Qixi Mi
Northwestern University
2190 Campus Drive
Ryan Hall
1030
Evanston, IL 60208-3113
E-mail: q-mi@northwestern.edu
Ph: (847)467-6696
Education
1999 – 2003
B. S. with honors, Peking University, Beijing, China
Major in chemistry, minor in computer
2003 – 2008 (expected)
Ph. D., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Physical/theoretical division, Department of Chemistry
Advisors: M. R. Wasielewski, M. A. Ratner
Teaching
General chemistry laboratory (freshman level)
Quantum mechanics and spectroscopy (junior/senior level)
Quantum chemistry (graduate level)
Honors and Memberships:
American Chemistry Society, since 2007
Northwestern CSSA Membership Award, 2006
Phi Lambda Upsilon, 2005
Publications:
(1) Mi, Q.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Ratner, M. A., Accurate and general solutions to three-dimensional anisotropies: Applications involving dipole-dipole, spin-orbit interactions and liquid crystals. 2009, in revision.
(2) Giacobbe, E. M.; Mi, Q.; Colvin, M. T.; Cohen, B.; Ramanan, C.; Scott, A. M.; Marks, T. J.; Ratner, M. A.; Wasielewski, M. R., Ultrafast intersystem crossing and spin dy-namics of photoexcited perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide) covalently linked to nitroxide radicals at fixed distances. 2008, in preparation.
(3) Mi, Q.; Weiss, E. A.; Ratner, M. A.; Wasielewski, M. R., Influence of structural dynamics on charge recombination rates in photogenerated radical ion pairs: evidence from EPR spectroscopy and computation. Appl. Magn. Res. 2007, 31, 253-270.
(4) Chernick, E. T.; Mi, Q.; Vega, A. M.; Lockard, J. V.; Ratner, M. A.; Wasielewski, M. R., Controlling electron transfer dynamics in donor-bridge-acceptor molecules by increas-ing unpaired spin density on the bridge. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, in press.
(5) Mi, Q.; Chernick, E. T.; McCamant, D. W.; Weiss, E. A.; Ratner, M. A.; Wasielewski, M. R., Spin dynamics of photogenerated triradicals in fixed distance electron donor-chromophore-acceptor-TEMPO molecules. J.
Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 7323-7333.
(6) Dance, Z. E. X.; Mi, Q.; McCamant, D. W.; Ahrens, M. J.; Ratner, M. A.; Wasielewski, M. R., Time-resolved EPR studies of photogenerated radical ion pairs separated by p-phenylene oligomers and of triplet states resulting from charge recombination. J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 25163-25173.
(7) Chernick, E. T.; Mi, Q.; Kelley, R. F.; Weiss, E. A.; Jones, B. A.; Marks, T. J.; Ratner, M. A.; Wasielewski, M. R., Electron donor-bridge-acceptor molecules with bridging nitronyl nitroxide radicals: Influence of a third spin on charge- and spin-transfer dynamics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4356-4364.
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