou) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): तु युयु](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
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