Dr. Jing-Yuan Zhang
 
 
 

P.O.Box 8031
Department of Physics
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460, USA
 Phone/Fax: 1-912-681-5703
E-mail:jyzhang@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu
General information
Jing-yuan Zhang completed his Doctor of Science degree at Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences in the field of Atomic Physics (D. Sc advisor: Dr. K. T. Lu).  He received his postdoctoral training at Universities of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with Professor Y. R. Shen in field nonlinear optics and surface sciences.  Dr. Zhang came to GSU in 1990 as an associate professor.  Currently he is a professor in the Department of Physics, Georgia Southern University.
Education
B.S. Peking University
M.S. Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China
PH. D. Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Teachings
Teaching links:    Phys 1111;  Phys 1112;   Phys 1113;  Phys 1114;   Phys 2211;  Phys 5134
Research Interests
 Nonlinear Optics
 Ultrafast lasers; New technology for lasers
 Surface Physics
 Spectroscopic application in  bio-system such as DNA and protein analysis
 MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for DNA sequencing and MALDI instrument development
 Atomic and molecular physics
Research Grants
External Research Grants:
1992    NSF-9206769 ($80,000), Co-PI
1995    NSF-9505468 ($40,000), Co-PI
1996    NSF-9601922 ($281,100), PI
1998    NIH-R21-HG01785-02 ($265,500),  PI
Internal Research Grants:
1991  $7,500 from GSU Foundation Research Committee
1992  $50,000 start-fund from the Dean of College of Science
1993  $4,500 from GSU Foundation Research Committee
1994  $4,000 from GSU Foundation Research Committee
1996  $5,000 from GSU Foundation Research Committee
1998  $5,800 from GSU Foundation and research committee
2000  $4,500 from GSU Foundation and research committee 
Honors and Awards
1987    Queen's Visiting Fellow of The Royal Society (UK) (1987-1988)
1988    Chinese Academy of Sciences Award, "Excellence in Research during 1984-1987"
1988    Chinese National Education Commission Award, "The most outstanding young professors"
1996    Excellence in Research and Creative Scholarly Activity Award at GSU
Publications: (1 scholarly book, 46 papers in refereed journals, and 20 presentations since 1985)
List of Publications