Education Ph.D. Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX (w. R. E. Smalley) M.S. Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA B.S. Chemistry, Xiamen University, China Professional Experience Professor, University of Maryland, 8/2017 – present Associate Professor with tenure, University of Maryland, 8/2-14 – 7/2017 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, fall 8/2008 – 7/2014 Faculty member, Chemical Physics Program, University of Maryland, 12/2008-present Faculty member, Maryland NanoCenter, 8/2008 – present Postdoctoral Associate, Northwestern University, 2005-2008 (w. Chad A. Mirkin) Project Leader, Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory, Rice University, 2001-2004

Quantum defects, Tube^2, materials and physical chemistry of nanocarbon, collective properties of super nanostructures, nanofabrication, energy science, biomedical technology.

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