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Peter J.W. Debye Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Faculty Fellow Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-1301
782A ST Olin Chemistry Wing 607-254-8533 (o); 607-255-4137 (f)
Associate Editor, Chemical & Biomedical Imaging, ACS
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Academic Appointments
| 7/2013 – | Peter J. W. Debye Professor of Chemistry, Cornell University |
| 1/2013 – | Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University |
| 2011 – 2012 | Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University |
| 2005 – 2011 | Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University |
Education and Training
| 2004 – 2005 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University |
| Advisor: Prof. X. Sunney Xie. Field: Single-Molecule Biophysics | |
| 1998 – 2004 | Ph.D. (Jan 8, 2004), Chemistry, Stanford University |
| Advisor: Prof. Edward I. Solomon. Field: Bioinorganic/Physical Inorganic Chemistry | |
| Thesis: “Spectroscopic Definition of Electronic Structure Contributions to O2 and N2O Activation by Mononuclear, Binuclear, and Tetranuclear Copper Sites in Biology” | |
| 1997 – 1998 | Teaching and Graduate Research Assistant, University of California, San Diego |
| Advisor: Prof. Yitzhak Tor. Field: Organic Chemistry | |
| 1993 – 1997 | B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University, China |
| Advisor: Prof. Jianyi Shen. Field: Physical Chemistry |
Selected Honors and Awards
| 2024 | Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 2018 | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 2024 | ISE-Elsevier Prize in Experimental Electrochemistry |
| 2019 | Chemical Pioneer Award |
| 2018 | Bau Family Award in Inorganic Chemistry |
| 2017 | Visiting Professor in the Debye Chair, Utrecht University |
| 2016 | Excellence in Catalysis Award, Catalysis Society of Metro NY |
| 2014 | Finalist, Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists |
| 2014 | Early-Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry, ACS PHYS Division |
| 2014 | Coblentz Award |
| 2011 | CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award |
| 2010 | Paul D. Saltman Memorial Award |
| 2009 | Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow |
| 2007 | NSF Career Award |
| 2005 | Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award |
Selected Named/Special Lectureships
| 2025 | Guanghua Chemistry Forum Lecture, Fudan University |
| 2024 | MilliporeSigma Lecture, St. Louis University |
| 2023 | Chemistry Honors Program Lecture, Kent State University |
| 2019 | Brian Bent Lecture, Columbia University |
| 2018 | Sessler Distinguished Alumni Lecture, Stanford University |
| 2017 | Catalysis Forum Lecture, DICP, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 2013 | Honorable Lecture, Applied Chemistry Lecture Series, CIAC, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 2013 | Lester S. Andrews Lecture, Mississippi State University |
Selected Special Invitation Conference Lectures
| 2024 | Keynote, Symposium on Catalysis for Sustainability, 12th Singapore International Chemistry Conference |
| 2024 | Keynote Speech, Future Science Prize Symposium |
| 2024 | Keynote Lecture, 1st International Symposium on Chemical and Biomedical Imaging |
| 2020 | Keynote Lecture, 71st Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry |
| 2019 | Keynote Lecture, 18th Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis |
| 2019 | Keynote Lecture, 16th Conference on Methods and Applications of Fluorescence (MAF 2019) |
| 2019 | Keynote Lecture, 5th International Conference on Energy Conversion and Storage (5th ICECS) |
| 2019 | Keynote Lecture, International Bunsen Discussion on Probing Chemical Reactions by Single-molecule Spectroscopy |
| 2018 | Keynote Lecture, 14th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC-14) |
| 2018 | Plenary Lecture, IBS Symposium on Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy, KAIST, South Korea |
| 2018 | Plenary Lecture, Symposium of the Center for Chemical Dynamics in Living Cells, Chung-Ang University, South Korea |
| 2018 | Plenary Lecture, 6th International Congress on Operando Spectroscopy |
| 2015 | Keynote Lecture, Lorentz Workshop on Proteins and Beyond |
| 2015 | Plenary Lecture, 17th International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC17) |
| 2014 | Plenary Lecture, 69th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy |
| 2013 | Keynote Lecture, Frontiers in Materials Science, University of Rochester |
| 2012 | Plenary Lecture, 4th International Congress on Operando Spectroscopy |
| 2010 | Keynote Lecture, Lorentz Workshop on Seeing Enzymes in Action |
| 2010 | Headline Invited Speaker, Faraday Discussion Meeting: Spectroscopy, Theory and Mechanism in Bioinorganic Chemistry |
| 2010 | Keynote Lecture, Chemical Biophysics Symposium, University of Toronto |
| 2008 | Plenary Lecture, International Copper Meeting: Copper and Related Metals in Biology |