Chen Research Team

Welcome to the Chen Group

Professor Shaowei Chen Shaowei Chen, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Shaowei Chen finished his undergraduate studies in China in 1991 with a BS degree in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China, and then went to Cornell University receiving his MS and PhD degrees in 1993 and 1996 respectively. Following a postdoctoral appointment in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he started his independent career in Southern Illinois University in 1998. In summer 2004, he moved to the University of California at Santa Cruz.

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
Guest Professor, University of Science and Technology of China, 2003 - present.
Oversea Eminent Scholar, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005
Tajima Prize, International Society of Electrochemistry, 2005
US Young Observer to the IUPAC 43rd General Assembly and 40th Congress, 2005
K. C. Wong Educational Foundation Research Fellowship, Hong Kong, China, 2003
Oversea Young Investigator Award, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2002
Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award, 2001
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2001
Hsu Sen Fa Scholarship, 1996
General Society Student Poster Session Award, the Electrochemical Society, 1996
Wentink Prize, Cornell University, 1996
Liu Memorial Award, Cornell University, 1993
Zhang Zongzhi Award, USTC, 1988, 1990
Outstanding Students Scholarship, USTC, 1986-1991

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Wei Chen: PhD, Xiamen University, CHINA (full size picture)
Debraj Ghosh: PhD, UCSC (NSF ACC Postdoctoral Fellow) (full size picture)

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Elena Alengoz (on leave) (full size picture), B.S., M.Sc., Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Xiongwu Kang (full size picture), B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
Yang Song (full size picture), B.S., Shandong University; M.S., Jilin University, CHINA

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Kiet Tan Huynh (full size picture)
Paolo Xavier Reyes (full size picture)