Wei You
| Assistant Professor |
| Email: wyou@email.unc.edu |
| Phone: 919-962-6197 |
| Fax: 919-962-2388 |
| Office: Kenan C548 |
Education
| Ph.D. | Organic/Polymer Chemistry | University of Chicago (2004) |
| B.S. | Chemistry | University of Science and Technology of China (1999) |
Professional Experience
| 2006-present | Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2004-2006 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
| 1999-2004 | Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
Honors and Memberships
| Honors and Awards | |
| 2008-2009 | R.J. Reynolds Junior Faculty Development Award |
| 2008-2010 | DuPont Young Professor Award |
| 2007-2008 | DuPont Science and Engineering Grant |
| 2004 | Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research, American Chemical Society 228th National Meeting |
| 2002 | Outstanding Leadership and Dedication, recognized by Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago |
| 1999 | Excellent Thesis of USTC (Year 1999), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China |
| 1998 | Excellent Student Fellowship, USTC, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China |
| 1997 | P&G Scholarship, USTC, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China |
| 1996 | Panasonic Scholarship, USTC, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China |
| 1995 | Excellent Student Fellowship, USTC, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China |
| Professional Affiliations | |
| American Chemical Society | |
| Materials Research Society | |
Seminars and Presentations
| Invited Presentations | |
| March 22-26, 2009 | American Chemical Society 237th National Meeting, Salk Lake City, UT |
| January 15-17, 2009 | SERC Annual Symposium: "Securing our Energy Future – Next Generation Photovoltaics & Solar Fuels", Chapel Hill, NC |
| October 27-31, 2008 | The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy-PV 2008 Workshop, Esplendor Resort at Rio Rico, AZ |
| June 15-19, 2008 | The 3rd International Symposium on Polymer Chemistry PC' 2008, Hefei, China |
| May 30, 2007 | 4th Japan-US Young Researcher Exchange Symposium, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
| March 7, 2007 | 4th Japan-US Young Researcher Exchange Symposium, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC |
| Departmental Seminar | |
| March 26, 2009 | Department of Chemistry, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| February 26, 2009 | Department of Chemistry, NC A&T State University, Greensboro, NC |
| October 16, 2008 | Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| November 19, 2007 | Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC |
| September 7, 2006 | Department of Chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC |
| Other Presentations | |
| March 24-28, 2008 | Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA |
Teaching
| Spring 2009 | CHEM 764 | Special Topic in Organic Chemistry: Organic Electronics and Photonics |
| Fall 2008 | CHEM 421 | Polymer Synthesis |
| Spring 2008 | CHEM 262 | Introduction to Organic Chemistry (II) |
| Fall 2007 | CHEM 421 | Polymer Synthesis |
| Spring 2007 | CHEM 764 | Special Topic in Organic Chemistry: Organic Electronics and Photonics |
Professional Services
| March 9-10, 2009 | National Science Foundation, Panelist for Materials World Network Proposals (DMR) |
| February 17-18, 2009 | National Science Foundation, Panelist for standard proposals (ECCS) |
| March 24-28, 2008 | Co-Chair, MRS Spring 2008 Meeting Symposium AA: Conjugated Organic Materials - Synthesis, Structure, Device, and Applications, San Francisco, CA |
| November 7-8, 2007 | National Science Foundation, Panelist for CAREER Proposals (ECCS) |
| May 3, 2007 | Lecture at American Chemical Society's "Preparing for Life after Graduate School (PFLAGS)", UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC |
| May 2003 | Co-Organizer, the Annual Upper Midwest MRSEC Student Symposium 2003, Chicago, IL |
