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            CURRENT POSITION 
            
                
                    
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                        President, University of Sciences & Technology of China | 
                     
                    
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                        Deputy director, Hefei National Laboratory for the Physical Sciences at Microscale | 
                     
                
             
            
            EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 
             
            
                
                    
                        |   1983 | 
                        B.S. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) | 
                     
                    
                        |   1986 | 
                        M.S. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) | 
                     
                    
                        |   1989 | 
                        Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Center for Structure and Compositional Analysis, USTC | 
                     
                    
                        |   1988 | 
                        Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Institute of Crystallography, USSR Academy of Sciences | 
                     
                    
                        |   1989-1991 | 
                        Post-Doctor in FuJian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS | 
                     
                    
                        |   1991-1993 | 
                        Post-doctor, Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley | 
                     
                    
                        |   1993-1995 | 
                        Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, USA | 
                     
                    
                        |   1995 | 
                        Professor in University of Science and Technology of China | 
                     
                    
                        |   1999 | 
                        Vice President of University of Science and Technology of China | 
                     
                    
                        |   2008 | 
                        President of University of Science and Technology of China | 
                     
                
             
              
            AWARDS and HONORS 
            
                
                    
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                        1995 National Distinguishing Young Scholar Research Foundation Award | 
                     
                    
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                        1995 President Research Foundation Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 
                     
                    
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                        1997 Natural Science Award (first-class), Chinese Academy of Sciences | 
                     
                    
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                        1999 Distinguishing Young Scholar in Physics Award, “QiuShi” Fundation (Hong Kong) | 
                     
                    
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                        2001 Distinguishing Research Award, China Association for Instrumental Analysis | 
                     
                    
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                        2002 Achievement in Asia Award (AAA) of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association (OCPA) | 
                     
                    
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                        2003 Academician of Chinese Academy of Science | 
                     
                    
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                        2003 Natural Science Award (first-class) of Anhui Province | 
                     
                    
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                        2004 Fellow of The Third World Academy of Science (TWAS) | 
                     
                    
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                        2005 Excellent Post-Doctor Award in China | 
                     
                    
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                        2005 National Natural Science Award (second-class) of China | 
                     
                    
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                        2007 The Holeung Ho Lee Advancement Prize | 
                     
                    
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                        2008 TAN KAH KEE Science Award (Chemistry) | 
                     
                    
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                        2013 Distinguishing Research Award, China Association for Instrumental Analysis | 
                     
                
             
              
            ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 
            
                
                    
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                        2003 Member of Council of Chinese Materials Research Society (CMRS) | 
                     
                    
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                        2002 Member of Executive Council of Chinese Physical Society (CPS) | 
                     
                    
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                        2003 Member of Peer Review Colleges of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK | 
                     
                    
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                        2004 President, Chinese Vacuum Society (CVS) | 
                     
                    
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                        2004 Member of China National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (CNAL) | 
                     
                    
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                        2006 Member of China Association for Science and Technology | 
                     
                    
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                        2007 Titular Member of the IUPAC Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division Committee | 
                     
                    
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                        2007 Member of International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA) | 
                     
                
             
                   
              
            EDITORIAL POSITIONS 
            
                
                    
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                        2001 Member of Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics | 
                     
                    
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                        2002 Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, American Scientific Pub | 
                     
                    
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                        2002 Managing Editors of International Journal of Nanoscience, World Scientific Pub | 
                     
                    
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                        2003 Managing Editors of Science in China, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 
                     
                    
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                        2003 Member of Editorial Board of International Journal of Nanotechnology, Inderscience Pub | 
                     
                    
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                        2007 Member of Editorial Board of Progress in Surface Science, Elsevier | 
                     
                    
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                        2008 Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Chemical Physics, American Institute of Physics | 
                     
                    
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                        2010 Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Surface Science, Elsevier | 
                     
                    
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                        2011 Member of Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Nano, American Chemical Society | 
                     
                    
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                        2012 Associate Editor of Nano Letters, American Chemical Society | 
                     
                
             
              
            RESEARCH INTERESTS 
            
                
                    
                        | 1) | 
                        Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials and nanostructures | 
                     
                    
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                        Physical and chemical properties of single molecules and their assemblies | 
                     
                    
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                        Study of nanomaterials and nanostructures with scanning probes (STM, AFM) | 
                     
                    
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                        Quantum phenomena in confined structures like nano-particles and single molecules | 
                     
                
             
              
            SLECTED PUBLICATIONS  
            
                
                    
                        | 1) | 
                        J. G. Hou, Yang Jinlong, Wang Haiqian, Li Qunxiang, Zeng Changgan, Lin Hai, Bing Wang, D. M. Chen, and Zhu Qingshi, “Identifying molecular orientation of individual C60 on a Si(111)-(7×7) surface”, Physical Review Letters 83, 3001 (1999). | 
                     
                    
                        | 2) | 
                        J. G. Hou, Yang Jinlong, Wang Haiqian, Li Qunxiang, Zeng Changgan, Yuan Lanfeng, Wang Bing, D. M. Chen, and Zhu Qingshi, “Topology of two-dimensional C60 domains”, Nature 409, 304 (2001) | 
                     
                    
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                        J. G. Hou, B. Wang, J. L. Yang, X. R. Wang, H. Q. Wang, Q. S. Zhu, X. D. Xiao, “Nonclassical behavior in the capacitance of a nanojunction”, Physical Review Letters 86, 5321 (2001) | 
                     
                    
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                        L. F. Yuan, J. L. Yang, H. Q. Wang, C. G. Zeng, Q. X. Li, B. Wang, J. G. Hou, Q. S. Zhu and D. M. Chen, “Low-temperature orientationally ordered structures of two-dimensional C60”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 125, 169 (2003) | 
                     
                    
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                        J. G. Hou, B. Wang, J. L. Yang, K. D. Wang, W. Lu, Z. Y. Li, H. Q. Wang, D. M. Chen, and Q. S. Zhu,“Disorder and Suppression of Quantum Confinement Effects in Pd Nanoparticles”, Physical Review Letters 90, 246803 (2003) | 
                     
                    
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                        K. D. Wang, J. Zhao, S. F. Yang, L. Chen, Q. X. Li, B. Wang, S. H. Yang, J. L. Yang, J. G. Hou, and Q. S. Zhu, “Unveiling Metal-Cage Hybrid States in a Single Endohedral Metallofullerene”, Physical Review Letters 91, 185504 (2003) | 
                     
                    
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                        A. D. Zhao, Q. X. Li, L. Chen, H. J. Xiang, W. H. Wang, S. Pan, B. Wang, X. D. Xiao, J. L. Yang, J. G. Hou, and Q. S. Zhu, “Controlling the Kondo Effect of an Adsorbed Magnetic Ion Through Its Chemical Bonding”, Science 309, 1542 (2005) | 
                     
                    
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                        J. Zhao, C. G. Zeng, X. Cheng, K. D. Wang, G. W. Wang, J. L. Yang, J. G. Hou, and Q. S. Zhu, “Single C59N Molecule as a Molecular Rectifier”, Physical Review Letters 95, 045502 (2005) | 
                     
                    
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                        L. Chen, Z. P. Hu, A. D. Zhao, B. Wang, Y. Luo, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “Mechanism for Negative Differential Resistance in Molecular Electronic Devices: Local Orbital Symmetry Matching”, Physical Review Letters 99, 146803 (2007) | 
                     
                    
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                        T. Huang, Z. P. Hu, A. D. Zhao, H. Q. Wang, B. Wang, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “Quasi Chiral Phase Separation in a Two-Dimensional Orientationally Disordered System: 6-Nitrospiropyran on Au(111)”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 129, 3857 (2007) | 
                     
                    
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                        Y. Zhao, Z. Wang, X. F. Cui, T. Huang, B. Wang, Y. Luo, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “What are the adsorption sites for CO on the reduced TiO2(110)-1×1 surface?”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 131, 7958 (2009) | 
                     
                    
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                        J. Zhang, B. Li, X. F. Cui, B. Wang, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “Spontaneous Chiral Resolution in Supramolecular Assembly of 2,4,6-Tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine on Au(111)” Journal of the American Chemical Society 131, 5885 (2009) | 
                     
                    
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                        S. Pan, Q. Fu, T. Huang, A. D. Zhao, B. Wang, Y. Luo, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “Design and control of electron transport properties of single molecules”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, 15259 (2009) | 
                     
                    
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                        Z. C. Dong, X. L. Zhang, H. Y. Gao, Y. Luo, C. Zhang, L. G. Chen, R. Zhang, X. Tao, Y. Zhang, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “Generation of molecular hot electroluminescence by resonant nanocavity plasmons”, Nature Photonics 4, 50 (2010) | 
                     
                    
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                        S. J. Tan, Y. F. Ji, Y. Zhao, A. D. Zhao, B. Wang, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “Molecular oxygen adsorption behaviors on the rutile TiO2(110)-1×1 surface: an in situ study with low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 2002 (2011) | 
                     
                    
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                        K. Zhang, Q. Fu, N. Pan, X. X. Yu, J. L. Liu, Y. Luo, X. P. Wang, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “Direct writing of electronic devices on graphene oxide by catalytic scanning probe lithography”, Nature Communications 3, 1194 (2012) | 
                     
                    
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                        S. J. Tan, H. Feng, Y. F. Ji, Y. Wang, J. Zhao, A. D. Zhao, B. Wang, Y. Luo, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “Observation of photocatalytic dissociation of water on terminal Ti sites of TiO2(110)-1×1 surface”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 9978 (2012) | 
                     
                    
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                        R. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Z. C. Dong, S. Jiang, C. Zhang, L. G. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. Liao, J. Aizpurua, Y. Luo, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “Chemical mapping of a single molecule by plasmon-enhanced Raman scattering”, Nature 498, 82 (2013) | 
                     
                    
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                        Y. Wang, H. J. Sun, S. J. Tan, H. Feng, Z. W. Cheng, J. Zhao, A. D. Zhao, B. Wang, Y. Luo, J. L. Yang, and J. G. Hou, “Role of point defects on the reactivity of reconstructed anatase titanium dioxide (001) surface”, Nature Communications 4, 2214 (2013) | 
                     
                
             
             
             
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