Plasmon-Mediated Surface Chemistry for Solar Photocatalysis

讲座人简介：CURRENT POSITION

06/2015- Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida

08/2009-05/2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida

EDUCATION

2005 Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, the University of Texas at Austin (with Prof.John M White)

2000 M.S., Materials Chemistry, Peking University

1997 B.S., Chemistry with Honors, Peking University

EXPERIENCE

2007-2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University (with Prof.Chad A Mirkin)

2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, the University of Texas at Austin (with Prof.John M White)

2006 Visiting Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

2005-2006 Teaching Specialist, Department of Chemistry, the University of Texas at Austin

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Directly probing localized optical properties of highly-structured nanomaterials and fundamentally understanding their property-structure dependence

Addressing fundamental questions concerning surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-mediated interfacial electron transfer (ET) and photothermal heating on the nanostructure surfaces

Applying the fundamental understandings to direct the rational design and construction of a new class of multi-component plasmonically-active hybrid nanomaterials for solar energy utilization, water treatment, and chemical and biological sensing (e.g., single molecule detection)