* Principal investigators only
Nien-hui Ge (葛念暉)
1990 BSc
- Deparment of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, U.S.A.
- nhge@uci.edu
- https://chem.ps.uci.edu/~nhge
Ultrafast two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy and its applications in biomolecular structure determination and condensed matter dynamics; Sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy and microscopy and their applications in surface chemistry, polymer physics, and nanoplasmonics; Nonlinear scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) and its applications in nanoplasmonics and carrier dynamics
Wei-Shun Chang
1996 BSc
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMass Dartmouth, U.S.A.
- wchang2@umassd.edu
- https://www.umassd.edu/directory/wchang2/
The Chang lab aims to fundamentally understand light-matter interactions in organic and inorganic nanomaterials for the applications of catalysis and sensing. We utilize several microscopic techniques, including photothermal, dark-field scattering, fluorescence, and electron microscopy, to explore the structure-function relationship of nanostructures.
Ding–Shyue (Jerry) Yang
1997 BSc
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, U.S.A.
- yang@uh.edu
- http://yang.chem.uh.edu/
Femtosecond pump-probe experiments have been performed in the last three decades to study ultrafast dynamics in various chemical, physical, and biochemical systems. The techniques are mostly all-optical, which means that the dynamics initiation and probing are both made by femtosecond laser pulses. Fruitful results about conformational changes in molecules and electronic dynamics in solid materials has been acquired.
Yu-Shan Lin (林玉姍)
2004 BSc
- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, U.S.A.
- yu-shan.lin@tufts.edu
- https://chem.tufts.edu/people/faculty/yu-shan-lin
Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry; understand and design cyclic peptides with desired conformations to modulate protein–protein interactions; elucidate the structural and functional roles of post-translational modifications and non-natural amino acids on protein folding.
Danny Hung-Chieh Chou (周宏杰）
2006 BSc
- Department of Pediatrics (Endocrinology and Diabetes), Stanford University, U.S.A.
- dannychou@stanford.edu
- https://profiles.stanford.edu/danny-chou
Structure-guided ligand design; Blood glucose modulators development; Peptide and protein chemistry methodology development
Shannon Yan (楊軒)
2006 BSc
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, U.S.A.
- shannonyan@stanford.edu
- yanlabstanford.org
Live cell force dynamics during mitosis; Cellular mechanics during differentiation and development; Genetically encoded force and tension sensors; Fold-switching dynamics of metamorphic proteins
Yu-Hsiu Wang (王佑修)
2006 BSc
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, U.S.A.
- yuewang@utmb.edu
- https://bmb.utmb.edu/people/faculty/bios/wang
Transcription-independent functions of p53 in DNA repair pathway selection; Nuclear Phosphoinositide Signaling in the DNA Damage Response; Cholesterol-Dependent Phase-Demixing in Lipid Bilayers
Yi-Chih Lin (林奕志)
2007 BSc
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.
- yichih.lin@utexas.edu
- https://chemistry.utexas.edu/directory/yi-chih-lin
High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy (HS-AFM) and other biophysical tools to understand how the structural dynamics of biomolecules (lipids, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids) correlate to their physiological functions; understanding the structure-function correlation of membrane proteins in native-like environments, the properties of biological membranes, membrane-protein interactions, protein self-assembly and aggregation, and protein-nucleic acid interactions.
Chern Chuang (莊宸)
2007 BSc
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada, U.S.A.
- chern.chuang@unlv.edu
- https://www.unlv.edu/people/chern-chuang
Theoretical Chemistry, Quantum Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Open Quantum Systems, Photochemistry, Molecular Excitonics
William Huang (黃元吉)
2010 BSc
- Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.
- whuang@jhu.edu
- https://www.williamychuang.org/
Biophysics; Biochemical Reactions at the Cell Membrane; Signal Transduction