Curriculum Vitae of Bo Chen
Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Sciences & Technology Rice University MS-100 6100 Main St. Mobile: 713-933-8629 Houston, TX 77005 email: [email protected]
Experience: 2006- Research Scientist, Rice University, Houston · Instrument management for XPS and BET · Research on nanoparticle composites 2005- Part-time Chemistry Instructor, Houston Community College · Lecturer to General Chemistry · Instructor to General Chemistry Lab 2004- 2006 Post-doctoral Associate, Rice University, Houston · Surface chemistry, film assembly on silicon surface and characterization · Fabrication and investigation of molecular field effect transistor (MoleFET) · Seeded single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) growth 2002-2003 Senior Scientist, Xeotron Corporation, Houston, TX · Microfluidic biochip DNA synthesis · High throughput DNA biochip synthesis process development 2000-2002 Senior Scientist, Amersham Biosciences, Sunnyvale, CA · Microarray Spotter system integration · Silanization on slide surface and silanization quality control 2000 Post-doctoral Associate, MIT, Cambridge, MA · Selective electroless Ni plating on polyelectrolyte self-assembled multilayers (SAMs) films · Micropatterning on polyelectrolyte surface using a PDMS stamp · Ink-jet printing using polyelectrolyte aqueous solution as ink 1995-1999 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL · Unimolecular rectifiers fabrication and the conducting properties investigation
· LB technique to study thin films of zwitterionic molecules and C60 derivatives · Vacuum coating: various metal evaporation onto substrates · Using XPS, XRD, AFM/STM, NMR, FT-IR, Fluorometer, Ellipsometer, and other means to investigate the properties of the zwitterion candidates for molecular rectifiers 1989-1995 Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Suzhou University, China
· ab intio band structure studies of highly conducting polymers, and C60 and it’s derivatives · in situ synthesis of polyacetylene using novel catalysts · Investigation on recycling polyacetylene battery and conducting mechanism of polyacetylene and other polymers
Education: 1995-1999 Ph.D., Chemistry Department, University of Alabama 1986-1989 M.S., Chemistry, Suzhou University, P.R. China 1982-1986 B.S., Chemistry, Suzhou University, P.R. China
Honors: · “STAR” Outstanding Employee Award, Amersham Biosciences, 2001 · First Place, PPST-MIT Poster Competition, MIT, 2000 · Best Dissertation Award, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, 2000 · Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Chemistry Department, The University of Alabama, 2000 · Graduate Council Research Fellowship for the 1998-1999 Academic Year, Graduate Council Fellowship for Summer Semester of 1999 · First Place, Sigma Xi-Graduate Research Award, University of Alabama Chapter,1998
Social Activities: · 1998-1999 President, Tuscaloosa Chinese Christian Church · 1997-1998 Vice President, Association of Chinese Students and Scholars · 1997-1999 Treasurer, Chemistry Graduate Student Association
Publications: 1. Chen, B.; Lu, M.; Flatt, A. K.; Maya, F.; Tour, J. M. Chem. Mater. 2008; 20(1); 61-64. 2. 2. He, T.; Ding, H.; Peor, N.; Lu, M.; Corley, D. A.; Chen, B.; Ofir, Y.; Gao, Y.; Yitzchaik, S.; Tour, J. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130(5); 1699-1710. 3. Lu, M.; Chen, B.; He, T.; Li, Y.; Tour, J. M. Chem. Mater.; 2007; 19(18); 4447-4453. 4. Nadine Gergel-Hackett, Michael Cabral, Timothy Pernell, Bo Chen, Meng Lu, James Tour, Lloyd Harriott, John Bean, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 25(1), 252(2007) 5. Austen Flat, Bo Chen, James Tour, Chemistry of Materials, Chemistry of Materials, 18, 4513, 2006 6. Yasuhiro Shirai, Long Cheng, Bo Chen, James M. Tour, Journal of American Chemical Society, 128 (41), 13479 (2006) 7. Tao He, Jiali He, Meng Lu, Bo Chen, Harry Pang, Williams Reus, Whitney Nolte, David Nackashi, Paul Franzon, James Tour, Journal of American Chemical Society, 128 (45), 14537 (2006). 8. Jianli He, Bo Chen, Harry Pang, Austen Flat, Condell Doyle, James Tour, Nature of Materials, 5, 63 (2006) 9. Bo Chen, Austen Flatt, Huahua Jian, Jared Hudson, James Tour, Chemistry of Materials, 17 (19), 4832 (2005) 10. Austen Flat, Bo Chen, James Tour, Journal of American Chemical Society, 127 (25), 8918 (2005) 11. Tom Wang, Bo Chen, Michael Rubner, Robert Cohen, Langmuir, 17, 6610 (2001) 12. Dominique Vuillaume, Bo Chen, Robert Metzger, Langmuir, 15, 4011 (1999) 13. Jefferey Baldwin, Bo Chen, Shane Street, Valeri Konovolov, Hiromi Sakurai, Terry Hughes, Camino Simpson, M.V. Lakshmikantham, Mickael Cava, Lowell Kispert, Robert Metzger, J. Phys. Chem., 103 (21), 4269 (1999) 14. Bo Chen, Robert Metzger, J. Phys. Chem., 103 (21), 4447 (1999) 15. Terry Hughes, Brenda Mokijewski, Bo Chen, M. V. Lakshmikantham, Michael Cava, Robert Metzger, Langmuir, 15, 6925 (1999) 16. Robert Metzger, Bo Chen, Domoinique Vuillaume, M.V. Lakshmikantham, Ulf Hopfner, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Jeffrey Baldwin, Xiangli Wu, Hiroaki Tachibana, Hiromi Sakurai, Michael Cava, Thin Solid Films, 327-329, 326 (1998) 17. Ping Wang, Robert Metzger, Bo Chen, Thin Solid Films, 327-329, 96 (1998) 18. Robert Metzger, Bo Chen, Dominique Vuillaume, Ulf Hopfner, Jeffrey Baldwin, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Hiroaki Tachibana, Hiromi Sakurai, M.V. Lakshmikantham, Michael Cava, “Electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of organic solid-state materials” edited by L.Y. Chiang, L.R. Dalton, A.Y. Jen, J.Reynolds, and M. Rubner, MRS Proceedings, (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1998), V488, 335 (1998) 19. Robert Metzger, Bo Chen, Ulf Hopfner, M.V. Lakshmikantham, Dominique Vuillaume, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Xiangli Wu, Hiroaki Tachibana, Terry Hughes, Hiromi Sakurai, Jeffrey Baldwin, Christina Hosch, Michael Cava, Ludwig Brehmer, Geofrey Ashwell, Journal of American Chemical Society, 119 (43), 10455 (1997) 20. Robert Metzger, Hiroaki Tachibana, Xiangli Wu, Ulf Hopfner, Bo Chen, M.V. Lakshmikantham, Michael Cava, Synthetic Metals, 85, 1359 (1997) 21. Ping Wang, Bo Chen, Robert Metzger, Tatiana Da Ros, Maurizio Prato, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 7 (12), 2397 (1997) 22. Yang Cao, Liangjin Chen, Bo Chen, Jianwen Feng, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 54, 265(1995) 23. Yang Cao, Bo Chen, Liangjin Chen, J. of Molecular Structure (Theochem), 313, 357 (1994) 24. Yang Cao, Bo Chen, Journal of Molecular Structure(Theochem), 277, 279 (1992) 25. Yang Cao, Youliang Wang, Bo Chen, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 37, 679 (1990)
Patent: 1. James Tour, Chris Dyke, Michael Stewart, Francisco Maya, Bo Chen, Austen Flatt, “Carbon Nanotube-Silicon Composites Structures and Methods for Making SAME”, pending 2. Robert Metzger, Bo Chen, “Unimolecuar Organic Rectifier of Electrical Current”, USP 6, 169, 291. Issued 02 Jan 2001