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Faculty : Yingbin Ge

Education
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Yingbin Ge

Assistant Professor, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Phone: (509) 963-2817
Fax: (509) 963-1050
Email: yingbin@cwu.edu

Education:

  • 2004 - Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Hawaii; Advisor: Professor John D. Head
  • 2005 - M.S. Information and Computer Sciences, University of Hawaii
  • 1995 - B.S. Polymer Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China

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Professional Experience:

  • Sept. 2008 - Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Central Washington University
  • Jul. 2005 - Jul. 2008, Postdoc Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University; Advisor: Professor Mark S. Gordon
  • Jan. 2005 - Jun. 2005, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii

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Research Interests:

  • Theoretical investigation of the chemical vapor deposition processes of various inorganic materials such as diamond, graphite, silicon crystals, and silicon carbide.

  • Global optimization of passivated nanoclusters such as nanometer-sized silicon hydrides and silicon halides.

  • Theoretical study of the photoluminescence mechanism of silicon nanoclusters.

  • Theoretical study of protein folding problems.

  • Theoretical investigation of astrochemical species and reactions under astronomical conditions.

  • Development of efficient global optimization algorithms.

  • Development of semiempirical and empirical computational chemistry methods.

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    Publications:

    Peer-Reviewed

    • Y. Ge, M. S. Gordon, P. Piecuch, M. Wloch, and J. R. Gour, Breaking bonds of open-shell species with the restricted open-shell size extensive left eigenstate completely renormalized coupled-cluster method, Journal of Physical Chemistry A. In press.
    • Y. Shiraishi, D. Robinson, Y. Ge, J. D. Head, Low Energy Structures of Ligand Passivated Si Nanoclusters: Theoretical Investigation of Si2L4 and Si10L16 (L=H, CH3, OH and F) , Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 1819, 2008.
    • Y. Ge, M. S. Gordon, and P. Piecuch, Breaking Bonds with the Left Eigenstate Completely Renormalized Coupled-Cluster Method, Journal of Chemical Physics, 127, 174106, 2007.
    • Y. Ge, M. S. Gordon, F. Battaglia, and R. O. Fox, Theoretical Study of the Pyrolysis of Methyltrichlorosilane in the Gas Phase. 2. Reaction Paths and Transition States, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111, 1475-1486, 2007.
    • Y. Ge, M. S. Gordon, F. Battaglia, and R. O. Fox, Theoretical Study of the Pyrolysis of Methyltrichlorosilane in the Gas Phase. 1. Thermodynamics Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111, 1462-1474, 2007.
    • Y. Ge, K. Olsen, R. I. Kaiser, and J. D. Head, The Potential Energy Surface of the H2O2 System (word file), AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 855, ASTROCHEMISTRY: From Laboratory Studies to Astronomical Observations, 4A, 253-259, 2006.
    • J. D. Head and Y. Ge, Theoretical Identification of the Lowest Energy SixLy Clusters Using Genetic Algorithms , Lecture Series on Computer and Computational Sciences, 4A, 1014-1017, 2005.
    • Y. Ge and J. D. Head, Ligand Effects on SixLy Cluster Structures with L = H and F, Molecular Physics, 103, 1035-1045, 2005.
    • Y. Ge and J. D. Head, Fast Global Optimization of SixHy: New mutation operators in the cluster genetic algorithm, Chemical Physics Letters, 398, 107-112, 2004.
    • Y. Ge and J. D. Head, Global Optimization of H-Passivated Si Clusters at the Ab Initio Level via the GAM1 Semiempirical Method, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, 6025-6034, 2004.
    • Y. Ge and J. D. Head, Global Optimization of SixHy Clusters at the Ab Initio Level via an Iteratively Parametrized Semiempirical Method, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 95, 617-626, 2003.
    • Y. Ge and J. D. Head, Global Optimization of H-Passivated Si Clusters with a Genetic Algorithm, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, 6997-7004, 2002.

    Non-Peer-Reviewed

    • Y. Ge, Ph. D. Dissertation, Global Optimization of Passivated Si Clusters at the Ab Initio Level Via Semiempirical Methods.
    • J. D. Head and Y. Ge, Global Optimization of SixHy and SixFy Clusters at the Ab Initio Level, Maui High Performance Computing Center Application Briefs, page 6-7, 2004.

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    Contact Information

    Chemistry Department
    Attn: Yingbin Ge
    400 E. University Way
    Ellensburg, WA 98926-7539
    (509) 963-2817
    email: yingbin@cwu.edu
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