The Yan Lab
Department of Chemistry
Portland State University
People - Current Group Members
Dr. Li-Hong Liu, Postdoctoral Associate
Room U71, SB2
Tel: 503-725-8761
lihongl@pdx.edu
Dr. Li-Hong Liu joined the Yan lab as a postdoctoral research
associate in the fall of 2007. Before joining the group, he was a postdoc at the Laboratoire de Photophysique et Photochimie Supramoléculaires et
Macromoléculaires (PPSM), Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France.
He received his Ph.D. from Xiamen University, China (2005). Liu’s
research interests include photochromic materials, optical chemical
sensors, and organic-inorganic hybrid nanomaterials and their applications
in biosystems.
Xin Wang, Ph.D. candidate
Room 308, 333, SB1
Tel: 503-725-8761
xinw@pdx.edu
Xin Wang was born in Tianjin, China in 1983. He received his B.S. degree
in Chemistry from Peking (Beijing) University in 2006. Now he is
pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry under the supervision of
Professor Mingdi Yan. His current research involves gold nanoparticle
synthesis, functionalization, and applications in biosensing.
Vi Tuong, Undergraduate student
Portland State University
Room UL71, SB2
Professor Takuya Kubo
Visiting Professor
Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Tohoku University
Room 224A, SB1
Tel: 503-725-8761
kubo@mail.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp
Julia Unangst, Administrative Assistant to the Yan Lab
M.A.: Portland State University
B.A.: University of Arizona
unangst@pdx.edu
Julia Unangst joined the Yan lab in October 2008. She received her M.A. in English Literature from PSU in June 2007. While a graduate student, she worked in the Physics department as technical writer and program assistant. Currently, she supports the Yan lab on a variety of part time projects from web design to manuscript editing. She is also the Director of Summer Sessions at Lewis & Clark College.
Qi Tong, Ph.D. candidate
B.S.:Nanjing University, China
Room 308, 333, SB1
Tel: 503-725-8761
Qi received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from Nanjing University, China in 2009. Her current research involves glycan arrays and carbohydrate-protein interactions.
Surangi Jayawardena, Ph.D. candidate
Room 309, SB1
Tel: 503-725-8761
nelusha@pdx.edu
Liling Li, Ph.D. candidate
Room 308, SB1
Tel: 503-725-8761
Liling Li graduated from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU), China, with a MS degree. She joined Professor Yan's group in 2009 as a Ph.D. student. Her research focuses on anti-fouling films and molecular imprinted polymers.
Professor Raymond Bard
Visiting Professor
University of Portland
Room 206, SB1
Tel: 503-725-8761
bard@up.edu
Xuan Chen, Ph.D. candidate
Room 309, SB1
Tel: 503-725-8761
