Brief Biography

 

BSc (1986) and MSc (1989) in Physics, Fuzhou University and the Chinese Academy of Science (Supervisor: Prof. Huairong Gao)

 

PhD in Physics (1993-1997), University of Newcastle (Australia) (supervisors: Profs. John O’Connor, Bruce King and Ron MacDonald)

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate (1997-1999) and then Research Associate (1999-2000) in the Laboratory for Surface Modification (Nanophysics Laboratory) at Rutgers University, USA, with Prof. Ted E. Madey (N.J. Professor in Surface Science)

 

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Senior Research Fellow (Phase I) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke (2000-02) with Prof. Leon Sanche (Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering)

 

CIHR Senior Research Fellow (Phase I) at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (2002-2003) with Prof. Ahmed H. Zewail (Nobel Laureate in 1999 Chemistry)

 

CIHR Senior Research Fellow (Phase II, Jan 2004-Dec. 2005). Assistant Professor in Physics, cross appointed to the Chemistry Dept, University of Waterloo, 2004-2007. 

 

(Tenured) Associate Professor in Physics, cross appointed to the Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 2008-. 

Associate Professor, cross appointed to the Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, 2009--.

 

Receiving an Early Researcher Award (2007-2012) from Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation.

 

Receiving a New Investigator Award (2008-2013) from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

 

Reviewers for international journals including Science, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Physical Review E, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Surface Science, Journal Chemical Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Cell Proliferation, Annual Geophysics, etc., and reviewer for Canada Research Chairs Program, NSERC, British Council, the US ACS Petroleum Research Funds, European Science Foundation, etc.

 

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