Key Facts
Professorship
Ultrafast Laser Diffraction, since 1st of December 2023
Department
Joint Professorship in Physics at the University of Duisburg-Essen and TU Dortmund University, Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability (UA Ruhr)
Qualifications
- 1992: Doctorate in Physics at UCLA, California, USA
- 1982: Bachelor of Science in Physics at the Shaanxi Normal University, China
Work History
- 2013-2023: Senior Researcher at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, California, USA
- 1993-2013: Head of Development and Operations of the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) and the Source Development Laboratory (SDL) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), New York, USA
Awards
- Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award, IEEE
- Director Award, SLAC National Accelerator Lab, Stanford
Main Research Areas
- Ultrafast Electron Diffraction
- Quantum materials
- Materials under extreme conditions
- Fundamental chemical processes in gas and liquid phases
