Dr. Yunjie Xu

                                              yunjie (dot) xu (at) ualberta.ca

                                                       Yunjie Xu

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT
     PhD in Chemistry (1989-1993), University of British Columbia, Canada
      BSc in Chemistry and Mathematics (1984-1988), Xiamen University, P. R. China

      Professor 2010-), Associate (2008-10) and Assistant (2003-08) Professor, University of Alberta, Canada
      Research Associate, Lecturer, Postdoctoral Fellow (1996-2003), University of Alberta, Canada
      Research Associate (1993-1995), National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
AWARDS & HONOURS
      2022 The Plenary Roger Miller Lecturer (Waterloo Chemical Physics Symposium)
      2022 Ioannes Marcus Marci Medal (The Ioannes Marcus Marci Spectroscopic Society)
      2020 Philip J. Stephens Award (International Conference on Vibrational Optical Activity)
      2019 Gerhard Herzberg Award (Canadian Society for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy)
      2018 Elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science
      2018 Tier I (Senior) Canada Research Chair in Chirality and Chirality Recognition
      2016 Clara Benson Award, Canadian Society for Chemistry
      2015 Named International Mercator Fellow, Physics Department, University of Freiburg, Germany
      2014 International Dr. Barbara Mez-Starck Prize
      2014 John R. Evans Leaders Fund (Canada Foundation for Innovation)
      2013 NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS) grantee
      2011 Tier I (Senior) Canada Research Chair in Chirality and Chirality Recognition
      2007 Smiths Detection Spectroscopy Award
      2007 Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award
      2006 Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Extension Award
      2004 Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Award
      2003 NSERC University Faculty Award
      1997-1999 Izaak Walton Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship
      1996-1998 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
      1993-1995 National Research Council Research Associateship
      1990-1993 University Graduate Fellowship (UBC)
SCIENTIFIC SERVICE
      2022-               International Steering Committee Member, Vibrational Optical Activity Conference
      2016-               International Advisory Board Member, Austin Symposium on Molecular Structures and Dynamics, USA
      2016-2018       Elected Chair of International Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, USA
      2014-2023       International Advisory Committee Member, International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, USA
      2009-2015       Chair of the RAO Prize Committee, International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, USA
      2008-2018       International Steering Committee Member, Int. Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Europe

      2022-               Member of the Editorial Board , J. Mol. Struct.
      2022-               Member of the Editorial Board , J. Mol. Spectrosc.
      2021-               Associate Editor, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
      2021-               Member of the Editorial Advisory Board , J. Phys. Chem. A/B/C
      2019-               Member of the Editorial Board , Chirality
      2013-               Associate Editor, Frontiers of Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
      2013-2020       Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Can. J. Chem.
      2011-2014       Member of the Editorial Board, J. Mol. Spectrosc.
Serve regularly as a referee for Science, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nature Chem., Nature Comm., Acc. Chem. Res., Chem. Euro. J., Chem. Asian J., J. Phys. Chem. Lett., J. Phys. Chem., J. Chem. Phys., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., ChemPhysChem, J. Chem. Theo. Comp., Green Chem., Chem. Phys. Lett., Chem. Phys., Mol. Phys., J. Material Chem., New J. Chem., J. Org. Chem., Inorg. Chem., Org. Bio. Chem., Euro. J. Org. Chem., Dalton Trans., J. Nat. Prod., J. Fluo. Chem., Chirality, J. Mol. Spectrosc. J. Mol. Struct., Rev. Sci. Inst., Can. J. Chem., Can. J. Phys., Green Chem., Spectrochim. Acta A, Int. J. Mol. Sci., Molecules, PLoS ONE, PLoS Comp. Bio., and Front. Chem..
Referee/panel member for National Science Foundation (USA), Department of Energy (DOE, USA), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Austrian Science Fund, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Fund, and other agencies around the world.
Frequently serve as an organizer, chairperson, and judge for national and international conferences.
Examiner for PhD and MSc theses.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS