Tu Youyou is a lifelong researcher and chief researcher of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and director of artemisinin research and development center. Tu Youyou is the first China native scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Science and the first China scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
20 1 1 In September, it won the Lasker Prize, which is known as the "weather vane" of the Nobel Prize. 20 15- 10 won the nobel prize in physiology or medicine for discovering a new method of treating malaria with artemisinin. 20 16 February 14, won the 20 15 touching China people. April 2, 20 161day was selected as the "Most Influential People in the World" published by Time magazine for 20 16. 20 17 1.2, won the highest national science and technology award in 20 16. This is the first time that the highest national science and technology award has been awarded to a female scientist.