Group News


·         Our collaborative work on N + OH reaction with Daiqian’s group is published on Science, Dec. 15, 2011. This paper was featured on C & E News (Science and Technology News, Dec. 19, 2011)

·         Hua receives a grant from DTRA on kinetics of explosives, Dec. 2011

·         Sayak joints the group as a postdoctoral research associate, Nov. 2011

·         Greg’s work on CDK2 published on J. Phys. Chem. B., Nov. 2011

·         Hua is a coPI on a DTRA grant on bacterial adhesion, Sept. 2011

·         Bin left to returns to his group in Nanjing, August, 2011.

·         Jianyi’s work on O + O2 in collaboration with the Dawes group is published on JCP as a communication, August, 2011

·         Bin’s work on the H + H2O à OH + H2 reaction is published on JCP, and chosen for the September 5, 2011 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, August, 2011

·         Sen’s work on steam reforming of methanol on Cu is published on ACS Catalysis, a first in the group, Sept. 2011

·         Greg and Ryan presented their research at the Denver ACS National Meeting, August, 2011

·         Hua gave a talk at the International Conference on Theoretical and High Performance Computational Chemistry in Xian, China, August, 2011

·         Our DOE grant on combustion chemistry is renewed for three years, July, 2011.

·         Hua gave a talk and chaired a session at the Computational Enzymology Symposium, IUPAC, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July, 2011.

·         Hua gave a talk at the NSMS IGERT program at UNM, July, 2011.

·         Daiqian visited the group and gave a talk at the QRS meeting.

·         Hua organized the 11th International Workshop on Quantum Reactive Scattering in Bishop’s Lodge, Santa Fe, July 2011.

·         Hua presented an overview talk at the Conference on Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, Snowbird, Utah, July 2011. He was the vice chair of the conference.

·         Jun Li joined the group as a postdoc research associate, July 2011.

·         Zhihong finished her postdoc appointment and joined Logitech in Suzhou, China, June 2011.

·         Zhihong’s work on eliminylation published as a JACS Communication, July 2011. This work was featured on C&EN (Science and Technology Concentrates, July 18, 2011)

·         Zhihong’s work on DDAH with the Fast group at UT Austin is published on JACS, July 2011.

·         Jianyi’s paper on HCO2- photodetachment was one of Editor’s Choices in Chem. Phys. Lett., July 2011.

·         Sen started his faculty appointment at Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China, June 2011.

·         Former member Wenzhen started her faculty appointment at Renming University, Beijing, China, June 2011.

·         Bin’s work on photodissociation of H2O was published as a Communication on J. Chem. Phys., June 2011.

·         Hua was a Panel Chair and presented a “lighting talk” at the NASA/NSF workshop on mass-independent fractionation of sulfur, Alexandra, VA, June 2011.

·         Hua presented his research at the 32nd Annual Combustion Research meeting at Airlie, VA, 2011.

·         Hong left to return his group in Wuhan, May 2011.

·         Ryan receives an NSMS IGERT fellowship for the summer, May 2011.

·         Greg represented UNM’s NSMS IGERT program in the NSF sponsored IGERT poster competition, and won a spot as a Finalist (+$1000). He traveled to Washington DC in May to present his research. May 2011

·         Sen’s work with Ryan and Greg on methanol steam reforming published on PCCP, May 2011

·         Charlie is awarded a REU fellowship at the NSMS program at UNM, March, 2011

·         Charlie is awarded a Whaley Fellowship for his undergraduate research, March, 2011

·         Ryan receives a travel grant from the local ACS chapter for attending the ACS meeting in Denver, March 2011

·         Charlie Villanueva joined the group as an undergraduate intern, March, 2011

·         Hua gave a talk at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, March 2011.



This page last updated on August, 2011