# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meemann-chang
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:12:29.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meemann-chang"
name: "Meemann Chang"
slug: "meemann-chang"
description: "Meemann Chang also known as Zhang Miman, is a Chinese paleontologist at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP). She completed her undergraduate studies at Moscow University and completed her PhD thesis entitled 'The braincase of Youngolepis, a Lower Devonian crossopterygian from Yunnan, south-western China' at Stockholm University. She was the first woman to become head of IVPP in 1983. For her many career achievements, she received an honorary degree from the University of Chicago in 2011 and the Romer-Simpson Medal from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2016."
tagline: "Chinese paleontologist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1936-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.47498266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A0%E5%BC%A5%E6%9B%BC"
    title: "张弥曼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "ميمان تشانغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Miman"
    title: "Zhang Miman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meemann_Chang"
    title: "Meemann Chang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meemann_Chang"
    title: "Meemann Chang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Miman"
    title: "Zhang Miman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meemann_Chang"
    title: "Meemann Chang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%A6'%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "מימן צ'אנג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meemann_Chang"
    title: "Meemann Chang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Чжан Мимань"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mee-Mann_Chang"
    title: "Mee-Mann Chang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A0%E5%BC%A5%E6%9B%BC"
    title: "张弥曼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump