Group Pictures David N. Beratan (919) 660-1526 For a complete e-mail directory, please go to: http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Chemistry/completedir.html David Beratan

Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena California, 1985. B.S., Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1980. R.J. Reynolds Professor of Chemistry, Duke University. Professor Beratan is also affiliated with the Duke University Department of Biochemistry and with the Duke Molecular Biophysics Program. For more information, visit the sites listed below.

Honors: Fellow, American Physical Society Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Member of the Editorial Board, Molecular Simulation Conrad E. Ronneberg Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago, April 2001 Ralph and Lucy Hirschmann Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania, May 2000 Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford, 1999 - 2000 J.S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1999-2000 Burroughs-Wellcome Travel Fellow, University of Oxford, 1999-2000 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award, University of Pittsburgh, 1998 NSF National Young Investigator (NYI) Award recipient, 1992-97 Visiting Associate in Chemistry, Caltech, July 1989-July 1993 & June 1996 Visiting Professor, São Carlos Institute of Physics and Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil, August 1988 National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship (RRA) recipient, 1985-1987 Graduation with Honors and with Distinction (in Chemistry), Duke University, 1980

Post-Doc Research Associates

Agostino Migliore (919) 660-1633 BS & MSc Physics University of Palermo, Italy, 2003 Ph.D., Physics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, 2007 Fitness to be permanent researcher, CNR, Italy, 2011 Current project: Charge transfer dynamics relevant to protein-mediated energy transduction.
Aaron Virshup (919) 660-1633 B. A. Physics, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Ia. M.S. Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Current Project: Molecular Library Design

 

 

 

Graduate Students

		Jiaxing Lin (919) 660-1634 CV B.S., Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) P.R. China, 2010 Chemisty Department Current Project: light harvesting process of MOFs
		Chaoren Liu (919) 660-1634 CV B.S., Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) M.S. Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS) Chemisty Department Current Project: Electron Transfer in DNA/PNA Nano Structures
		Ruibin Liu (919) 660-1634 B.S., University of Science and Technology of China Chemisty Department Current Project: Theoretical Study in Nano-particle Solar Cells CV
		Zheng Ma (919) 660-1634   B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2010 Chemisty Department Current Project: 2D-Infrared Spectroscopy
		Nicholas Polizzi (919) 660-1633 B.S., Biology, Cornell University Dec. 2007 In Biochemistry Department Current Project: Hole transfer in de novo designed peptides
		Chetan Rupakheti (919) 660-1633 B.S. in Applied Mathematics and B.S. in Biology B.S. Minor in Chemistry, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, 2009 In CBB program Current Project: Chemical Methodologies Library Design webpage
		Yuqi "Gary" Zhang (919) 660-1633 B.S., Nankai University, Tiangin, China Enrolled in Ph.D. program Dept. of Chemistry Current Project: Electron transfer in metal modified PNAs
Other Associates
Ilya Balabin Lockheed Martin Research web page ilya dot balabin at duke dot edu ********* Alexander Balaeff Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida   Judith Hempel J.C. Hempel Consulting, LLC jhempel at pair dot com ********* Xiangqian Hu SAS Institute huxiangqian at gmail dot com ********* Shahar Keinan UNC- EFRC Solar Fuels Project shahar at duke dot edu ********* Spiridon Skourtis Associate Professor, University of Cyrpus skourtis at ucy dot ac dot cy ********** Ravindra Venkatramani Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Prior Post-Docs / Students
Name	Year	Present Affiliation
Horacio Carias	2011	Accenture Consulting
Julia Contreras-Garcia	2011	CNRS, Paris
Bala Desinghu	2010	Indiana University
Michael Galperin	2002	Univ. of California, San Diego
Lev Gelb	1999	University of Texas, Dallas
Michael-Rock "Rocky" Goldsmith	2005	Environmental Protection Agency
Elizabeth Hatcher	2007	University of Maryland
Nan Jiang	2012	China
Tsutomu Kawatsu	2005	Kyoto University, Japan
Rama Kondru	1999	Roche Labs, Nutley, NJ
Christof Kuhn	1995	Physician, Switzerland
Igor Kurnikov	2000	Carnegie-Mellon University
Maria Kurnikova	2001	Carnegie-Mellon University
Aleksey Kuznetsov	2013	North Carolina State Univeristy
Mikyung Lee	2000	Unknown
Jielou "Jeff" Liao	2005	USTC, China
David Minh	2013	Illinois Institute of Technology
Parag Mukhpadhyay	2009	Bristol-Meyers Squibb
Jianping Lin	2006	Nankai University, China
Melissa Pasquinelli	2004	North Carolina State University
Satyam Priyadarshy	1996	Network Solutions
Tatiana Prytkova	2007	Chapman University
Chrisopher Rinderspacher	2009	Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen
Steven Risser	1995	Battelle Memorial Institute
Spiros Skourtis	1996	University of Cyprus
Glenna Tong	2002	University of Hong Kong
Yi "Yves" Wang	2012	Inst. of BioPhysics Chinese Acad of Sciences
Dequan Xiao	2009	University of New Haven
Jieru Zheng	2007	Campbell Alliance Group
Gerard Zuber	2008	Philip Morris Company, Switzerland