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Peng Chen
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Baker Laboratory

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-1301
 

Phone: 607-254-8533
Fax: 607-255-4137
E-Mail: pc252cornell.edu
Office: 280A ST Olin Laboratory
Labs: 270, 272, 278, 275, 280 ST Olin Laboratory

 

Professional Appointments
2005 - Present Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University
2004 - 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Harvard University
Advisor: Prof. X. Sunney Xie Field: Single Molecule Biophysics

Education and Training
1998 - 2003 Ph.D., Chemistry, Stanford University
Advisor: Prof. Edward I. Solomon Field: Bioinorganic / Physical Inorganic Chemistry
Thesis: "Spectroscopic Definition of Electronic Structure Contributions to O2 and N2O Activation by Mononuclear, Binuclear, and Tetranuclear Copper Sites in Biology"
1997 - 1998 Graduate Research Assistant, University of California, San Diego
Advisor: Prof. Yitzhak Tor Field: Organic Chemistry
1993 - 1997 B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University, China
Advisor: Prof. Jianyi Shen Field: Physical Chemistry

Honors and Awards
2010 Paul Saltman Award in Biological Inorganic Chemistry
2009 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
2007 NSF Career Award
2005 Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award
2002 - 2003 Franklin Veatch Memorial Fellowship, Stanford University
2001 10th International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry Young Scientists Grant, Italy
1999 - 2002 Gerhard Casper Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University
1996 GuangHua Award, Nanjing University, China
1994 YinSong Award, Nanjing University, China
1993 - 1997 People Award, Nanjing University, China
1993 - 1997 Excellent Student Honor, Nanjing University, China
1992 First-rank Prize, National Chemistry Competition, China
1992 First-rank Prize, Jiangsu Province Chemistry Competition, China