• Ph.D. Chemistry, Wayne State University (2011)
• M.Sc. Polymer Chemistry and Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
• B.E. Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
• Employment:
  • 2011-present Postdoctoral Research Associate, T-1/CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Research Interests:

• Relations between photophysical properties and chemical structures in organic semiconductors and nano-materials
• Theories and simulations of electronic structures and spectroscopy of photoactive organic and inorganic materials
• Multiscale modeling of excited-state electronic structures of conjugated molecules and complexes

Selected Recent Publications:

1. H. Li, M. J. Catanzaro, S. Tretiak, and V. Y. Chernyak, Excited-state structure modifications due to molecular substituents and exciton scattering in conjugated molecules, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 5, 641-647 (2014)
2. H. Li, S. V. Malinin, S. Tretiak, and V. Y. Chernyak, Effective tight-binding models for excitons in branched conjugated molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 139, 064109 (2013)
3. H. Li, V. Y. Chernyak, and S. Tretiak, Natural atomic orbital representation for optical spectra calculations in the exciton scattering approach, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3, 3734-3739 (2012)
4. H. Li, C. Wu, S. V. Malinin, S. Tretiak, and V. Y. Chernyak, Exciton scattering on symmetric branching centers in conjugated molecules, J. Phys. Chem. B., 115(18), 5465-5475 (2011)
5. H. Li, C. Wu, S. V. Malinin, S. Tretiak, and V. Y. Chernyak, Excited states f donor and acceptor substituted conjugated oligomers: a perspective from the Exciton Scattering Approach, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 1, 3396-3400 (2010)
6. H. Li, S. V. Malinin, S. Tretiak, and V. Y. Chernyak, Exciton scattering approach for branched conjugated molecules and complexes. IV. Transition dipoles and optical spectra, J. Chem. Phys., 132, 124103 (2010)