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Peng Chen
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Baker Laboratory
Ithaca, NY 14853-1301

Phone: 607-254-8533
Fax: 607-255-4137
E-Mail: pc252cornell.edu
Office: 280A ST Olin Laboratory
Labs: 270, 272, 277, 278 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
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

Current Society Memberships
American Chemical Society
Biophysical Society
Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry