Courses

CHEM 3301 – Physical Chemistry I
CHEM 3302 – Recitation, Physical Chemistry II
CHEM 3303 – Physical Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 3397 – Physical Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 3398 – Physical Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 5102 – Data Analysis and Evidence
SCTC 1013 – Elements of Data Science for the Physical and Life Sciences
SCTC 3485 – Science and Mathematics in the Classroom - Data Science Class

Interests

My interest in teaching focuses on continuously improving the pedagogy in teaching (1) Data Science and (2) writing-intensive Physical Chemistry Laboratory courses. My research involves studying (1) the polymerization process of the β-Amyloid (Aβ) peptides related to Alzheimer’s disease by confocal microscopy and (2) nonlinear light scattering spectroscopic studies of aerosol and liquid surfaces.

Biography

1997-2000                    Postdoctoral researcher, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1997                                Ph.D. Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

1991                                M.A. Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

1987                                M.S. Optical Instruments, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

1984                                B.S. Applied Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

Select Publications

“Control of Chemical Reactions through Coherent Excitation of Eigenlevels: A Demonstration via Vibronic Coupling in SO2,” B. Xue, M.J. Wilhelm, J. Han, and H.-L. Dai, J. Phys. Chem. B, 125, 9065 (2021).
 
“Single-Molecule Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Studies of β-amyloid clusters in physiological solutions,” J. Han, E. Mei, M.-P. Kung, H. F. Kung, J.-M. Yuan, H.-L. Dai, in Biophysics and Biochemistry of Protein Aggregation, Ed. J.-M. Yuan and H.X. Zhou. World Scientific Publishing: New Jersey, pp. 297-311 (2017).