Lee-Ping Wang - Group Leader

B.A. Physics, U.C. Berkeley, 2002-2006
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, MIT, 2006-2011
Postdoc, Physical Chemistry, Stanford, 2011-2015
Assistant Professor, Physical Chemistry, U.C. Davis, 2015-2020
Associate Professor, Physical Chemistry. U.C. Davis, 2020-

Curriculum vitae (updated 12/06/2022)

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Nanhao Chen - Ph.D. Student

Email: nhchen@ucdavis.edu

B.S. Pharmaceutical Science, Sun Yat-sen University, 2009-2013
M.S. Medicinal Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, 2013-2016
Ph.D. student in Physical Chemistry, UC Davis, 2016-

Nanhao is focusing on bio-molecular simulations and quantum chemistry calculations, particularly the evaluation of the protein conformational change and the mechanism of the enzyme catalytic reactions. He is also interested in mathematics and statistics.

Zhecheng He - Ph.D. Student

Email: hzhecheng@ucdavis.edu

B.S. Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 2014-2018
Ph.D. student in Physical Chemistry, UC Davis, 2018-

Zhecheng is interested in using the ab initio nanoreactor to develop new mechanistic knowledge, focusing on C-C bond formation in methanol-to-olefin reactions.

Nathan Yoshino - Ph.D. Student

Email: ndyoshino@ucdavis.edu

B.S. Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 2014-2018
Ph.D. student in Physical Chemistry, UC Davis, 2018-

Nathan is interested in the development of methods to discover and refine reaction pathways and applying the ab initio nanoreactor to study mechanisms of diphosphorus reactivity.

Jesi Lee - Ph.D. Student (joint with Fiehn Lab)

Email: jselee@ucdavis.edu

B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, U.C. Davis, 2012
M.S. Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, 2018
Ph.D. student in Biophysics, U.C. Davis, 2018-

Jesi is interested in using ab initio and semiempirical molecular dynamics to simulate collision-induced dissociation for improving in silico mass spectrometry libraries.

Heejune Park - Ph.D. Student

Email: heepark@ucdavis.edu

B.S. Chemistry, CSU Chico, 2012-2016
M.S. Physical Chemistry, University of San Francisco, 2017-2019
Ph.D. student in Physical Chemistry, U.C. Davis, 2019-

Heejune is developing software tools that can explore potential energy surfaces.

Curriculum vitae (updated 2/20/2023)