Analytical spectroscopic chemist, Electro-Optical specialist

(•••••), GPA: •••••
M.S. Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, China (•••••)
B.S. Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, China (•••••)

Career objective
Obtain a position of research and development in Merck in the area of analytical and/or spectroscopic and/or instrument and/or physical chemistry that utilizes my multi-disciplinary background in chemistry, physics and biological science, with an opportunity to maximize my supervisory experience and troubleshooting skills and to work with people as well.

Qualification highlights
Multi-disciplinary background in chemistry, physics, biochemistry and biophysics, both in experimental and computational.
Competent skills in synthesis, purification, crystallization, characterization and preparation of inorganic and organic compounds, and also in planning, conducting and analyzing data from chemical experiments.
Knowledgeable skills in use of spectroscopic facilities, such as FTIR, UV-Vis, ESR, NMR, and fluorimeter.
Experienced with the operation of standard chemical-laboratory equipments, including vacuum system and vacuum glovebox, with the ability to adapt them to suit.
Extensive hands-on experience in the design, maintenance, and use of laser and spectroscopic systems, the computer-controlled data acquisition interface developments, and the relevant electronic and mechanic designs and constructions as well.
Up to 9 years of teaching and administrative experience in a university including supervising graduate students, giving lectures, managing student labs, and editing standard test pool.

Skills
Computer skills: Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), AdobeAcrobat, Origin, Iqor, TurboCad, HyperChem, ChemDraw, ViduoBasic, LabView, MatLab, C•••••.
Language skills: English and Chinese (Mandarin).
Teaching and administrative skills.

Working Experience
•••••date Post-Doc fellow, Univ. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA •••••
Biochemistry and biophysics: Ultrafast two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy on protein folding dynamics;
Build and maintain the ultrafast laser system for doing 2D IR experiments including laser oscillator, multi-pass laser amplifier, optical parametric amplification (OPA), different frequency generation (DFG) and photon echo.
••••• Post-Doc fellow, Brookhaven national Lab, Upton, NY •••••
Thermal, photo- and radiation-induced reactions in condensed media including biomolecules.
••••• Graduate student, Brown University, Providence, RI •••••
Studied the equilibrium structure of solvated Fe(CO)5 through solvent dependent and temperature dependent FTIR spectra.
Time resolved chemical dynamics of transition-metal complex in condensed phase.
Built up a femtosecond laser and ultrashort X-ray generation system and set-up an experiment of optical pump and ultrashort X-ray probe for chemical dynamics using this femtosecond laser system.
••••• Research Associate, Institute of Biophysics, Beijing, China
Computational chemistry: calculations of electron and charge transfer on biomolecules (protein and protein-DNA complexes).
••••• Faculty, Department of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
Taught the courses of General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry to undergradaute students, and the course of Quantum Chemistry to graduate students.
Managed the student lab including guiding the development of new lab work, training and assigning TAs, manipulating the internal and external sharing lab work, documenting, and managing equipments and facilities.
Led undergraduate general chemistry/physical chemistry labs.
Supervised graduate student M.S. theses.
Edited the problem sets of the standard tests on General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry for Chinese national universities of engineering.
••••• Graduate student, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Synthesized several Mo-O organometallic compounds that function photo-induced electron transfer, grew the single crystals of these compounds, and determined their •••••D structures.
Conducted the fundamental research of the properties of these compounds by various spectroscopic and physical methods, such as, IR, UV-VIS, ESR, susceptibility and cyclic voltammograms.

Selected publications
••••• ••••• •••••, Yuguo Fan, Chunting Sun and Tiejin Li, "Syntheses, structures, reaction mechanisms and spectra of the clusters Mo4(&#•••••;•••••O)2O4Cl2(OCOC6H5)6 and (Mo4(&#•••••;•••••O)2O4Cl2(OCOC6H4CH3)6)•••••C6H5Cl, Chinese J. Inorganic Chemistry, 6(3), •••••(•••••).
••••• ••••• •••••, Yuanjie Ye and Renshen Chen, "Electronic energy levels and hopping conductivity of an entire molecule of hagfish insulin Electronic energy levels and hopping conductivity of an entire molecule of hagfish insulin ", Biophysical Chemistry, •••••, •••••(•••••).
••••• Y-J Ye, ••••• •••••, Electronic Structures and Long-Range Electron Transfer Through DNA Molecules, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, Vol. •••••, ••••• (•••••).
••••• ••••• •••••, Taewoo Lee, Wei Li, G•••••prakash Ketwaroo, Christoph G. Rose-Petruck, &#•••••;High-average-power •••••kHz laser for generation of ultrashort x-ray pulses&#•••••;, Optics Letters., Vol•••••, No•••••, ••••• (•••••).
••••• ••••• •••••, T Lee, and C G Rose-Petruck, &#•••••;Structure of solvated Fe(CO)5: FTIR measurements and ab initio calculations&#•••••; J. Physical Chemistry A, •••••, ••••• (•••••).
••••• ••••• •••••, Taewoo Lee, and Christoph G. Rose-Petruck, &#•••••;Ultrashort hard x-ray pulse generation with tabletop laser systems at •••••kHz repetition rate&#•••••;, J. of the Optical Society of America B, •••••(1), ••••• (•••••).
••••• F Benesch, T Lee, ••••• •••••, and Christoph G Rose-Petruck, Ultrafast laser-driven x-ray spectrometer for x-ray absorption spectroscopy of transition metal complexes, Optics Letters, Vol. •••••, No•••••, ••••• (•••••).
••••• Taewoo Lee, Frank Benesch, ••••• •••••, Christoph G. Rose-Petruck, Structure of solvated Fe(CO)5: XANES and EXAFS measurements using ultrafast laser plasma and conventional X-ray sources, Chemical Physics, ••••• ••••• (•••••).

Academic honors
Dissertation fellowship, Brown University, •••••;
Fellowship for young scientists, XIIth International Biophysics Congress, Amsterdam, Holland, •••••;
University awards for teaching at Dalian University of Technology, China, ••••• & •••••

Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Physical Society (APS)
Upper Dublin Chinese Association (UDCA)

Visa status
Permanent US resident (green card).

References
Provided upon requested.