Meet the Group

Chen group

Principal Investigator

Prof Zhan Chen

Professor Zhan Chen (faculty web page)

Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Applied Physics Program
Biophysics Graduate Program

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (with Prof. Gabor A. Somorjai)
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (with Prof. Herbert L. Strauss)
M.S., Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (with Prof. Jingkui Liang)
B.S., Chemistry, Peking University

Administrative Assistant

Lorie

Lorie Kochanek

 

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Xiaofeng Han

Dr. Xiaofeng Han

Four-Wave Mixing (FWM) spectroscopy, CARS microscopy, SFG

Dr. Pei Yang

Dr. Pei Yang

SFG studies of membrane peptides and proteins

Dr. Xiaoxian Zhang

Dr. Xiaoxian Zhang

Ph.D., Electronics, Peking University
B.S., Material Physics, University of Science and Technology of Beijing
SFG and CARS studies of polymer surface and interface

Dr. Fugen Wu

Dr. Fugen Wu

Ph.D., Chemistry, Tsinghua University
B.S., Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Structure and Orientation of Surface Immobilized Peptides; Lipid Membrane Dynamics

Dr. Lei Shen

Dr. Lei Shen

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Wayne State University
B.S., Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Laser spectroscopy of biological molecules at the interface

Graduate Students

Jesse (Chi) Zhang

Jesse (Chi) Zhang

Physical Chemistry
SFG Studies of Polymer Surface and Interface; CARS Imaging; CARS spectroscopy and FWM spectroscopy

Lauren Soblosky

Lauren Soblosky

Analytical Chemistry
SFG studies of antimicrobial oligomers in cell membranes

Yuwei Liu

Yuwei Liu

Materials Chemistry
B.S., Materials Chemistry, Nankai University
Surface structures of anti-biofouling coatings

Bei Ding

Bei Ding

Physical Chemistry
B.S.,Chemistry, Peking University
Interactions of peptides with lipid bilayers

Josh Jasensky

Josh Jasensky

Biophysics
CARS imaging

Jeanne Hankett

Jeanne Hankett

Analytical Chemistry
B.S., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Surface studies of phthalates at environmental interfaces

Peipei Hu

Peipei Hu

Materials Chemistry
B.S., Chemistry, SUNY Binghamton
Interaction of peptides and amyloids with lipid bilayers

John Myers

John Myers

Analytical Chemistry
M.S., Chemistry, Miami University
B.S.,Biochemistry, Bradley University
SFG studies on buried polymer interfaces

Chuan Leng

Chuan Leng

Analytical Chemistry
B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University
Surface structures of anti-biofouling coatings

Undergraduates

Emily Seeley