CURRICULUM VITAE

Yongli Gao
 
ADDRESS
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627-0171
(585) 275-8574 (Office)
Fax
(585) 273-2813
E-mail
ygao@pas.rochester.edu
 
EDUCATION
1981
B.S. in Physics, Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, Hunan, China
  (now part of the Central South University).
1986
Ph.D. in Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
 
POSITIONS
1981-83
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Purdue University.
1982-86
Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Purdue University.
1986-88
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,
  University of Minnesota
1988-94
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester.
1994-99
Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester.
1999-
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester.
 
HONORS
1980
Distinguished Student, Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
1981
CUSPEA Selectee, China - United States.
1984-86
David Ross Fellowship, Purdue University.
1986
Lark-Horovitz Prize, Purdue University.
1989-91
Sloan Research Fellowship, Sloan Foundation.
1999
Visiting Scientist Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Japan
2006
Visiting Professorship, Japanese Society for Progress of Science
2007
Bridging Fellowship, University of Rochester
 
MAIN AREA
Experimental surface physics; physical phenomena of solid surfaces and interfaces by examining the electronic and
OF RESEARCH
structural properties; electronic interactions and morphology of interfaces and interface formation; structural and spectroscopic properties of nanostructures; transient behavior of charge transfer across interfaces.