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Minfang Yeh Chemist SNO and LENS solar neutrino projects; neutrino physics; nuclear reaction mechanisms; radiochemistry and analytical chemistry; and nuclear waste management |
· Ph. D in Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
· M. S. in Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
· B. S. in Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
· The President of Chinese Student Association at the University of Kentucky, 1994.
· Eastern Michigan University Graduate Dean¢s Award for Research Excellence, 1993.
· American Chemistry Society Huron Valley Section Teaching/Research Award, 1993.
· Eastern Michigan University Chemistry Department Research Award, 1992.
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Upton, NY
· Solar Neutrino Research.
· Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nuclear chemistry.
· Nuclear Instrumentation/Electrostatic counter (ESC) /coincident a-b measurements.
· Industrial large-scale separation chemistry for inorganic and organic compounds in water.
· Environmental radioactivity measurement and cleanup.
Instructor & Research Associate, August 1997 ¾ February 2000
Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
· Supercritical fluid applications in radioactive waste and organic compound extraction.
· Lanthanide & actinide chemistry using solvent extraction, potentiometric & calorimetric measurements, and spectroscopic investigations.
· Luminescence Spectroscopic/Solvent Extraction Studies of Lanthanides and Actinides Complexation with Environmental Organic and Inorganic Ligands.
· XRD/EXAFS, gross a, b, g radioactivity and a-& g-spectroscopy.
· Lectures in advanced instrumental and analytical chemistry (graduate/undergraduate).
Staff Scientist, August 1997 ¾ February 2000
Nuclear Radiation Center, Washington State University
· NAA in biomedical and environmental samples with 1 MW TRIGA fission reactor.
Research Associate, February ¾ July 1997
Van de Graaff Accelerator Laboratory, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
· Accelerator operation and electronic design.
· Maintain computer data acquisition system and electronics.
· Nuclear structure study via various nuclear reactions.
· Maintaining and operating accelerators.
· Set up the computer data acquisition system and electronics.