XueMing Yang    Associate Research Fellow,IAMS  Adjunct Associate Professor,NTHU  Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences  Academia Sinica  Taipei,Taiwan,106   Tel: 886-2-23668278 (office),           886-2-23668269(lab)   Fax: 886-2-23691638  E-mail:xmyang@po.iams.sinica.edu.tw

                  Born: October 11, 1962, Zhejiang Province, China
               Married: May 1988 in Santa Barbara, California, USA
               Citizenship:  USA
 
 

                .Education

                 1991 Ph. D. in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
              1985 M. Sc. in Chemical Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,
              Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
              1982 B. Sc. in Physics, Zhejiang Normal University, Zhejiang, China
 
 

             .Professional Experience

              Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 8/1/1999-present

              Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica,
              12/1995-present.

              Visiting Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, University of California,
              5/93-11/95 (Advisor: Prof. Yuan T. Lee)

              Post Doctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, 9/91-5/93 (Advisor: Prof. Giacinto Scoles)

              Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1/89-8/91
              (Advisor: Prof. Alec M. Wodtke)
 
 

       .Research Interest

                          Dynamics of unimolecular photodissociation and bimolecular reactions using universal crossed
               experimental techniques based on electron impact ionization and VUV (synchrotron & laser based)
               photoionization.
                     State-to-state chemistry of unimolecular and bimolecular reactions using the H atom Rydberg
            “tagging” TOF technique.
 
 

               . Honors and Awards

                 Graduate Thesis Award, Zhejiang Normal University, 1982.
              UC Regents Fellowship, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1989-1990.
              NSC Outstanding Young Investigator Outstanding, 1998 & 1999.
              Young Scientist Award, Academia Sinica, 1999.
              Outstanding Young Chemist Award, Chinese Chemical Society, Taipei, 1999.
              Best Research Article Award in JCCS, 1999. 
              JILA Visiting Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2000
              NSC Outstanding Investigator,1999-2000
 
 

              .Publications

                (1) X. Yang, Z. Y. Shen, Q. S. Zhu, C. H. Zhang, Infrared diode Laser spectroscopy of ?4 band of
                 acetonitrile, Chinese Lasers, 13,351(1986).

             (2) X. Yang, A. M. Wodtke, Potential energy surface and transition dipole moment function of
                  Schumann-Runge near X state dissociation, J. Chem. Phys. 90, 7114(1989).

             (3) X. Yang, C. A. Rogaski, A. M. Wodtke, Rotational structure of highly vibrationally excited HCN,
                  J. Chem. Phys. 92, 2111(1990).

             (4) X. Yang, A. M. Wodtke, Efficient state preparation of NO at very high vibrational energy, J. Chem.
                  Phys. 92,116(1990).

             (5) H. Petek, D. J. Nesbitt, J. C. Owrustsky, G. S. Gudemann, X. Yang, D. O. Harris, C. B. Moore, and
                  R. J. Saykally, A study of the structure and dynamics of the hydronium ion by high resolution infrared
                 spectroscopy III: the ?3 band of D3O+, J. Chem. Phys. 92,3257(1990).

             (6) X. Yang, E. H. Kim, A. M. Wodtke, The vibrational quantum number dependence of the collissional
                  lifetime of nitric oxide self-relaxation up to ?=25,  J. Chem. Phys. 93,4483(1990).

             (7) X. Yang, C. A. Rogaski and A. M. Wodtke, Vibrational structure of HCN between 9000 and
                 19000 cm-1, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B7, 1835(1990).

             (8) X. Yang, C. A. Rogaski, E. H. Kim, D. McGuire, A. M. Wodtke, Vibrational spectroscopy with tunable
                 ArF laser, Lamda Physik Highlights 24,1 (1990).

             (9) X. Yang, L. Huwel and A. M. Wodtke, Direct observation of orbit-rotation predissociation in the O3
                 Schumann-runge system, J. Chem. Phys. 94,2469 (1991).

             (10) Xueming Yang,  Spectroscopy and Collisional Dynamics of Highly Vibrationally Excited Molecules,
                  Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1991.

             (11) X. Yang and A. M. Wodtke, Reply to comment on Rotational structure of  highly vibrationally excited
                   HCN, J. Chem. Phys. 93,3723(1990).

             (12) X. Yang, D. McGuire, A. M. Wodtke, Efficient state-specific preparation of  very highly vibrationally
                   excited  15N18O, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 154, 362(1992).

             (13) X. Yang, E. H. Kim, A. M. Wodtke, Vibrational energy transfer of very highly vibrationally excited
                   NO molecules, J. Chem. Phys. 96,5111(1992).

             (14) X. Yang, A. M. Wodtke, Rotational and spin-orbit state-to-state energy transfer of very highly
                   vibrationally excited NO, J. Chem. Phys.96,5123(1992).

             (15) D. Jonas, X. Yang, A. M. Wodtke, Axis-switching transitions and the stimulated emission pumping
                   spectrum of HCN, J. Chem. Phys. 97, 2284(1992).

             (16) X. Yang, A. M. Wodtke, Vibrational energy transfer of highly vibrationally excited NO, SPIE
                   Conference Proceedings, Los Angeles, California,1992.

             (17) X. Yang, E. R. Th. Kerstel, G. Scoles, Intramolecular coupling enhanced predissociation in
                   HCCCN-HCN, J. Chem. Phys. 98,2727(1993).

            (18) J. Gambogi, K. K. Lehmann,B. H. Pate,G. Scoles,and X. Yang, Intramolecular vibrational relaxation
                   rate of (CF3)3CCCH, J. Chem. Phys. 98,1748(1993).

            (19) X. Yang, R. Z. Pearson and G. Scoles, High resolution IR studies of the OC-HCCCN complex,
                  Chem. Phys. Lett. 204,146(1993).

            (20) E. R. Th. Kerstel, G. Scoles and X. Yang, Predissociation and structure of  (HCCCN)2: a high
                  resolution IR study, J. Chem. Phys.,  99(2), 876-84(1993).

            (21) X. Yang,E. R. Th. Kersteel, and G. Scoles, High resolution IR spectroscopy of  the HCCCN-HX
                  complexes: X=CN,F,  J. Chem. Phys.,  99(1), 760-1(1993).

            (22) X. Yang, A. M. Wodtke, Controlling the quantum numbers in chemical reaction: reactivity and energy
                  transfer of highly vibrationally excited molecules, International reviews in Physical Chemistry 12,
                 123(1993).

            (23) X. Yang, J. M. Price, J. A. Mack, C. G. Morgan, C. A. Rogaski, D. McGuire,  E. H. Kim,
                  A. M. Wodtke, Stimulated emission pumping study of energy transfer in highly vibrationally excited
                  molecules, J. Phys. Chem., feature article, edited by M. El-Sayed,93, 3944(1993).

            (24) E. R. Th. Kerstel, K. K. Lehmann, J. E. Gambogi, X.Yang and G. Scoles, The v1 vibrational
                  predissociation lifetime of (HCN)2 determined from upper state microwave-infrared double resonance
                 measurements,  J. Chem. Phys., 99(11), 8559-70(1993).

            (25) E. R. Th. Kerstel, X. Yang, and G. Scoles, High resolution IR studies of HCN-BF3 and HCCCN-BF3,
                  J. Chem. Phys. 101(4), 3298-300(1994).

            (26) J. M. Price, J.  A. Mack, G. von Heldon, X. Yang, and A. M. Wodtke,The structure of acetaldehyde
                  in its first excited single state: experiment and theory,  J.  Phys. Chem. 98, 1791(1994).

            (27) D. Stranges, X. Yang, J. Chesko, and A. Suits, Ozone photodissociation at 193 nm, J. Chem. Phys.
                  102(15), 6067-77(1995).

            (28) X. Yang, E. R. Th. Kerstel, G. Scoles, R. J. Bemish and R. E. Miller, IR spectroscopic  studies of the
                  HCCCN trimer and high polymers in a molecular beam, J. Chem. Phys. 103, 8828(1995).

            (29) X. Yang, J. M. Price, J. A. Mack, C. G. Morgan and A. M. Wodtke, How does collisional energy
                  transfer depend on vibrational excitation? , Chapter 17, Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy by
                 Stimulated Emission Pumping, edited by C. Ng, R. W. Field,H. L. Dai, World Scientific, 1995.

            (30) D. Jonas, C. A. Rogaski, A. M. Wodtke and X. Yang,  High Resolution Spectroscopy of Chemical
                  Isomerization: Stimulated Emission Pumping,  Chapter 14, Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy by
                  Stimulated Emission Pumping, edited by C. NG,R. W. Field,H. L. Dai, World Scientific, 1995.

            (31) X. Yang, A. M. Wodtke, Collisional dynamics of highly vibrationally excited molecules,"Vibrational
                  Energy Transfer Involving Large and Small Molecules,Vol. 2, Advances in Chemical Kinetics and
                  Dynamics,edited by J. R. Barker, 105(1995).

            (32) A. G. Suits, P. Heimann, X. Yang, M. Evans, C. W. Hsu, K. T. Lu, Y. T. Lee, and A. H. Kung, A
                  differentially pumped harmonic filter on the chemical dynamics beamline at the Advanced Light
                  Sourcve, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 66, 4841(1995).

            (33) J. Gambogi, E. R. Th. Kerstel, K. K. Lehmann, G. Scoles and X. Yang, Spectroscopic studies of the
                  highly vibrationally excited HCCCCH Molecule, Chem. Phys. 190(2,3), 191-205(1995).

            (34) J. Gambogi, E. R. Th. Kerstel, X. M. Yang, K. K. Lehmann and G. Scoles,  High Resolution spectrum
                  of the 3v1 band of cyanoacetylene, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 175, 198-202(1996).

            (35) X. Yang, R. Z. Pearson, and G. Scoles, A high resolution IR study of the HCN-HCCCCH and
                  HCCCN-HCCH complexes, J. Chem. Phys. 105, 10725-10733(1996).

            (36) P. A. Heimann, M. Koike, C. W. Hsu, M. Evans, C. Y. Ng, D. Blank, X. M. Yang, C. Flaim,
                  A. G. Suits and Y. T. Lee, Performance of the VUV high resolution and high flux beamline for
                  chemical dynamics studies at the Advanced Light Source, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 2856(1996).

            (37) X. Yang, E. R. Th. Kerstel and G. Scoles, High resolution IR studies of HCCCN complexes with
                 quadrupolar molecules: N2,CO2, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 180, 1(1996).

            (38) X. Yang, D. A. Blank, J. Lin, P. A. Heimann, A. M. Wodtke, Y. T. Lee and A. G. Suits, Chemical
                  reaction dynamics using the advanced light source. Synchrotron Radiation Techniques in Industrial,
                  Chemical, and Material Science, Edited by Dimico et al., Plenum Press, New York, 1996, pp119-128.

            (39) X. Yang, J. Lin and Y. T. Lee, New VUV light sources for chemical dynamics research, Lamda
                  Physik Highlights, 50, 4(1996). (IAMS)

            (40) P. R. Bloch, R. E. Miller, X. Yang, G. Scoles, The Ar-Diacetylene Complex: An example of
                  distributed interactions and transferable potentials, J. Chem. Phys. 105(23), 10171-10177(1996).

            (41) X. Yang, D. A. Blank, J. Lin, A. G. Suits, Y. T. Lee and A. M. Wodtke, A universal crossed molecular
                  beam apparatus with synchrotron photo-ionization mass spectrometric product detection, Review of
                  Scientific Instruments 68, 3317(1997).

            (42) P. A. Heimann, M. Koike, C. W. Hsu, D. Blank, X. M. Yang, A. G. Suits, Y. T. Lee, M. Evans,
                  C. Y. Ng, C. Flaim, H. A. Padmore, Performance of the vacuum unltraviolet high resolution and high
                  flux beamline for chemical dynamics studies at the Advanced Light Source, Review of Scientific
                  Instruments, 68, 1945(1997).

            (43) A. M. Mebel, S. H. Lin, X. M. Yang and Y. T. Lee, Theoretical study on the mechanism of the
                  dissociation of benzene: The C5H3 + CH3 product channel, J. Phys. Chem. 101, 6781(1997). (IAMS)

            (44) J. J. Lin, D. W. Hwang, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, A new crossed molecular beam apparatus,
                  Instruments Today, Vol. 19(2), 40(1997).  (IAMS)

            (45) J. J. Lin, D. W. Hwang, Y. T. Lee and X. Yang, VUV photodissociation dynamics of OClO: binary and
                  triple dissociation, Laser Techniques for State-Selected and State-to-State Chemistry IV, Proceedings
                  of SPIE, Vol. 3271, 15(1998). (IAMS)

            (46) J. J. Lin, D. W. Hwang, S. Harich, Y. T. Lee and X. Yang, A new low background crossed molecular
                  beam apparatus: low background detection of H2, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 69, 1642 (1998). (IAMS)

            (47) J. J. Lin, D. W. Hwang, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, On the experimental observation of anisotropy
                  mixing in the O2 photodissociation, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 1758(1998). (IAMS)

            (48) J. J. Lin, D. W. Hwang, Y. T. Lee and X. Yang, Photodissociation studies of OClO at 157 nm
                  J. Chem. Phys. 108, 10061(1998). (IAMS)

            (49) A. H. H. Chang, A. M. Mebel, X. Yang, S. H. Lin and Y. T. Lee,  Ab inito calculations of potential
                  energy surface and rate constants for ethylene photodissociation at 193 and 157 nm,  Chem. Phys. Lett.
                  287, 301(1998). (IAMS)

            (50) A. H. H. Chang, A. M. Mebel, X. Yang, S. H. Lin, and Y. T. Lee, Ab initio/ RRKM approach toward
                  the understanding of ethylene photodissociation, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 2748(1998). (IAMS)

            (51) J. J. Lin, S. M. Wu, D. W. Hwang, and X. Yang, An excellent tool for studying chemical reactions:
                  a new crossed molecular beam apparatus, Journal of Electronics (in Chinese) 36, 75(1998). (IAMS)

            (52) J. J. Lin, D. W. Hwang, Y. T. Lee and X. Yang, Specific site and isotope effects on the concerted
                  molecular hydrogen elimination from ethylene, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 2979(1998). (JCP Communication)
                  (IAMS)

            (53) J. J. Lin, Y. T. Lee and X. Yang, Crossed Molecular Beam Studies of O(1D) + CH4:  Evidences for
                  the CH2OH + H Channel,  J. Chem. Phys. 109, 2975(1998). (JCP Communication) (IAMS)

            (54) D. Stranges, M. Stemmler, X. Yang, J. D. Chesko, A. G. Suits and Y. T. Lee, UV photodissociation
                  dynamics of allyl radical by photofragment translational spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 5372 (1998)
                . (IAMS)

            (55) J. J. Lin, S. M. Wu, D. W. Hwang, Y. T. Lee and X. Yang, Photodissociation dynamics of
                  1,1-difluoroethylene at 157 nm excitation, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 10719(1998). (IAMS)

            (56) J. J. Lin, T. C. Hsu, D. W. Hwang, Y. T. Lee and X. Yang, Photodissociation dynamics of
                  trifluoroethylene at 157 nm excitation, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 10838(1998). (IAMS)

            (57) D. W. Hwang, X. F. Yang, and X. Yang, Photodissociation of H2O: An Excellent Case for
                  Unimolecular Dissociation, The Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics 11, 535(1999). (IAMS)

            (58) D. W. Hwang, X. F. Yang, S. Harich, J. J. Lin and X. Yang, Photodissociation dynamics of H2O at
                  121.6 nm: effect of parent rotational excitation on reaction pathways.  J. Chem. Phys. 110, 4123(1999)
                  (JCP Communication). (IAMS)

            (59) D. W. Hwang, X. F. Yang, and X. Yang, The vibrational distribution of the OH product from H2O
                  photodissociation at 157 nm: Discrepancies between theory and experiment. J. Chem. Phys. 110, 4119
                  (1999) (JCP Communication). (IAMS)

            (60) J. J. Lin, S. Harich, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Dynamics of the O(1D) + CH4 reaction: atomic
                  hydrogen channel vs. molecular hydrogen channel,  J. Chem. Phys. 110, 10821(1999). (IAMS)

            (61) D. W. Hwang, J. J. Lin, S. M. Wu, and X. Yang, Hydrogen atom Rydberg “tagging” time-of-flight
                  technique: a powerful experimental method for studying chemical reactions, Instruments Today
                   (in Chinese) 108, 7(1999). (IAMS)

            (62) A. H. H. Chang, A. M. Mebel, D. W. Hwang, X. Yang, S. H. Lin, and Y. T. Lee, Towards the
                  understanding of ethylene photodissociation: the calculations of Energy partition in products and rate
                  constants, J. Chem. Phys. 110, 10810(1999). (IAMS)

            (63) J. J. Lin, S. Harich, D. W. Hwang, S. M. Wu, Y. T. Lee and X. Yang, Dynamics of atomic and
                  molecular elimination from hydrocarbons at VUV excitation, J. Chin. Chem. Soc.  46, 435(1999).
                  (IAMS)

           (64) S. Harich, J. J. Lin, Y. T. Lee and X. Yang, Competing Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen Elimination
                  Processes from Photodissociation of Methanol at 157 nm, J. Chem. Phys. 111, 5(1999).
                  (JCP Communication). (IAMS)

           (65) X. Liu, D. W. Huang, X. F. Yang, S. Harich, J. J. Lin, and X. Yang, Photodissociation of H2S at
                  157 nm: Observation of SH Bimodal Rotational Distribution, J. Chem. Phys. 111, 3940(1999). (IAMS)

           (66) S. M. Wu, J. J. Lin, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Site Specificity on the Molecular Hydrogen Elimination
                 from the photodissociation of propane at 157 nm, J. Chem. Phys. 111, 1793(1999).
                 (JCP Communication). (IAMS)

           (67) R. N. Dixon, D. W. Huang, X. F. Yang, S. Harich, J. J. Lin, and X. Yang, Chemical “Double Slits":
                 Dynamical Interference of Photodissociation Pathways of H2O, Science 285, 1249(1999). (IAMS)

           (68) S. Harich, J. J. Lin, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Photodissociation Dynamics of Methanol at 157 nm,
                   J. Phys. Chem., in press. (IAMS)

           (69) X. Liu, J. J. Lin, D. W. Hwang, X. F. Yang, and X. Yang, High Resolution Translational Spectroscopic
                 Studies of Elementary Chemical Processes, Advances in Molecular Beam Research and Applications,
                 Springer-Verlag, Editor R. Compargue (invited paper), in press. (IAMS)

           (70) S. Harich, J. J. Lin, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Site Specific Dissociation Dynamics of Propyne at 157 nm
                , J. Chem. Phys., in press. (IAMS)

            (71) S. Harich, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Photodissociation Dynamics of Allene at 157 nm, Phys. Chem.
                  Chem. Phys., 2000, 2, 1187-1192. (IAMS)

            (72) X. Liu, J. J. Lin, S. Harich, and X. Yang, Rotational State Resolved Differential Cross Sections for
                   O(1D) + H2,  “Imaging Techniques for Chemical Dynamics Research”,  Proceedings of ACS
                   Meeting, New Orleans, August, 1999, in press. (IAMS)

            (73) S. M. Wu, J. J. Lin, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Photodissociation Dynamics of Propane: Site Specificity
                  for Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen Elimination, J. Chem. Phys. 112, 8027(2000). (IAMS)

            (74) S. M. Wu, J. J. Lin, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Photodissociation Dynamics of Alkanes: Atomic and
                  Molecular Hydrogen Elimination Processes, J. Phys. Chem., accepted. (IAMS)

            (75) J. J. Lin, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Multiple Dynamical Pathways in the O + SiH4 Reaction,
                  J. Chem. Phys., in press. (IAMS)

            (76) X. F. Yang, D. W. Hwang, J. J. Lin and X. Yang, Dissociation Dynamics of the Water Molecule on
                   the   1B1 Electronic Surface, J. Chem. Phys., in press. (IAMS)

            (77) X. Liu, J. J. Lin, S. Harich, and X. Yang, Quantum State Specific Dynamics for the
                  O(1D) + HD ? OD + H Reaction, J. Chem. Phys., accepted. (JCP Communication)  (IAMS)

            (78) J. J. Lin, J. Shu, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Multiple Dynamical Pathways in the O(1D) + CH4
                  Reaction: A Comprehensive Crossed Beam Study, J. Chem. Phys., submitted. (IAMS)

            (79) J. Shu, J. J. Lin, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Multiple Pathways in the O(1D) + CH3F Reaction. (IAMS),
                  J. Chem. Phys., submitted. (IAMS)

            (80) J. C. Wang, J. J. Lin, Y. T. Lee, and X. Yang, Photodissociation Dynamics of Ethylene at 157 nm:
                  Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen Elimination, J. Chem. Phys. (IAMS), J. Chem. Phys., in preparation.

            (81) S. K. Gray, G. G. Balint-Kurti, G. C. Schatz, J. J. Lin, X. Liu, S. Harich and X. Yang, Probing the
                  effect of the H2 rotational excitation in O(1D) + H2 ? OH + H: Theoretical dynamics including
                  nonadiabatic effects and a crossed molecular beam study,  J. Chem. Phys., submitted.

            (82) Xianghong Liu, Jim. J. Lin, Steven A. Harich, George C. Schatz and Xueming Yang, A Benchmark
                   System for Insertion Chemistry: Quantum State Resolved Differential Cross Sections for
                   O(1D) + H2 ? OH + H, submitted.