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Yangjun Xing *******.****@*****.***

Cell Phone: 848-***-****

Department of Chemistry, Temple University

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Philadelphia, PA 19122

** Qunlifications

* Good at interacting with colleagues and working in a team environment

* Responsible, honest and willing to help others when needed

* Able to prioritize, complete multiple tasks under stress situations; always working with a positive attitude

* Resourceful, skilled in analyzing and solving problems

* Creative, highly self-motivated and ready to face new challenges

** Professional Experience

* Research Assistant May 2005 - present

Department of Chemistry, Temple University

* Supervised 9 graduate and undergraduate students in a number of projects as well as moving forward in my own research topics

* Collaborate with research groups in multi institutes to solve scientific problems

* Teaching Assistant September 2004 - May 2005

Department of Chemistry, Temple University

* Help professor in managing courses; teach recitation lectures; hold office hours for students who need assistance; grade homework and exams

* Sales Engineer, Sales & Marketing Department March 2002 - September 2002

Parlex (Shanghai) Circuit Co. Ltd., Shanghai, P.R. China

* Help customer design print circuit boards (PCB) and estimate production cost

* Organize sample manufacturing; find and help solving problems

* Supervisor of Sample & Pilot Run Team July 1999 - July 2001

Shanghai Meadville Electronics Co., Shanghai, P.R. China

* Review engineering data for new PCB production; predict possible problems and control points; write manufacturing instructions

* Raise in-time the problems in sample and pilot run production; coordinate with other departments to tackle the problems

* Schedule sample production according to customer requirements; arrange resources to assure on-time delivery

** Education

* Ph.D. Graduate student, Department of Chemistry, September 2004 - present

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Advisor: Dr. Eric Borguet

Research Projects: (Physical/Analytical Chemistry; Surface Science; Nanotechnology)

1.Charge transfer in single molecules; Molecular electronics

2.Nanoscale dynamics at solid-liquid interfaces; Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; Single molecule Redox reaction

3.FLOSS (Fluorescence Labeling of Surface Species)

4.Other projects: Have been supervising undergraduate students in several projects including SAW (surface acoustic wave) hydrogen sensor, SAW humidity sensor, carbon nano-pipette and microbalance based in vivo biosensor.

* Graduate student, Chemical Engineering Department, May 2004 - August 2004

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Advisor: Dr. Eric Borguet

* B.Sc., School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1995 - 1999

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P.R. China

** Publications

1.Yangjun Xing, Tae-Hong Park, David N. Beratan, Michael J. Therien, and Eric Borguet, Optimizing Single Molecule Conductivity of Conjugated Organic Oligomers with Conjugated Carbodithioate Linkers. (Submitted to JACS)

2.Yangjun Xing, Yufan He, and Eric Borguet, Two dimensional charge diffusion in a self assembled monolayer of redox active porphyrins. (in preparation)

3.Andrii Buvailo, Yangjun Xing, Jacqueline Hines, and Eric Borguet, LiCl-doped TiO2 films for fast responding Surface Acoustic Wave humidity sensors. (in preparation)

4.Amit Paul, R.M.W., Paul Lund, Yangjun Xing, Kathleen Burke, Yufan He, Eric Borguet, Catalina Achim, and David H. Waldeck, Charge Transfer through Single Stranded Peptide Nucleic Acid Composed of Thymine Nucleotide,. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112 (18) 7233-7240 (2008)

5.Yangjun Xing, Nikolay Dementev and Eric Borguet, Chemical Labeling for Quantitative Characterization of Surface Chemistry, Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science, 11, 8691 (2007)

6.Yangjun Xing and Eric Borguet, The Specificity and Sensitivity of Fluorescence Labeling of Surface Species, Langmuir, 23(2) 684-688 (2007)

** Awards

* ACS Award for Most Outstanding Poster. January 2007

Graduate Student Poster Competition (Philadelphia), American Chemical Society.

La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

* Daniel Swern Fellowship, Temple University 2006

Annual award given to 2 chemistry graduate students with outstanding research progress

* First Prize in F-99 class 1999

A PCB (Printed Circuit Board) production training course for year 1999

Shanghai Meadville Research & Tech. Co., Ltd., P.R. China

* Special Chemistry Fellowship? Shanghai Jiao Tong University 1995 - 1999

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