Professional Experience 1990-2012, Research Scientist, University of Texas at Austin; 1987-1990, Post doctor, University of Texas at Austin. Education Ph.D., in Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese academy of Sciences and Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin, Germany 1987. B.S., in Theoretical Physics, Northwestern University, 1982.

Single-molecule detection, analysis, and manipulation; In situ re-growth and purification of single crystal thin films for the utilization of solar energy; The photoelectric conversion mechanism in photosensitive materials for the application of solar cells and LEDs;

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