Brief Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Rochester, 1991

Positions

Distinguished Professor, Illinois State University, 2016 - present
University Professor, Illinois State University, 2011 - 2016
Visiting Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011.
Professor, Illinois State University, 2002 - 2011
Associate Professor, Illinois State University, 1998 -2002
Assistant Professor, Illinois State University, 1994 -1998
Instructor / Fellow, University of Rochester, 1992 - 1994
Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany, 1991 - 1992

Awards

Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery, Research Corporation, 2017.
Fellow, American Physical Society, elected 2012.
Cottrell Scholar, Research Corporation, elected, class 1996.
The Million Dollar Club inductee, Illinois State University, 2009.
Undergraduate Research Prize, American Physics Society, 2006 (shared with R. Grobe)
College of Arts and Sciences Lecturer, Illinois State University, 2006.
Outstanding University Researcher Award, Illinois State University, 2003
Outstanding College Researcher Award, Illinois State University, 2002
Teaching Initiative Award, Illinois State University, 1998
Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Science Award, Department of Energy, 1997
Research Initiative Award, Illinois State University, 1996
CUSPEA Award, Columbia University, 1984

Grants

National Science Foundation, PHY-2106585, 2021 - 2024
National Science Foundation, PHY-1803226, 2018 - 2021
National Science Foundation, PHY-1505147, 2015 - 2018
National Science Foundation, PHY-1413791, 2014 - 2015
National Science Foundation, PHY-1067189, 2011 - 2014
National Science Foundation, PHY-0758058, 2008 - 2011
National Science Foundation, PHY-0456790, 2005 - 2008
National Science Foundation, PHY-0139596, 2002 - 2005
National Science Foundation, PHY-9970490, 1999 - 2002
National Science Foundation, PHY-9631245, 1996 - 1999
Department of Energy, DE-FG03-98SF21519, 1997 - 2002
Department of Energy, DE-FG03-96SF21016, 1996
Department of Energy, DE-FG03-95SF20718, 1995
Research Corporation, Cottrel College Science Award, CC7173,2007-2009.
Research Corporation, Cottrel College Science Award, CC6207,2004-2005.
Research Corporation, Cottrel College Science Award, CC5527, 2002-2003.
Research Corporation, Cottrel College Science Award, CC4089, 1996-2001.
Illinois State University, URG, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,2007,2010.

Societies, Services

Member, American Physical Society ( DAMOP, DLS ) OSA
Member, DAMOP undergraduate session selection committee
Journal/Book Referee:
Physical Review Letters, Physical Review, Physics Letter, Journal of Physics, Journal of Optical Society of America, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Physica Scripta, Journal of Biomedical Optics, Optics Communications, Computer Physics Communications, McGraw Hill.
Foundation Referee: National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, NSFC.
Conference Session Chair:
Symposium on Laser-Plasma Acceleration Radiation, Shanghai, China, July 17-23, 2016
Sino-German Symp. on Laser Acceleration and Applications of Lasers at Accelerators, Dec 5-8, 2011
PIBM/POEM, Wuhan, China, 2001, 2007, 2008.
International Symposium on Frontiers in High Field Ultra-fast Laser Physics and Technology, Wuyishan, China 2004.
International Workshop on Laser Physics, Bordeaux,France, 2000; LPHY01, Moscow, Russia, 2001; LPHY04, Trieste, Italy, 2004;
Conference Advisory Committee:
Workshop on Super Intense Laser-Atom Physics, Suzhou, China, 2012; Bordeaux, France, 2015.
International Symposium on Frontiers in High Field Ultra-fast Laser Physics and Technology, Wuyishan, China 2004.
Conference Program Committee:
PIBM07, Wuhan, China, 2007, POEM08, Wuhan, China, 2008.
Mentor: 2002 Leroy Apker Award winner Robert Wagner

Brief Academic Visits

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial College (London), Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis, Moscow State University, Polish Academy of Science (Warsaw), Royal Holloway University of London, Russian Academy of Science (Moscow), Scientific Sinica (Beijing), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Barcelona), Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot).

Research Publications and Presentations

190 refereed papers, 190 presentations (77 invited, Beijing (China), Berlin (Germany), Bordeaux (France), Bratislava (Slovakia), Hamburg (Germany), Kyoto (Japan), Leon (Mexico), London (UK), London (Canada), Lausanne (Switzerland), Minsk (Belarus), Moscow (Russia), Munich (Germany), Novosibirsk (Russia), Prague (Czech Republic), Salamanca (Spain), Shanghai (China), Sherbrooke (Canada), St. Petersburg (Russia), Tianjin (China), Trieste (Italy),Trondheim (Norway), Wuhan (China), Wuyishan (China), Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Baltimore, Big Sky, Dallas, Long Beach, Monterey, Orlando, Rochester, Washington DC, Zion

Science Citations of my Research Work

4700+ citations. H-index: 30

Patent

Patent pending, "A device for trans-illumination imaging and detection based on intensity modulation", R. Grobe and Q. Su, filed with Illinois State University, September 21, 2005.

Education Presentations

24 presentations

Undergraduate Student Research

During 1996-2023, 83 undergraduate student co-authored articles were published in refereed international research journals (Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, Physical Review E,Ann. Phys., J. Opt. Health Sci., Journal of Physics B, Optics Communications, , SPIE,Frontiers of Laser Physics and Quantum Optics, Laser Physics, Optics Express, Physics of Vibration).

During 1995-2023, 364 undergraduate student presentations were made conferences.

Personal

Apart from my busy schedule with research and teaching, I enjoy spending time with my children.

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