Zheng Su

zsu (at) ualberta.ca

Zheng at Ohio State University

Conference at Ohio State University 2005

 

Conference poster session at Prague 2006

EDUCATION

PhD Student in Physical Chemistry
University of Alberta, Canada
 

2003-2007

BSc in Chemistry
Xiamen University
, P. R. China

1998-2002


 

AWARDS

World Women Fellowship

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, US

 

2006-2007

Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award

University of Alberta, Canada

 

2006

Alberta Ingenuity Studentship
Alberta Ingenuity Fund, Canada
 

2004-present

Dr. R. Norman and Magda Kemeny Jones
Travel Fund
University
of Alberta, Canada

2005

 

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

Dr. Yunjie Xu's group, Department of Chemistry,

University of Alberta, Canada

                         

2003-present

Summer Student

Dr. Yunjie Xu's group, Department of Chemistry,

University of Alberta, Canada

                         

2003

Research Assistant

Dr. Xin Lu’s group, Department of Chemistry,

Xiamen University, P. R. China

 

2002-2003

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Instructional Skills Program

University of Alberta, Canada

 

2006-2007

Supervisor of a WISEST student

University of Alberta, Canada

 

2006

Teaching Assistant

University of Alberta, Canada

 

2003-2005


REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Z. Su, N. Borho and Y. Xu, “Chiral self-recognition: direct spectroscopic detection of the homochiral and heterochiral dimers of propylene oxide in the gas phase”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128: 17126-17131, 2006. 

Z. Su, Q. Wen and Y. Xu, “Conformational stability of the propylene oxide-water adduct: direct spectroscopic detection of O-H···O hydrogen bonded conformers”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128: 6755-6760, 2006.

Z. Su, W. Tam and Y. Xu, “High resolution infrared spectroscopy and ab initio studies of the cyclopropane-carbon dioxide weak interaction”, Journal of Chemical Physics, 124: 024311/1-9, 2006.

Z. Su and Y. Xu, “Structures, binding energies, and chiral discrimination of the propylene imine-hydrogen peroxide complex”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 7: 2554-2560, 2005.

Z. Su and Y. Xu, “Pulsed jet rotational spectra of the propylene oxide-neon dimer”, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 232: 112-114, 2005.

Z. Su, X. Lu and Q. Zhang, “The chemisorption of NO on Si(111)-7x7 surface: a DFT study”, Chemical Physics Letters, 375: 106-112, 2003.

X. Lu, Z. Su, X. Xu, N. Wang and Q. Zhang, “The chemistry of HN3 on Ge(100)-2x1: a theoretical study”, Chemical Physics Letters, 371: 172-177, 2003.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Z. Su and Y. Xu, "Ab initio and rotational spectroscopic study of propylene oxide-water)N=2/3 complexes", the 38th annual meeting of the Davison of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of the American Physical Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 5-9, 2007.

 

Z. Su and Y. Xu, "Solvation of a chiral molecule: rotational spectroscopic study of the propylene oxide-water)N=1-3 clusters in the gas phase", the 233rd ACS meeting: Implications and Applications of Chirality in Physical Chemistry, Chicago, Illinois, USA, March 25-29, 2007.

 

Z. Su and Y. Xu, "Ab initio and rotational spectroscopic studies of 1:2 propylene oxide-water complex", Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 16-19, 2007.

 

Z. Su and Y. Xu, "High resolution mid-infrared spectroscopic study of a chiral molecule: C-H stretching of propylene oxide in the gas phase", the 22nd Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 3-5, 2006.

 

R. M. Kulkarni, W. Tam, Z. Su, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu, "A mid-infrared off-axis cavity enhanced absorption and cavity ring-down spectrometer with a cw quantum cascade laser", the 22nd Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 3-5, 2006.

 

Z. Su, N. Borho and Y. Xu, "Chiral self-recognition: direct spectroscopic Detection of the homochiral and heterochiral dimers of propylene oxide in the gas phase", the 19th International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Prague, Czech Republic, August 29-September 2, 2006.

 

A. Yan, Z. Su and Y. Xu, "Spectroscopic detection of a chiral molecule in the gas phase", WISEST Summer Program, Alberta, August 15, 2006.

 

Y. Xu, Z. Su, N. Borho, and W. Tam, "High resolution spectroscopic and ab initio study of chiral recognition in the propylene oxide containing complexes", ISSPIC XIII, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden, July 23-28, 2006.

 

W. Tam, Z. Su, I. Leonov and Y. Xu, "Mid-infrared cavity ring down spectrometer with a lead salt diode laser and a quantum cascade laser", 61st International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 19-23, 2006.

 

Z. Su and Y. Xu, "Hydrogen bonding in chiral molecular complex: direct detection of propylene oxide-water adduct in gas phase", 61st International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 19-23, 2006.

 

W. Tam, Z. Su, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu, "Mid-infrared cavity ring down spectrometer with a lead salt diode laser and a quantum cascade laser", Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 10-13, 2006.

 

Z. Su and Y. Xu, "Spectroscopic studies of propylene oxide with a mid-infrared multipass diode laser spectrometer", Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 10-13, 2006.

 

Z. Su, W. Tam, N. Borho, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu, "Infrared spectroscopic study of chiral molecular complexes containing propylene oxide", PACIFICHEM 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2005.

 

Z. Su, W. Tam and Y. Xu, "High resolution infrared spectroscopy and ab initio studies of the cyclopropane-carbon dioxide weak interaction", the 21st Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, October 28-301, 2005.

Z. Su and Y. Xu, “Ab initio and Infrared Studies of Carbon Dioxide Containing Complex”, 60th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 20-25, 2005.

Z. Su, “Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy: Molecular structure and dynamics in solution”, Graduate Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, February 2, 2005.

Z. Su, W. Tam, and Y. Xu, “Theoretical studies of chiral discrimination”, The 20th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, October 29-31, 2004.

Y. Xu, Z. Su, W. Tam, and I. Leonov, “Ab initio and spectroscopic studies of chiral interactions”, The Brijuni Conference: Matter Under Extreme Condition, Brijuni Island, Croatia, August 30-September 3, 2004.

Z. Su, Y. Xu, A. Huckauf, W. Jager, P. Lu, J. Schaeffer and C. Pinchak, “The CISS-1 experiment: ab initio study of chiral interactions”, The 39th IUPAC Congress and 86th Conference of The Canadian Society for Chemistry, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 10–15, 2003.

Z. Su, “Synthesis of Zeolite NaY Membranes by Means of Nanometer Technology”, The 5th Science and Technology Competition of Chinese Undergraduates, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, November 9, 2000.