Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Research Professor of Chemistry
·
2018 - Present
Chemistry,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Sources of non-Arrhenius electron transport in bacterial nanowires.
Journal Article Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP · April 2026 Electron transport in biological redox chains typically follows an Arrhenius law, with rates and conductivities that increase with temperature. Surprisingly, bacterial nanowires show anti-Arrhenius transport. We simulated electron transport in a one-dimens ... Full text CiteTheories of Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity: A Pedagogical Overview.
Journal Article Annual review of physical chemistry · April 2026 The chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect refers to electron transport through chiral (often organic) molecules becoming spin-polarized, without external magnetic fields. While widely observed experimentally, a comprehensive theoretical understandi ... Full text CiteUltrafast Electron Dynamics of a Ferrocene-Based Butadiyne-Bridged Complex.
Journal Article The journal of physical chemistry. A · March 2026 Photoinduced electron transfer (ET) in alkyne-linked donor-bridge-acceptor (DBA) compounds is strongly influenced by torsional flexibility, allowing control over ET without altering the donor-acceptor distance. Here, we investigate excited-state dynamics i ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Mapping of Electron Tunneling Pathways in Proteins
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 1993 - 2028Elucidating Interplays of Chirality and Spin in Chiral Assemblies
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2023 - 2028Electron Bifurcation Theory
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2020 - 2026View All Grants
Education
Emory University ·
2005
Ph.D.
Peking University (China) ·
1999
M.S.
Zhengzhou University (China) ·
1996
B.S.