Dr. Wei Kong

   Professor

   Department of Chemistry     

   Oregon State University      

   Corvallis, OR  97331      

   Tel: (541) 737 - 6714    Fax: (541) 737 - 2062

   E‑mail:kongw@chem.orst.edu

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC TRAINING

     PDF  Nov. 1993-Sept. 1995   

            Department of Chemistry, Cornell University

   (Postdoctoral Associate)  Supervisor: P. L. Houston

     Ph.D.   Sept. 1989‑Jun. 1993 

             Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo

             Supervisor: J. W. Hepburn

             Thesis Title: Photoionization Spectroscopy of Small Molecules

                                   Using Coherent Extreme Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation.

     B. Sc.   Sept. 1983‑Jul. 1987   

             Department of Electrical Engineering, Peking University

             Supervisor: Zhaoxiang Zhang

            Thesis Title: Data Acquisition and Processing for an Atom‑Probe

                                  Field Ionization Microscope.

AWARDS

Thomas T. Sugihara Young Faculty research Award (2001)

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2000)

NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award (1996 - 2000)

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (1994)

Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined) (1993)

NSERC Doctoral Thesis Prize (1993)

NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (1992-93)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined) (1992)

David Holden Memorial Scholarship (1992)

University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship (1991-93)

RESEARCH INTEREST

Using spectroscopic techniques to study reaction mechanisms of gas phase biological molecules and nanomaterials.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Chemical Society (ACS)

American Physical Society (APS)