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Peng Chen
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-1301

Phone: 607-254-8533
Fax: 607-255-4137
E-Mail: pc252cornell.edu
Office: 280A ST Olin Laboratory

 

 

Professional Appointments
2011 - Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University
2005 - 2011 Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University

Education and Training
2004 - 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
  Advisor: Prof. X. Sunney Xie Field: Single-Molecule Biophysics
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 Teaching and 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
2011 Distinguished Junior Faculty Award, Chinese-American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professors Association (CAPA)
2010 Paul D. Saltman Memorial Award, GRC Metals in Biology
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