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Shaowei Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Irvine, in 2017. Li's research focuses on scanning tunneling spectroscopy microscopy, ultrafast laser spectroscopy microscopy, surface dynamics kinetics, low dimensional quantum materials, and strongly correlated systems. His interdisciplinary interests extend to physical organic chemistry and macromolecular structure. Throughout his career, he has held notable positions including being a Heising-Simons Junior Fellow at UC Berkeley and a Postdoc Fellow at Northwestern University. He has received several accolades, including the Hellman Fellowship in 2022, the Early Career Award from the AVS Nanoscale Science Technology Division in 2020, and the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the OCPA in 2019.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Teaching and conducting research in chemistry and biochemistry.
UC Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Conducted interdisciplinary research in physics and chemistry.
Northwestern University • Evanston, IL
Engaged in advanced research in physical chemistry.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).