CURRICULUM VITAE

Xuan LI
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia
2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1
Email: xuanli1981@gmail.com
Office telephone : (1)(604) 822-8374
Office Fax : (1)(604) 822-2847
Homepage: http://nhn.ou.edu/~li/
Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-4945-2011

EDUCATION:

Ph. D., PHYSICS, (Advisor: Prof. and chair, Gregory A. Parker), Department of Physics                                2003-2008
University of Oklahoma, U.S.A.                                                                                                       GPA: 4.0/4.0

B.S., BIOPHYSICS,  Department for Intensive Instruction                                                              1999-2003
Nanjing University (NJU), China                                                                                         GPA: 91/100 (4.0/4.0)
(NJU is one of the Top 4 Universities in China; World ranking 120 by Times Higher Education , 2010)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

May 2011- onwards Research Associate (Advisor: Prof. Moshe Shapiro)                                                                    
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada
Topic: Quantum control; Molecular Tomography; Photo-excitation and dissociation

Jan. 2009- May 2011 Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: Prof. Moshe Shapiro)                                                                    
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada
Topic: Quantum control; Molecular Tomography; Photo-excitation and dissociation

June 2011 Visiting Scientist  (Host: Prof. Thomas Baumert)                                                                                   
Institute of Physics, Universitat Kassel
Topic: Photo-electron and circular dichroism

Sep. - Dec. 2009 Visiting Scientist  (Host: Prof. Kenji Ohmori)                                                                                 
Institute for Molecular Science, National Institute of Natural Sciences, Japan
Topic: Molecular potential and quantum state Tomography

Aug. 2003 - Dec. 2008 Graduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Prof. Gregory A. Parker)                                 
Department of Physics, University of Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Topic: Chemical reactions; Nonadiabatic molecular dynamics; Laser control of chemical reactions


TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 Fall 2003 Teaching Assistant                                                                                                                                      
Department of Physics, University of Oklahoma, U.S.A.

AWARDS & HONORS
2008                      Robberson Travel and Research Grants, University of Oklahoma                                                                 
2003-2008             Full Scholarship and Research Assistantship, University of Oklahoma                                                    
2002                      Mundell Scholarship, NJU (top 0.08%)                                                                                                               
2002                      Chinese Academy of Sciences Scholarship, NJU (top 0.04%)                                                                       
2000, 2001, 2002  First Class People’s Scholarship for achievements in academy (top 3%), NJU                    

REFEREE EXPERIENCE

Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics ;
New Journal of Physics;
Physica Scripta
Optical Express

INVITED TALKS & ORAL PRESENTATIONS             Invited talk: “Coherent control of broken symmetry"             Invited talk: “Spatial separation of cold enantiomers by coherent optical means”             Invited talk: “Several applications of quantum control to chemical reactions and creation of ultracold diatoms”             Talk: “Controlled formation of diatomic molecule using laser catalysis”


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