Song Jin

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608)262-1562, FAX: (608)262-0453, E-mail: jin@chem.wisc.edu

homepage: http://www.chem.wisc.edu/users/jin

research group webpage: http://jin.chem.wisc.edu/

Academic Appointments:

8/04 to present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1/05 to present  Faculty member of Materials Science Program (MSP), UW-Madison

Education:

2002-2004   Postdoctoral Fellow   Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Advisor: Charles M. Lieber

2002           PhD in Chemistry     Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Advisor: Francis J. DiSalvo.

1997           B.S. in Chemistry     Peking (Beijing) University, Beijing, China.

Awards and Honors:

Sloan Research Fellowship (2009)

ACS ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Fellowship Award (2008)

Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award (2007)

DuPont Young Professor (2007)

MIT Technology Review TR35 Award (Top 35 Young Innovators under the age of 35) (2006)

NSF CAREER Award (2006)

3M Nontenured Faculty Award (2006)

Cornell University Graduate School Travel Grants (2001)

Peking University Student Research Scholarship (1996)

Excellent Student in Honors Science Program (1996)

Outstanding Student Scholarship, Peking University (1995&1994)

Gold Medal in Chinese National Chemistry Olympiad (1992)

Teaching and Educational Outreach:

Courses taught:

·         Chemistry of Nanoscale Materials (Chem 630)         Fall 2005, Spring 2008               

·         Chemistry of Inorganic Materials (Chem 630)           Fall 2008

·         Fundamentals of Analytical Sciences (Chem 329)      Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2007     

·         Fundamentals of Analytical Sciences (Chem 327)      Fall 2009, Spring 2005, Fall 2004

Curriculum development and outreach activities:

·         Developed a new graduate course (Chem 630: Chemistry of Nanoscale Materials)

·         Developed a web course on nanoscience and nanotechnology for high school teachers in collaboration with Prof. John Moore and graduate student Janice Hall

·         Open-house, lab tour, and on-line chats for high school teachers participating in the on-line course for nanoscience and nanotechnology

·         Discovering Nanoscience (“Nano Bootcamp”) Workshop for high school students (Jan 2008 & Feb 2009)

·         Lab tour and interactions with students with disability from Midwest Alliance for Science and Technology (Oct 2006 & Jan 2007)

·         Invited to write a perspective on nanoelectronics for Technology Review magazine (September 2006)

·         Guest lecturer on nanoscience and nanomaterials in Chem 104 and Chem 511 (Feb and May 2008)

·         Interacted and interviewed with popular media on materials on energy (Oct 2008)

·         Interacted and provided images for science as art at Madison airport, Madison science café, and other national and international magazines (SEED, Nano, DeIngenieur)

Professional Affiliation and Synergistic Activities:

1.       DoD Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Workshop “Toward a Strategic Vision for Chemical and Biological Defense”, Participant and White Paper reviewer, Aug 2008, Atlanta, Georgia.

2.       Co-organizer for the symposium on 1-D Electronic and Photonic Devices at the 216th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society (2009);

Organized a symposium on 1-D nanomaterials in 233rd ACS National meeting (2007);

Program organizing committee for SPIE Optics East 2007: Nanomaterials Synthesis, Interfacing, and Integrating in Devices, Circuits, and Systems II;

Local program committee for 65th Physical Electronic Conference (PEC) in 2005.

3.       Memberships: American Chemical Society (ACS), Materials Research Society (MRS), The Electrochemical Society (ECS)

4.       Proposal Reviewers: NSF (DMR & CHE), NSF CREST/HBCU-RISE, DOE BES, PRF, Research Corporation, Austrian Science Fund, Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), Molecular Foundry of DOE LBNL

5.       Journal referees: J. Am. Chem. Soc. (21 papers), Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (PNAS), Nature Materials (2), Nano Lett. (21), Chem. Mater. (13), Angew. Chem.; Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Chem. Rev., J. Phys. Chem. (13), Inorg. Chem. (2), Small (6), ACS Nano (4), Langmuir(2), J. Mater. Chem.(3), J. Chem. Phys., Appl. Phys. Lett., Materials Today, Nanotechnology (3), J. Solid State Chem.(3), J. Mater. Res., Crys. Growth. Design, J. Crys. Growth., Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., J. Nanosci. and Nanotech., Mater. Sci. Eng., Thin Solid Films, Solid State Sci., J. Vac. Sci. Tech.

6.       Journal Advisory/Editorial Board: Nanoscale.

Publications:

at UW-Madison

45.  Selinsky, R. S.; Keavney, D. J.; Bierman, M. J.; Jin, S.; “Element-specific Magnetometry of EuS Nanocrystals” accepted to Appl. Phys. Lett..

44.  Lau, Y. H. A.; Chernak, D. J.; Bierman, M. J.; Jin, S. “Formation of PbS Nanowire Pine Trees Driven by Screw Dislocations” accepted to J. Am. Chem. Soc..

43.  Szczech, J. R.; Jin, S. “Epitaxially-Hyperbranched FeSi Nanowires Exhibiting Merohedral Twinning” accepted to J. Mater. Chem. (Invited but peer-reviewed contribution as part of a themed issue devoted to outstanding young materials chemists)

42.  Nelson, C. A.; Szczech, J. R.; Xu, Q.; Lawrence, M. J., Jin, S.; Ge, Y.; “Mesoporous Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Effectively Enrich Phosphopeptides for Mass Spectrometry-based Phosphoproteomics” Chem. Commun. 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b908788e.

41.  Schmitt, A. L.; Higgins, J. M.; Szczech, J. R.; Jin, S. “Synthesis and Applications of Metal Silicide Nanowires” J. Mater. Chem., 2009, published online DOI: 10.1039/b910968d. (Invited Feature Article, to be featured on the cover).

40.  Bierman, M. J.; Jin, S.; “Potential Applications of Hierarchical Branching Nanowires in Solar Energy Conversion” Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 1050-1059. (Invited Perspective, featured on inside front cover).   

39.  Morin, S. A.; La, Y.-H. Liu, C. C.; Streifer, J. A.; Hamers, R. J.; Nealey, P. F.; Jin, S. “Self-Assembly of Nanocrystal Arrays via Block Copolymer Directed Nucleation” Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed., 2009, 48, 2135-2139.

38.  Metz, K. M.; Mangham, A. N.; Bierman, M. J.; Jin, S.; Hamers, R. J.; Pedersen, J. A. “Engineered Nanomaterial Transformation under Oxidative Environmental Conditions: Development of an in vitro Biomimetic Assay” Environ. Sci. Technol., 2009, 43, 1598-1604.

37.  Lau, Y. H. A.; Chernak, D. J.; Bierman, M. J.; Jin, S. “Epitaxial Growth of Hiearchical PbS Nanowires” J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 934-940.

36.  Tomasik, J. H.; Jin, S.; Hamers, R. J.; Moore, J. W. “Design and Initial Evaluation of an Online Nanoscience Course for Teachers” Journal of Nano Education, 2009, 1, 48-67.

35.  Higgins, J. M.; Schmitt, A. L.; Guzei, I. A.; Jin, S. “Higher Manganese Silicide Nanowires of Nowotny Chimney Ladder Phase”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 16086-16094.

34.  Bierman, M. J.; Lau, Y. H. A.; Kvit, A. V.; Schmitt, A. L.; Jin, S.; “Dislocation Driven Nanowire Growth and Eshelby Twist” Science  2008, 320, 1060-1063.

33.  Song, Y.; Schmitt, A. L.; Jin, S. “Spin-Dependent Tunneling Transport into CrO2 Nanorod Devices with Nonmagnetic Contacts” Nano Lett. 2008, 8, 2356-2361.

32.  Gottlieb, D.; Morin, S. A.; Jin, S.; Raines R. T. “Self-Assembled Collagen-like Peptide Fibers as Templates for Metallic Nanowires” J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18, 3865-3870. (Invited contribution to theme issue on Biology in the Service of Materials)

31.  Szczech, J. R.; Jin, S. “Mg2Si Nanocomposite Converted from Diatomaceous Earth as a Potential Thermoelectric Material” J. Solid State Chem. 2008, 181, 1565-1570.  (Invited contribution to the Special Issue entitled “Solid State Chemistry on the Nanoscale: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities”.

30.  Schmitt, A. L.; Higgins, J. M.; Jin, S. “Chemical Synthesis and Magneto-transport of Magnetic Semiconducting Fe1-xCoxSi Alloy Nanowires” Nano Lett. 2008, 8, 810-815.

29.  Amos, F. F.; Morin, S. A.; Streifer, J. A.; Hamers, R. J.; Jin, S. “Photodetector Arrays Directly Assembled onto Polymer Substrates from Aqueous Solution” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 14296-14302.

28.  Morin, S. A.; Amos, F. F.; Jin, S. “Biomimetic Assembly of Zinc Oxide Nanorods on Flexible Polymers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 13776-13777.

27.  Bierman, M. J.; Lau, Y. H. A.; Jin, S.; “Hyperbranched PbS and PbSe Nanowires and the Effect of Hydrogen Gas on Their Synthesis” Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 2907-2912.

26.  Zhou, F.; Szczech, J. R.; Moore, A. L.; Jin, S.; Shi, L. “Determination of Transport Properties in Chromium Disilicide Nanowires via Combined Thermoelectric and Structural Characterizations” Nano Lett., 2007, 7, 1649-1654.

25.  Szczech, J. R.; Schmitt, A. L.; Bierman, M. J.; Jin, S. “Single-Crystal Semiconducting Chromium Disilicide Nanowires Synthesized via Chemical Vapor Transport” Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 3238-3243.

24.  Song, Y.; Jin, S. “Synthesis and Properties of Metallic b3-Ni3Si Nanowires” Appl. Phys. Lett., 2007, 90, 173122.

23.  Song, Y.; Schmitt, A. L.; Jin, S. “Ultralong Single Crystal Metallic Ni2Si Nanowires with Low Resistivity” Nano Lett., 2007, 7, 965-969.

22.  Bierman, M. J.; Van Heuvelen, K. M.; Schmeißer, D.; Brunold, T. C.; Jin, S. “Ferromagnetic Semiconducting EuO Nanorods” Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 2677-2681.

21.  Schmitt, A. L.; Jin, S. “Selective Patterned Growth of Silicide Nanowires without the Use of Metal Catalysts” Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 126-128.

20.  Jin, S. “Nanotechnology − the Future of Nanoelectronics” Technology Review 2006, 104, Sept-Oct, 26. (Invited commentary).

19.  Schmitt, A. L.; Zhu, L.; Schmeißer, D.; Himpsel, F. J.; Jin, S. “Metallic Single-Crystal CoSi Nanowires via Chemical Vapor Deposition of Single-Source Precursor” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2006, 110, 18142-18146.

18.  Schmitt, A. L.; Bierman, M. J.; Schmeißer, D.; Himpsel, F. J.; Jin, S. “Synthesis and Properties of Single-Crystal FeSi Nanowires” Nano Lett. 2006, 6, 1617-1621.

Prior to UW-Madison

17.  Oertel, C. M.; Rayburn, L. L.; Jin, S.; DiSalvo, F. J. “Monotopic binding modes for ditopic ligands: synthesis and characterization of W6S8L6 cluster compounds.” Comptes Rendus Chimie 2005, 8, 1779-1788.

16.  Zheng, G; Lu, W.; Jin, S.; Lieber, C. M. “Doping and electrical transport in n-type silicon nanowires” Adv. Mater. 2004, 16, 1890-1893.

15.  Whang, D.; Jin, S.; Lieber, C. M. “Large-scale hierarchical organization of nanowires for functional nanosystems” Jap. J. Appl. Phys. Part 1.  2004, 43, 4465-4470.

14.  Jin, S.; Whang, D.; McAlpine, M. C.; Friedmann, R. S.; Wu, Y. Lieber, C. M. “Scalable interconnection and integration of nanowire devices without registration” Nano Lett. 2004, 4, 915-919.

13.  McAlpine, M. C.; Friedmann, R. S.; Jin, S.; Lin, K. H.; Wang, W. U.; Lieber, C. M. “High-performance nanowire electronics and photonics on glass and plastic substrates” Nano Lett. 2003, 3, 1531-1535.

12.  Whang, D.; Jin, S.; Wu, Y.; Lieber, C. M. "Large-scale hierarchical organization of nanowire arrays for integrated nanosystems" Nano Lett. 2003, 3, 1255-1259.

11.  Whang, D.; Jin, S.; Lieber, C. M. "Nanolithography using hierarchically assembled nanowire masks" Nano Lett. 2003, 3, 951-954. (contributed equally)

10.  Jin, S.; Adamchuk, J.; Xiang, B. and DiSalvo, F. J. “The dean-evans relation in 31P NMR spectroscopy and its application to the chemistry of octahedral tungsten sulfide clusters” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 9229-9240.

9.   Jin, S. and DiSalvo, F. J. “3-D Coordination network structures constructed from [W6S8(CN)6]6- anions” Chem. Mater. 2002, 14, 3448-3457.

8.   Jin, S. Popp, F.; Boettcher, S. W.; Yuan, M.; Oertel, C. M.; DiSalvo, F. J. “Synthesis, characterization and properties of Mo6S8(4-tert-butylpyridine)6 and related M6S8L6 cluster complexes (M = Mo, W)” J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2002, 3096-3100.

7.   Jin, S. and DiSalvo, F. J. “Novel octahedral tungsten sulfidocyanide cluster anion [W6S8(CN)6]6-” Chem. Comm. 2001, 1586-1587.

6.   Jin, S.; Zhou, R.; Scheuer, E. M.; Adamchuk, J.; Rayburn, L. L.; DiSalvo, F. J. Synthesis, characterization and ligand exchange studies of W6S8L6 cluster compounds. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 39, 2666-2674. (featured on the cover)

5.   Hill, L. I.; Jin, S.; Zhou, R.; Venkataraman, D.; DiSalvo, F. J. “Synthesis and characterization of oxidized W6S8L6 clusters” Inorg. Chem. 2001, 39, 2660-2665.

4.   Sogah, D. Y.; Weimer, M. W.; Jin, S.; DiSalvo, F. J.; Venkataraman, D. “Polystyrene star nanostructures with molybdenum and tungsten clusters core” Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng. 2001, 84, 845-846.

3.   Jin, S.; Venkataraman, D.; DiSalvo, F. J. “Ligand substitution reactions of W6S8L6 with tricyclohexylphosphine: 31P NMR and structural studies of W6S8(PCy3)n(4-tert-butylpyridine)6-n (0 < n£ 6) complexes” Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 2747-2757.

2.   Jin, S.; Venkataraman, D.; DiSalvo, F. J.; Peters, E. C.; Svec, F.; Fréchet, J. M. J. “Novel catalytic metal clusters supported by porous polymer monolith” Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem.) 2000, 41, 458-459.

1.   Venkataraman, D.; Rayburn, L. L.; Hill, L. I.; Jin, S.; Malik, A.-S.; Turneau, K. J.; DiSalvo, F. J. “An improved high yield synthesis procedure and reactivity of W6S8(4-tert-butylpyridine)6” Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 828-830.

Patents:

3.   Jin. S.; Ge, Y.; Nelson, C. A.; Xu, Q. “Mesoporous metal oxide materials for phosphoproteomics” PCT/US09/56632 and 12557906, pending.

2.   Jin. S.; Schmitt, A. L; Song, Y. “Metal silicide nanowires and methods for their production” US Patent 11/506,147, pending.

1.   Lieber, C. M. ; Whang, D.; Jin, S.; Wu, Y.; McAlpine, M. C.; Friedmann, R. S. “Nanoscale arrays, robust nanostructures, and related devices” US Patent 10/995,075, pending.

Invited Presentations: (planned future presentations in italics)

2010

July              Asia-Pacific Conference on Semiconducting Silicides and Related Materials Tsukuba, Japan

January        Nanyang Technological University                                                                     Singapore

January        3rd IEEE International NanoElectronics Conference                            Hong Kong, China

 

2009

October        10th NIH NCI IMAT meeting                                                                          Bethesda, MD

September     DoD Nanoelectronic Devices for Defense & Security Conference              Fort Lauderdale,FL

August          238th ACS National Meeting                                                                          Washington, DC

August          The 17th American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy                     Lake Geneva, WI

May              National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China                                     Beijing, China

May              Zhejiang University                                                                                       Hangzhou, China

May              Peking (Beijing) University (3 lectures)                                                               Beijing, China

April              Stanford University                                                                                           Palo Alto, CA

April              University of California-Santa Cruz                                                                 Santa Cruz, CA

April              Cornell University                                                                                                 Ithaca, NY

April              6th Foundation of Nanoscience Conference (FNANO09)                                    SnowBird, UT

April              Ohio State University                                                                                       Columbus, OH

March           University of Minnesota                                                                                Minneapolis, MN

March           237th ACS National Meeting (Delivered by student Rachel Selinsky)             Salt Lake City, UT

March           Brown University                                                                                            Providence, RI

March           University of Rochester                                                                                   Rochester, NY

February        Gordon Research Conference on Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels                          Ventura, CA

January         University of California- Santa Barbara                                                      Santa Barbara, CA

January         University of California- Riverside                                                                     Riverside, CA

January         University of California- Los Angeles                                                            Los Angeles, CA

January         University of Southern California                                                                  Los Angeles, CA

 

2008

December     Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials                                Argonn, IL

December     Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall meeting                                                    Boston, MA

October         9th NIH NCI IMAT meeting (Invited poster)                                                   Cambridge, MA

October         214th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting                                                       Honolulu, HI

September     University of Louisville                                                                                     Louisville, KY

September     NSF Physical Organic Chemistry Workshop                                                  Lake Tahoe, NV

September     Chaos and Complex Systems Seminar                                                                 Madison, WI

August          DuPont Central Research and Development                                                    Wilmington, DE

August          236th ACS Meeting, ExxonMobil Solid State Chem. Award Symposium            Philadelphia, PA

July               14th Annual Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Conference (Invited poster)       Tucson, AZ

June              3M Corporation Science and Engineering Faculty Day                                          St. Paul, MN

June              Max-Planck Institute, International School of Nanosci. and Nanotech.               Halle, Germany

May              Particles 2008                                                                                                      Orlando, FL

May              University of Central Florida                                                                                 Orlando, FL

April              Indiana University                                                                                         Bloomington, IN

March           2008 TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society) Annual Meeting

                     Hume-Rothery Award Symposium                                                               New Orleans, LA

February        Purdue University                                                                                     West Lafayette, IN

January         Bell Labs of Lucent Technologies                                                                  Murray Hills, NJ

January         City College of New York                                                                              New York, NY

 

2007

November     Boston College                                                                                          Chestnut Hills, MA

June              NSF Inorganic Chemistry Workshop                                                           Jackson Hole, WY

June              3M Corporation Science and Engineering Faculty Day (Invited poster)                  St. Paul, MN

May              North American Solid State Chemistry Conference 2007                             College Station, TX

May              General Motors Corporation R&D Center                                                             Warren, MI

March           233rd ACS National Meeting                                                                                 Chicago, IL

February        Howard University                                                                                       Washington D.C.

 

2006

November     Tulane University                                                                                        New Orleans, LA

November     Louisiana State University                                                                            Baton Rouge, LA

October         ACS Mid-West Regional Meeting                                                                           Quincy, IL

October         14th NSF Workshop on Materials Chemistry and Nanoscience                             St. Louis, MO

October         SPIE Optics East 2006                                                                                        Boston, MA

June              3M Corporate Research Laboratory                                                                    St. Paul, MN

 

2003 (postdoctoral)

December     Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall meeting                                                    Boston, MA

Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate Associate Sponsor:

1.       Graduate: Jeannine Szczech (11/05-), Stephen Morin (11/05-), Jeremy Higgins (11/05-), Rachel Selinsky (11/06-),  John DeGrave (11/08 - ), Mark Lukowski (11/08 - ), Chris Sichmeller (11/08 - ).

2.       Postgraduate: Chad Dooley (5/09 - ).

3.       Ph. D. graduates: Andrew Schmitt (01/05- 07/09), Matthew Bierman (11/04- 07/09).

4.       Past Graduate Student: Lei Zhu (11/05-12/06), Pinray Huang (M.S. 11/04-6/07), Y. K. Albert Lau (M.S., 1/07-1/09); Visiting Graduate Student: Fan (Julien) Yang (10/08 – 9/09).

5.       Past Postgraduate: Dr. Yipu Song (Ph.D. in Physics, 12/05-06/07), Dr. Fairland Amos (1/06-06/07).

6.       Undergraduate:, Matt O’Brien (04/08 - ), Ray Haoyue Zhu (03/09 - ), Dinghua Ding (02/09 -, Chem 116 then continued), Penelope Carmichael (09/09 - , exchange student from U. of Bristol).

Past undergraduate: Elvin Morales (05/09 – 08/09, REU from University of Puerto), Davin Chernak (01/08 – 05/09), Jonathan Tong (01/06- 08/09), Cory Nelson (02/07- 06/09), Justin Mallek (09/08 – 05/09), Stephen Lee (10/07 – 05/09), Jae Hyo Han (07/08 – 05/09), Miguel Caban (5/08-8/08, REU from University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras), Jean E. Calderón (5/07-8/07, NSEC REU from U. of Puerto Rico), Sarah Brendzel (03/08-05/08, Chem 116), Adam K. Schmitt (5/07-8/07, NSEC REU from Ball State U.); Andrew A. Lafko (01/05-12/06), David A. Maenner (01/05-05/06); Julie Feld (03/06-08/06).

Student Awards and Fellowships:

17th American Conference on Crystal Growth Photo Contest Matthew Bierman (Song Jin)      2009

MRS Student Gold Award                                                   Matthew Bierman                     2009

Nano Today Cover Competition 2009                                  Matthew Bierman                     2009

Undergraduate Research Mentor Award                              Jeremy Higgins                         2009

Undergraduate Research Mentor Award                              Rachel Selinsky                         2009

MRS Science as Art 2nd place winner (Fall meeting)             Matthew Bierman                     2008

UW Madison Energy Hub conference poster award              Jeremy Higgins                         2008

Merck Research Laboratories Fellowship                             Jeremy Higgins                         2008-2009

Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Student                            Andrew Schmitt                        2008-2009

Research Excellence Award in Materials Chemistry              Matthew Bierman                     2008

MRS Student Silver Award                                                  Andrew Schmitt                        2008

MRS Best Poster Award (Spring meeting)                            Andrew Schmitt                        2008

Outstanding Chemistry Teaching Award                               Jeannine Szczech                      2008

3M Graduate Fellowship                                                      Stephen Morin                           2007-2009

Air Product Graduate Fellowship                                          Matthew Bierman                     2007-2008

MRS Best Poster Award (Fall meeting)                                Andrew Schmitt                        2006

APS User Meeting Best Poster Award                                Andrew Schmitt                        2006