CURRICULUM VITAE

II. Education

• Ph. D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Nov. 2001, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
  Thesis: “First-Principles Studies on Structure and Properties of Multcomponent Clusters”
• M.S. in Theoretical Physics, July 1988, Anhui University, Hefei, China.
  Thesis: "Statistical Physics Study on DNA Configurations"
• B.S. in Physics Education, July 1985, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
  Thesis: "Statistical Model of 2D Electron Gas"

III. Prefessional Experience

• Feb. 2011- present, Research Associate Professor (Adjunct Faulty), Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
• Nov. 2005 - Feb. 2011, Research Associate Professor, Department of Physics, VCU.
• Oct. 2004 - Nov. 2005, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, VCU.
• May 2002 - Oct. 2004, Research Associate, Department of Physics, VCU.
• Jan. 2002 - Apr. 2002, Research Associate, Kawazoe Lab. Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan .
• Oct. 1995 - Nov. 1995, Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) research scientist, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan.
• Sept.1994 - July 1998: Associate professor, Physics Department of Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing, China.
• Sept.1991 - July 1994: Assistant Professor, Physics Department of SWU, Chongqing, China .
• Sept.1988 - July 1991: Instructor, Physics Department of SWU, Chongqing, China.

IV. Summary of Research

We work at the cutting edge of nanoscience and technology – a field that has tremendous technological and economic impact. We have worked on novel spintronics materials that are viewed as the next generation materials for the communication industry; we have worked on gold coated silica, iron, and iron oxide nanoparticles that have applications in noninvasive treatment of tumors; and we have worked on hydrogen storage materials that are critical to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Our research works have received media attention (more than 200 times News Reports) and featured on the cover of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science ( 美国科学院院刊, PNAS impact factor is 9.598) and the cover of the Proceeding of the US Department of Energy Conference in 2008.

During the past ten years, I have published more than 130 SCI articles in some of the most prestigious international journals, including 2 papers in PNAS, 5 papers in Physical Review Letters, 3 papers in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 3 papers in Nano Letters, 2 papers in ACS Nano, 8 papers in Applied Physics Letters, and 25+ papers in Physical Review A/B. Our papers are widely cited in journals, included in books. Our work has some of industrial and environmental significance.

I have served the scientific community as a referee for the Office of Basic Energy Science (BES) of the US Department of Energy Projects ( 美国能源部基金项目评审人), and for ‘Changjiang Scholar of China’ program ( 中国 教育部长江特聘教授和长江特聘教授成果奖海外评审人), the "Thousand Talents Youth Program", and for many scientific journals.