- Senior Research Fellowship in 2016 at The University of Hong Kong
Education:
- Ph.D. (05/1992): Physics, California Institute of Technology (Advisor: William A Goddard III)
- B. S. (06/1986): Physics, Fudan University, China
Academic Positions:
- Head, Department of Chemistry, HKU 05/2010-05/2016
- Professor, Department of Chemistry, HKU 09/2006-Present
- Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, HKU 12/1999-08/2006
- Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, HKU 07/1996-11/1999
- Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Chemsitry, University of Rochester 07/1993– 02/1996 (Advisor: Shaul Mukamel)
Awards:
- Fellow of American Physical Society (2014)
- Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2011)
- Outstanding Young Scholar Award, NSFC (2009-2010)
- National Natural Science Award (First Class), Education Ministry of China (2008)
- Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2001-2002, The University of Hong Kong
- Co-1st place in China-US Physics Examination and Application (CUSPEA) program (1985)
Currently
Our group is interested in developing the state-of-the-art linear-scaling quantum mechanical methods for very large molecular systems and investigating dynamics of complex systems including nanomaterials, nano- devices, polymer aggregates and biological macromolecules.