Research Interests

Experimental condensed matter physics; optical spectroscopy of solids and liquids; surface/ interface/thin film physics; transport properties in ordered and disordered systems. Fluent in Chinese language.

Career History

• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1989
• Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, 1989-1993
• Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, 1993-1999
• Professor, University of California, Davis, 1999-Present

Honors

• DuPont Graduate Fellow, 1982-83
• University of California Regent's Fellowship, 1981-82