Dr. Lai Sheng Wang

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Biography

Lai-Sheng Wang is the Jesse H. Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf Professor of Chemistry at Brown University. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Wuhan University in 1982 and earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990. Following his doctorate, he conducted postdoctoral work at Rice University and subsequently took a joint position at Washington State University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 1993. He joined Brown University in 2009. His research interests are centered on experimental physical chemistry, particularly the study of nanoclusters, solution-phase chemistry, and gas-phase chemistry. Wang's research group is known for their discovery of golden buckyballs and the smallest golden pyramid, as well as pioneering spectroscopic studies involving gas-phase multiply-charged anions and complex solution-phase anions.

Research Interests

Awards

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CAREER Award

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Westinghouse Distinguished Professor

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Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

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Creativity Award

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American Physical Society Fellow

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Distinguished Faculty Award

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John Simon Guggenheim Fellow

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Humboldt Senior Research Award

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Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award

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American Association Advancement Science Fellow

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Earle K. Plyler Prize

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JILA Visiting Fellow

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Jesse H. Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf Chair

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Distinguished Research Achievement Award

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E. Bright Wilson Award

Courses

CHEM 1140 - Physical Chemistry: Quantum Chemistry CHEM 1150 - Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics