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Yen Wei, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry and Director of
The Center for Advanced Polymers and Materials Chemistry (CAPMAC)

Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Tel. (215) 895-2650; Fax (215) 895-1265;
E-mail: weiyen@drexel.edu or yenwei@princeton.edu
http://www.sciences.drexel.edu/wei

EMPLOYMENT:

1995-present	Professor of Chemistry (May 1995), Department of Chemistry, Drexel University.
1991-1995	Du Pont Associate Prefessor of Polymer & Materials Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Drexel University (Academic tenure awarded in March 1992)
1987-1991	Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Drexel University
1998-2000	Visiting Fellow (6/1/98-4/1/00), Department of Chemistry, Princeton University
1997-present	Director, The Center for Advanced Polymers and Materials Chemistry (CAPMAC), Drexel University
1997-present	Guest Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
1997-present	Guest Professor of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, China
1997-present	Distinguished Guest Professor of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China
1997-present	Guest Professor of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
1997-present	Adjunct Professor, The School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health   Systems, Drexel University
1996-present	Guest Professor of Chemistry, Peking Univeristy, Beiing, China
1999-present	Guest Professor of Chemical Technology, Sichuan University, China
1992-1997	Coordinator, The Drexel Polymer Program, Drexel University
1989-present	Chairman of The Materials Chemistry Forum, American Chemical Society Philadelphia Section
1994-1995	Visiting Professor (Summer), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

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EDUCATION

1986-1987	Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Advisor: Dr. Gary E. Wnek
1983-1985	Ph.D in Chemistry (1986), the Graduate School of the City Univeristy of New York (CUNY). Advisor: Drs. George Odian and Nan-Loh Yang
1981-1983	M.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences, the City College of New York,
1979-1981	M.S. in Polymer Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, China  Advisor: Dr. Xinde Feng
1977-1979	B.S. in Chemistry (Dipl.), Peking University, Beijing, China

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• HONORS AND AWARDS

• The American Chemical Society Philadelphia Section Award, 1999.
• Chinese National Natural Science Foundation Award for Outstanding Young Scientists of Chinese Origin (NSFC-B), 1999
• Drexel Research Achievement Award, 1996
• Du Pont Young Faculty Award, 1991
• Drexel Invention Recognition Award, 1994
• Drexel Research Scholar Award, 1988
• Sigma Xi, Honorary Research Society, MIT Chapter 1987-
• Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honorary Chemical Society, Beta Epsilon Chapter 1990-
• The Li Fellowship Award, Li Foundation USA, 1981-83
• New York State University Fellowship Award, 1983-84

EDITORIAL BOARDS AND SPECIAL INVITATIONS

• Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Polymers, New Delhi, India, January 12-16, 1999.
• Keynote Speaker for the Symposium on Frontiers of Chemistry at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, Dec. 20-23, 1997.
• Specially Invited Speaker for The 4th Chinese-American Conference on Chen Airforce Base, Ohio, May 1994.
• Invited Panelist, American  Association for Engineering Education, Office of Naval Technology and National  Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington DC, August 1990.
• Editorial Board member, Maro Polymer Notes, 1987-1989

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Invited Panelist, American  Association for Engineering Education, Office of Naval Technology and National  Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington DC, August 1990.

Editorial Board member, Maro Polymer Notes, 1987-1989

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES HELD

•   Chairman of The Materials Chemistry Forum, ACS Philadelphia Section, 1989-
•   American Chemical Society (ACS)
  •   Divisions of Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering
•   American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
•   American Carbon Society
•   National Association for Thermal Analysis
•   Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club

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PANELIST OR REVIEWER FOR JOURNALS AND AGENCIES

Research article and book reviewer for:
 

Journal of American Chemical Society; Chemistry of Materials; Macromolecules; Journal of Physical Chemistry; Langmuir; Journal of Organic Chemistry; Synthetic Metals; Journal of Polymer Science; Journal of Applied Polymer Science; Journal of the Electrochemical Society; Electrochimica Acta; Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology; Polymer Engineering and Science; Trends in Polymer Science; Plastics Engineering (& SPE-ANTEC); McGraw-Hill, Inc., College/Schaum Division; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; American Chemical Society Books Department
 

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Proposal reviewer for
 

Petroleum Research Funds-American Chemical Society; CUNY Research Foundation; National Science Foundation; Research Corporation, (Cottrell ScholarAwards); National Academy of Science-National Research Council; Air Force Office of Scientific Research; Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council (RGC); The Harry Stern Foundation Innovative Research Programs; Benjamin Franklin Partnership, Advanced Technology Center of Pennsylvania; University of Connecticut Research Foundation; American Institute of Biological Sciences
 

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Foreign doctoral dissertation examiner for
 Indian Institute of Technology, India; University of Madras, India

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• SELECTED BIOGRAPHIES
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•   "Who's Who in Science and Engineering"
•   "American Men & Women in Science"
•   "Men of Achievements"
•   "Who's Who Among Asian Americans"
•   "International Directory of Distinguished Leadership"
•   "500 Leaders of Influence"

  
  UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Academic Council, College of Arts & Sciences 1996-
• Graduate Recruitment and Admission Committee 1987-91; 1993-
• Graduate Curriculum Committee 1987 -
• Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 1987 - 1994
• Created and serve as the Chairman of The Chemistry Awards Committee 1991-
• Collegial Research Priority Committee 1991-
• Collegial Undergraduate Curriculum Comrnittee 1992 - 1995
• Collegial Graduate Curriculum Committee 1995 -
• Number of Ph.D. Thesis Committees served: 30
• Number of Doctoral Candidacy Exam Committees served: 38
• Number of Master's Committees served: 17

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CONSULTING

Dr. Wei has been providing consulting services to numerous (~20) companies, government agencies and law firms.

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• COURSES TAUGHT OR DEVELOPED

1.  "Polymer Chemistry" (three-term sequential course for graduates), Drexel University
2.  "Organic Chemistry" (undergraduate), Drexel
3.  "General Chemistry" (freshman lab & recitation), Drexel
4.  "Electronic, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Materials" (graduate), Drexel
5.  "Polymer Chemistry" (three-term sequential courses for undergraduates), Drexel
6.  "Introduction to Polymer Science" (undergraduate), Drexel
7.  "Polymer Science Laboratory" (undergraduate Courses 10&3), MIT.
8.  "Organic Chemistry Laboratory" (undergraduate), CUNY.
9.  "General Chemistry Laboratory" (undergraduate), CUNY.
10.  "Astronomy Laboratory" (undergraduate), CUNY.
11.  "Polymer Chemistry Laboratory" (undergraduate), Peking University, China.

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• RESEARCH AWARDS

  
  Dr. Wei's research has been supported by American Chemical Society (ACS-PRF), National Institutes of Health, Du Pont, Kodak, Akzo-Nobel, Allied-Signal, Lithium Technology Corp., Franklin Co., Betz Lab, Jowitts & Rodgers Co., Stern Foundation, US Highway Administration, US Department of Defense (DARPA, ONR, AFOSR and ARO), Department of Energy, German Ministry of Defense, Chinese National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC), etc.
   

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Created On : 08/02/1998,  Last Update: 01/01/2001
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