Yong, Haiwang
Experimental Physical Chemistry; Theoretical Spectroscopy; Ultrafast X-ray/Electron Scattering; Ultrafast Molecular Spectroscopy; Chemical Dynamics; Chirality
Experimental Physical Chemistry; Theoretical Spectroscopy; Ultrafast X-ray/Electron Scattering; Ultrafast Molecular Spectroscopy; Chemical Dynamics; Chirality
Contact Information
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office: Urey Hall Addn 3050B
Phone: 858-246-0817
Email: hyong@ucsd.edu
Web: https://sites.google.com/ucsd.edu/yong
Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Office: Urey Hall Addn 3050B
Phone: 858-246-0817
Email: hyong@ucsd.edu
Web: https://sites.google.com/ucsd.edu/yong
Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Education
2021 PhD, Chemistry, Brown University
2016 B.S., Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
2021 PhD, Chemistry, Brown University
2016 B.S., Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Appointments
2023-Present Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
2021-2023 PostDoc, University of California, Irvine
2023-Present Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
2021-2023 PostDoc, University of California, Irvine
Awards and Academic Honors
2022
Young Editorial Board Member of Ultrafast Science
2021
LCLS Young Investigator Award Finalist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2021
Faraday Division Horizon Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry
2018
Global Mobility Research Fellow, Brown University
Research Interests
Prof. Yong's lab studies ultrafast light-induced processes in molecules both experimentally and theoretically. Novel experimental techniques and theoretical approaches will be developed to track ultrafast quantum motions of nuclei and electrons in molecules to further our fundamental understanding of photochemical and photophysical processes.
Primary Research Area
Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Interdisciplinary interests
Physical Organic
Computational and Theoretical
Biophysics
Computational and Theoretical
Biophysics
Outreach Activities
I have acted as mentor for several students from underrepresented groups. In the classroom, I have always strived to create a learning environment that is inclusive to students of all educational, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Selected Publications See https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5860-4259
- D. Keefer et al. "Ultrafast x-ray probes of elementary molecular events", Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2023, Vol. 74, 73-97
- H. Yong et al. "Attosecond charge migration in molecules imaged by combined x-ray and electron diffraction", JACS, 2022, Vol. 114, 20710-20716
- H. Yong et al. "Direct monitoring of conical intersection passage via electronic coherences in twisted x-ray diffraction", PRL, 2022, Vol. 129, 103001
- S. Sun et al. "Coherent ring-current migration of Mg-phthalocyanine probed by time-resolved x-ray circular dichroism", Chemical Science, 2022, Vol. 13, 10327
- H. Yong et al. "Ultrafast x-ray scattering offers a structural view of excited state charge transfer", PNAS, 2021, Vol. 118, e2021714118
- H. Yong et al. "Observation of the molecular response to light upon photoexcitation", Nature Communications, 2020, Vol. 11, 2157
- B. Stankus et al. "Ultrafast x-ray scattering reveals vibrational coherence following Rydberg excitation", Nature Chemistry, 2019, Vol. 11, 716-721
- J. M. Ruddock et al. "A deep UV trigger for ground-state ring-opening dynamics of 1,3-cyclohexadiene", Science Advances, 2019, Vol. 5, eaax6625