Liang-Yan Hsu's CV

Education and Research Experience

  •     Ph.D. Chemistry, Princeton University                         Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2015
  •     M. S. Chemistry, National Taiwan University                Sept. 2005 – Jan. 2008
  •     B. S. Chemistry, National Taiwan University                 Sept. 2001 – Jun. 2005
           Major: Chemistry Minor: Physics

Honors and Awards

  • 2020 Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, MOST
  • 2020 Young Scholars’ Creativity Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship
  • 2015 Margaret and Herman Sokol Fellowship in Chemistry (The highest honor awarded by the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University for excellence in undergraduate instruction. Course Evaluation Score: 4.64/5.00) 
  • 2012 Electronics from the Bottom Up: NCN Summer School 2012 Scholarship                          
  • 2011 Stephen P.A. Fodor*85 Fellowship (Awarded for academic excellence in chemistry at Princeton University)
  • 2007 Science and Technology Research Award, CTCI Foundation (Awarded to only two top Master students with outstanding research performance in Taiwan) 
  • 2007 Dr. Yan Distinguished Thesis Award, National Taiwan University (The best thesis award in the Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University)
  • 2007 Dean's Award for Graduates in College of Science (For graduates with outstanding performance in the College of Science, National Taiwan University) 
  • 2005 Dr. An-Tai Chen Undergraduate Research Scholarship (The highest honor awarded by the College of Science at National Taiwan University for excellence in undergraduate research)
  • Presidential Award, National Taiwan University                                                             

Publications

34. Hsu, L.-Y.*; Yen, H.-C.; Liu, Y.-C.; Lee, M.-W.; Sheu, Y.-L.; Chen, P.-C.; Dai, H*; Chen, C.-C.*; Large-Scale Inhomogeneous Fluorescence Plasmonic Silver Chips: Origin and Mechanism, Chem (Cell), 2020, 6, 3396-3408. (IF = 19.735)
33. Wang, S; Lee, M.-W.; Chuang, Y.-T.; Scholes, G. D.*; Hsu, L.-Y*; Theory of Molecular Emission Power Spectra. I. Macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics Formalism." J. Chem. Phys., 2020, 153, 184102. (Special Issue: “Excitons: Energetics and Spatio-temporal Dynamics”)
32. Lee, M.-W.; Hsu, L.-Y.*; Controllable Frequency Dependence of Resonance Energy Transfer Coupled with Localized Surface Plasmon Polaritons, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 6796–6804.
31. Chiang, T.-M.; Hsu, L.-Y.*; Quantum Transport with Electronic Relaxation in Electrodes: Landauer-Type Formulas Derived from the Driven Liouville–von Neumann Approach, J. Chem. Phys., 2020, 153, 044103.  (Special Issue: “2020 JCP Emerging Investigators Special Collection”)
30. Wang, S; Scholes, G. D.*; Hsu, L.-Y.*; Coherent-to-Incoherent Transition of Molecular Fluorescence Controlled by Surface Plasmon Polaritons, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 5948-5855.
29. Yen, H.-C.; Su, M-N; Liu, Y.-C.; Lee, M.-W.; Sheu, Y.-L.; Hsu, L.-Y.*; Chen, C.-C.*; Design of Plasmon Resonance Shifts by the Galvanic Replacement Degree of Au-Ag Nanozappers, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019,123, 29298-29305.
28. Fu, B; Hsu, L.-Y.*; Photoinduced Anomalous Coulomb Blockade and the Role of Triplet States in Electron Transport through an Irradiated Molecular Transistor II: Effects of Electron-Phonon Coupling and Vibrational Relaxation. J. Chem. Phys., 2019, 151, 054704.
27. Wang. S; Scholes. G. D.*; Hsu, L.-Y.*; Quantum Dynamics of a Molecular Emitter Strongly Coupled with Surface Plasmon Polaritons: A Macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics Approach, J. Chem. Phys., 2019, 151, 014105.  (Invited Article, Editor’s Pick, Editors' Choice in 2019, Special Issue: “Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems”)
26. Chiang, T.-M.; Huang, Q.-R.; Hsu, L.-Y.*, Electric Current Fluctuations Induced by Molecular Vibrations in the Adiabatic Limit: Molecular Dynamics-Driven Liouville von Neumann Approach, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019,123, 10746-10755. (Invited Article, Special Issue “Abraham Nitzan Festschrift)
25. Wu, J.-S.; Lin, Y.-C.; Sheu, Y.-L.; Hsu, L.-Y.*, Characteristic Distance of Resonance Energy Transfer Coupled with Surface Plasmon Polaritons,  J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9, 7032-7039.
24. Ding, W; Hsu, L.-Y.*; Chad, C. W.; Schatz, G. C.*; Plasmon-Coupled Resonance Energy Transfer II: Exploring the Peaks and Dips in the Electromagnetic Coupling Factor, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 22650-22659.
23. Fu, B; Mosquera M. A.; Schatz, G. C.; Ratner, M. A.; Hsu, L.-Y.*; Photo-Induced Anomalous Coulomb Blockade and the Role of Triplet States in Electron Transport through an Irradiated Molecular Transistor, Nano Lett., 2018, 18, 5015-5023.
22. Hsu, L.-Y.; Jin, B.-Y.; Chen, C.-H; Peng, S.-M.*; Reaction: New Insights into Molecular Electronics, Chem (Cell), 2017, 3, 378-379.
21. Hsu, L.-Y.; Ding, W. D.; Schatz, G. C.*; Plasmon-Coupled Resonance Energy Transfer, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 2357-2367. (Chosen as a cover article and a perspective article).
20. Sheu, Y.-L.; Hsu, L.-Y.; Chou, P.-T.; Wu, H.-T.*; Entropy-Based Time-Varying Window Width Selection for Nonlinear-Type Time-Frequency Analysis, Int. J. Data Sci. Anal. (JDSA), 2017,  3, 231-245.
19. Ding, W. D.; Hsu, L.-Y.*; Schatz, G. C.*; Plasmon-Coupled Resonance Energy Transfer: A Real-Time Electrodynamics Approach, J. Chem. Phys., 2017, 146, 064109.
18.  Hsu, L.-Y.*; Rabitz, H.*; Theory of Molecular Conductance Using a Modular Approach, J. Chem. Phys., 2016, 145, 234702.
17.  Hsu, L.-Y.*; Wu, N.; Rabitz, H.*; Conductance and Activation Energy for Electron Transport in Series and Parallel Intramolecular Circuits, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 32087-32095.
16.  Ting, T.-C.; Hsu, L.-Y.; Huang, M.-J.; Homg, E.-C.; Lu, H.-C.; Hsu, C.-H.; Jiang, C.-H.; Jin, B.-Y.*; Peng, S.-M.*; Chen, C.-H.*; Mechanisms and Characteristics of Energy-Level Alignment for Single-Molecule Conductance, Angew. Chem.Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 15734-15738  (Chosen as a very important paper). 
15.  Sheu, Y.-L.; Wu, H.-T.*; Hsu, L.-Y*.; Exploring Laser-Driven Quantum Phenomena from a Time-Frequency Analysis Perspective: A Comprehensive Study, Opt. Express, 2015, 23, 30459-30482.
14.  Hsu, L.-Y.*; Rabitz, H.*, Coherent Light-Driven Electron Transport through Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon:   Laser Frequency, Field Intensity, and Polarization Angle Dependence, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 20617-20629.
13.  Hsu, L.-Y.*; Rabitz, H.*, Coherent Revival of Tunneling, Phys. Rev. B, 2015, 92, 035410.
12.  Liao, K.-C.; Hsu, L.-Y.; Bowers, C. M.; Rabitz, H*; Whitesides, G. M.*, Molecular Series-Tunneling Junctions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 5948-5954.
11.  Hsu, L.-Y.*; Chen, C.-Y.; Li, E. Y.*; Rabitz, H*, Gate Control of Artificial Single-Molecule Electric Machines. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 4753-4759.
10.  Sheu, Y.-L.; Hsu, L.-Y.* ; Wu, H.-T.*; Li P.-C.; Chu. S.-I.*, A New Time-Frequency Method to Reveal Quantum Dynamics of Atomic Hydrogen in Intense Laser Pulses: Synchrosqueezing Transform, AIP Advances, 2014, 4, 117138. 
9.  Hsu, L.-Y.*; Xie, D.; Rabitz, H*, Light-Driven Electron Transport through a Molecular Junction Based on Cross-Conjugated Systems, J. Chem. Phys., 2014, 141,124703.
8.  Hsu, L.-Y.*; Wu, N.; Rabitz, H*, Gate Control of the Conduction Mechanism Transition from Tunneling to Thermally Activated Hopping, J. Phys. Chem..Lett., 2014, 5, 1831-1836.
7.  Huang, M.-J.; Hsu, L.-Y.#; Fu, M.-D.; Chuang, S.-T.; Tien, F.-W.; Chen, C.-H*, Conductance of Tailored Molecular Segments: a Rudimentary Assessment by Landauer Formulation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 1832-1841.
6.  Hsu, L.-Y.*; Li, E. Y.*; Rabitz, H.*, Single-Molecule Electric Revolving Door, Nano Lett., 2013, 13, 5020-5025.
5.  Hsu, L.-Y.; Rabitz, H.*, Single-Molecule Phenyl-Acetylene-Macrocycle-Based Optoelectronic Switch Functioning as a Quantum-Interference-Effect Transistor, Phys. Rev.Lett., 2012, 109, 186801.
4.  Hsu, L.-Y.*; Tsai T-W.; Jin, B.-Y.*, Transport through a Mixed-Valence Molecular Transistor in the Sequential-Tunneling Regime: Theoretical Insight from the Two-Site Peierls–Hubbard Model, J. Chem. Phys., 2010, 133, 144705.
3.  Hsu, L.-Y.; Jin, B.-Y.*, An Investigation of Quantum Transportbythe Free-Electron Network Model: Resonance and Interference Effects, Chem. Phys., 2009, 355 (2-3), 177-182.
2.  Hsu, L.-Y.; Huang, Q.-R.; Jin, B.-Y.*, Charge Transport through a Single Molecular Wire Based on Linear Multimetal Complexes: a Non-EqualibriumGreen’s Function Approach, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 10538-10541.
1.  Hsu, L.-Y.; Jin, B.-Y.*, Bandwidth, Intensity and Lineshape of the Transmission Spectrum in the Single Molecular Junction, Chem. Phys.Lett. 2008, 457 (1-3), 279-283.
* denotes “corresponding author” # denotes “co-first author”

Selected Invited Talks and Conference Talks
17.  Electron Transport through an Irradiated Molecular Junction: Coherent and Incoherent Limits (2020, Canceled due to COVID19)
       The ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting & Expo, United States (Invited Talk)          
16.  Theory of Resonance Energy Transfer and Fluorescence Coupled with Plasmon Polaritons (2019)
       Penn Conference in Theoretical Chemistry 2019 (PCTC 2019), United States (Invited Talk)         
15.  General Theory of Fluorescence and Resonance Energy Transfer Coupled with Plasmon Polaritons (2019)
       The 10 th Conference of Asian Consortium of Computational Materials, Malaysia, Hong Kong (Invited Talk)
14.  General Theory of Resonance Energy Transfer and Its Application in Surface Science (2018)
       The Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, United States (Invited Talk)                      
13.  Introduction to Quantum Transport and Molecular Electronics (2018) 
　   The 1st Taiwan-Thailand-Vietnam Workshop on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry  (Plenary Talk)  
12.  Plasmon-Coupled Resonance Energy Transfer (2017)
       The 21st East Asian Workshop on Chemical Dynamics, Japan (Invited Talk)
11.  Plasmon-Coupled Resonance Energy Transfer (2017)
       The 9th Conference of Asian Consortium of Computational Materials, Malaysia (Invited Talk)  
10.  Introduction to Molecular Electronics and Quantum Transport (2017)
       David Mazziotti's group, University of Chicago, United States  
9.  Plasmon-Coupled Resonance Energy Transfer (2017)
     Physical Chemistry Seminar, University of Toronto, Canada                     
8.  AC-Driven Electron Transport at the Nanoscale: Theory and Applications (2016)
     Theory Seminar, Northwestern University, United States              
7.  Single-Molecule Electric Machines (2016)
     Theory Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, United States (Invited Talk)         
6.  Introduction to Molecular Electronics and Quantum Transport in Molecular Junctions and 
     Molecular Optoelectronics: Light-Driven Electron Transport in Molecular Junctions (2016)
     Workshop: Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Physics
     National Chiao-Tung University (Invited Talk)                     
5.  Single-Molecule Optoelectronics: Light-Driven Electron Transport in Molecular Junctions (2016)
     Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (Invited Talk)              
4.  Single-Molecule Optoelectronics: Laser-Driven Electron Transport in Molecular Junctions (2015)          
     Xiamen University, China (Invited Talk)              
3.  Control of Electron Transport through Molecular Junctions, (2014)
     7th International Conference on Molecular Electronics, France              
2.  A New Time-Frequency Method to Reveal Quantum Dynamics of Atomic Hydrogen in Intense Laser 
     Pulses, (2014) 
     Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (Invited Talk)              
1.  Control of Quantum Electron Transport through a Single-Molecule Device, 
     Mini-Workshop: Theoretical Approach to Next-Generation Optoelectronics, (2014)
     National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan (Invited Talk)