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FACULTY
Daisy Y. Zhang Curriculum Vitae -- Currently on Sabbatical in France
Department of Chemistry
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA 98119-1997
(206) 281-2102
daisyz@spu.edu
| EDUCATION |
| 1989 |
B.S., Mathematics, Calvin College |
| 1993 |
Ph.D., Physical Organic Chemistry, The University of Chicago
G. L. Closs & J. R. Norris, Advisors |
| EMPLOYMENT HISTORY |
| September 2003 – May 2004 |
Université de Pau et de Pays de l'Adour, U.M.R. 5624, Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale, 64000, Pau, France -- Inivited Professor, Fulbright Scholar |
| September 2001 – Present |
Seattle Pacific University, Department of Chemistry, Seattle, Washington, 98119-1997 -- Associate Professor
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| June 1998 – August 2001 |
Seattle Pacific University, Department of Chemistry, Seattle, Washington, 98119-1997 -- Assistant Professor |
| September 2002 – Present |
University of Washington, Department of Chemistry, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700 -- Affiliate Associate Professor |
| August 1994 – May 1998 |
Northern Arizona University, Department of Chemistry, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011 -- Assistant Professor |
| August 1997 – May 1998 |
Northern Arizona University, Department of Chemistry, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011 -- Graduate Studies Coordinator |
| October 1993 - August 1994 |
Argonne National Laboratory, Photosynthesis Division, Argonne, Illinois, 60439 -- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
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| HONORS AND AWARDS |
| September 2003 – May 2004 |
Fulbright Scholar of Chemistry to France |
| September 2002 – present |
Affiliated Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington |
| June 2001 – May 2004 |
Honorary Professorship, Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Science, The University of Shanghai, Shanghai, China |
| 1997 |
Highest Meritorious Award, Department of Chemistry, Northern Arizona University |
| 1996 |
Highest Meritorious Award, Department of Chemistry, Northern Arizona University |
| GRANT HISTORY |
| March 2002 – June 2002 |
Academic Renewal Grant, Seattle Pacific University, ($3,000) |
| July 1 1999 – June 30, 2001 |
Faculty Research Grant, Seattle Pacific University, ($4,750) |
| July 1 1999 – September 1 1999 |
Research Opportunity Award, National Science Foundation, ($8,800) |
| January 1999 – April 1999 |
Academic Renewal Grant, Seattle Pacific University, ($2,500) |
| September 1998 – August 2001 |
National Science Foundation, Material Science Division, Co-P.I. ($236,000) |
| September 1996 – March 1998 |
Petroleum Research Fund (Type G), American Chemical Society, ($20,000) |
| July 1997 – June 1998 |
NAU Organized Research, ($13,000) |
| July 1996 – June 1997 |
NAU Organized Research, ($12,000) |
| September 1995 – May 1996 |
NAU-NASA Space Grant, ($1,600) |
| September 1995 – May 1996 |
NAU Start-up Fund, ($55,000) |
| LIST OF PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1995 |
| “Between Geometry, Stability, and Polarizability. Density Functional Theory Studies of Silicon Clusters Si n (n = 3 – 10)” C. Pouchan, D. Bégué, D. Y. Zhang, Journal of Chemical Physcis, in press. |
| “Correlations Between Geometry, Stability, and Static Polarizability. Theoretical Investigations of Medium Size Silicon Clusters” D. Y. Zhang, D. Bégué, C. Pouchan. Chemical Physics Letters, submitted. |
| “Why Does Si 3 Have Two Ground States?” D. Bégué, C. Pouchan, G. Maroulis, D. Y. Zhang, The Journal of the American Chemical Society, submitted. |
| “Ionization Potentials of XPY 2 (X=H, F, Cl; Y=O, S) Revisited by Ab initio and DFT Methods” D. Bégué, J. Sotiropoulos, C. Pouchan, D. Y. Zhang. Journal of Chemical Physics, submitted. |
| “Bonding Structures in PXY 2 Type of Molecules” D. Bégué, J. Sotiropoulos, C. Pouchan, and D. Y. Zhang. Journal of Chemical Physics, in preparation. |
| “The Basicity and the Nucleophilicity of S vs. O in Thiosulfate Dianion” A. Nishimoto, D. Y. Zhang; Sulfur Letters; 26, 171 (2003). |
| “DFT Calculations on the Effects of Para Substituents on the Energy Differences between Singlet and Triplet States of 2,2-Difluoro-1,3-diphenylcyclopentane-1,3-diyls ” D. Y. Zhang, D. A. Hrovat, M. Abe, W. T. Borden; J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 125, 12823 (2003). |
| “Violating the Octet Rule? Concepts and Examples from DFT Studies of Nitrosyl Trifluoride, Thiazyl Trifluoride, Their Structural Isomers and the Hydrogen Analogues” M. D. Burtzoff, P. A. Lepse, L. Peter, D. Y. Zhang; J. Mol. Struct. (THEOCHEM); 647, 31 (2003). |
| “DFT Studies of the Substituent Stabilization Effects of the Thionitroso and Its Isovalent Groups” M. A. Young, C. C. Thomas, D. Y. Zhang; J. Phys. Chem.; 106, 3224 (2002). |
| “Deviations from Bond Enthalpy Additivity Do Not in General Indicate the Thermodynamic Stabilities of Non-Kekulé Hydrocarbon Diradicals”; D. Y. Zhang, W. T. Borden; J. Org. Chem.; 67, 3989 (2002). |
| “Thionitroso or Thiazyl? Theoretical Investigations On the Relative Stabilities Between the Two Structural Isomers”; M. G. Reed, D. Y. Zhang; J. Mol. Structure (THEOCHEM); 548, 107 (2001). |
| “Theoretical Investigations On Bond Enthalpy Additivity Deviations In the Formation of Triplet Diradicals From Hetero-substituted 1,3-Dimethylenecyclobutanes” D. Y. Zhang; J. Phys. Org. Chem.; 14, 295 (2001). |
| “Density Functional Studies of Nitrosyl Halides, Thiazyl Halides and Related Molecules”; M. D. Burtzoff, L. Peter, D. Y. Zhang; J. Mol. Structure (THEOCHEM); 532, 269 (2000). |
| “Why Does Formation of 1,3-Dimethylenecyclobutane-2,4-diyl from 1,3-Dimethylenecyclobutane Show a Large Positive Deviation from Bond Enthalpy Additivity?”; D. Y. Zhang, W. T. Borden; J. of Mol. Structure (THEOCHEM); 556, 151 (2000). |
| “Surface Polymerization of Organic Monomers on Cu(II)-exchanged Hectorite”; T. L. Porter, M. E. Hagerman, M. P. Eastman, D. Y. Zhang; J. Phys. Chem.; 101, 11106 (1998). |
| "Destabilizing Effect of Proline Substitutions in Two Helical Regions of T4 Lysozyme: Leucine 66 to Proline and Leucine 91 to Proline"; T. M. Gray, E. J. Aknois, S. Blankespoor, T. Born, R. Jagar, R Evermon, D. Plowman, A. Steir, D. Y. Zhang; Protein Sci.; 5, 742 (1996). |
| "Surface Morphology Changes in Polythiophene and Polythiophene Derivative Films After Being Oxidized with Iodine. A Scanning Probe Microscopy Study"; D. Y. Zhang, T. L. Porter; "Current Opinion in Solid State and Mateirals Science", 5, 435 (1996). |
| "Surface Morphology Changes in Polythiophene and Polythiophene Derivative Films After Being Oxidized with Iodine. A Scanning Probe Microscopy Study"; D. Y. Zhang, T. L. Porter; Syn. Metals; 74, 55 (1995). |
| "Semiempirical Calculations and Scanning Probe Microscopy Studies of Polythiophene Thin Films"; T. L. Porter, D. Minor, D. Zhang; J. Phys. Chem.; 99, 13213 (1995). |
| LIST OF PRESENTATIONS SINCE 2000 |
| Departmental Seminar, Department de Chimie, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France; February, 2004. |
| COST Action D26, First meeting, Paris, France; January, 2004. |
| Modeling Chemical Reactivity: From Gas-phase to Solution and Enzymes, Nancy, France; July, 2003. |
| Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan; April, 2003. |
| Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; April, 2002. |
| 223rd National ACS Meeting, Orlando, Florida; March, 2002. |
| Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington; October, 2001. |
| The 222nd National ACS meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2001. |
| Departmental Seminar, Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Material Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China; June, 2001. |
| Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; May, 2001. |
| Northwest Rocky Mountain Regional ACS meeting, June, 2000. |
| Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, July, 2000. |
| REFERENCES |
Professor Claude Pouchan
Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale
Université de Pau et de Pays de l'Adour
U. M. R. 5624
64000, Pau
France |
Phone: 05-59-72-20-60
Claude.Pouchan@univ-pau.fr
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Professor Weston T. Borden
Department of Chemistry
Box 351700
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-1700 |
Phone: 206-543-6682
Fax: 206-685-8665
borden@chem.washington.edu |
Professor Lyle Peter
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA 98119-1997 |
Phone: 206-281-2103
Fax: 206-281-2882
lpeter@spu.edu
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Professor James R. Norris
Department of Chemistry
Searle 133
The University of Chicago
5735 S. Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637-1403 |
Phone: (703) 702-7864
Email: j-norris@uchicago.edu
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