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Yau-Man Chan appeared in two seasons of CBS Survivor – Survivor Fiji in 2007 and Survivor Micronesia in 2008.
Born in the Hong Kong, his family moved to the British Colony of North Borneo (now Malaysian Borneo) when he was very young. He grew up in the jungles of Borneo, educated in a mission school. In 1970, Yau-Man came to the United States to attend college which was not available in Borneo then. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Master of Science degree in Scientific Instrumentation from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Currently, Yau-Man Chan is the Chief Technology Officer of the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. In this position, he manages and runs the information systems infrastructure for administrative, research and teaching units of the college. This includes setting up networks, computers and managing business database systems. He has worked as a computer programmer, software designer and as a scientific instrumentation specialist, designing instruments for research labs to collect data.
Chan enjoys playing table tennis, bicycling, woodworking and reading. He is a member of the USA Table Tennis and is a USATT certified Coach and Umpire.
Since his appearance on the CBS Survivor seasons, he has spent time sharing his experience at fund-raising events for local community and charity groups. He is passionate about science and science education and has given talks to libraries, Boy Scouts and teachers on various subjects of interest related to development of modern science.
He has been married to his wife Jennifer for 26 years and has two daughters Penelope and Ione. They have called Martinez home for the last 25 years where they live with a Maltese dog named Tucker, 3 rabbits, Ruby, Cupid and Ginger, 8 egg-laying chickens and 2 honey-bee hives.
