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Education Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2002 Advisor : Prof. Paul F. Barbara Thesis Title : Single molecule spectroscopy of conjugated polymers B.S., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1996 Major : Chemistry Minor : Computer Science Positions 2006-present: Assistant Professor University of Connecticut Health Center Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling & Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology 2002-2005: Postdoc Researcher Harvard University, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Supervisor : Prof. Sunney X. Xie Awards Merck Genome-related Research Award (2004) Publications Peer-reviewed journal papers J. Yu*, J. Xiao*, X. Ren K.Q. Lao and X. Sunney Xie Probing gene expression in live single Escherichia coli cells - one molecule at a time Science 311, 1600-1603 (2006) W. Min, L. Jiang, J. Yu, S.C. Kou, H. Qian and X. Sunney Xie Nonequilibrium Steady State of a Nanometric Biochemical System: Determining the Thermodynamic Driving Force from Single Enzyme Turnover Time Traces Nanoletters 5, 2373-2378 (2005) J. Yu, R. Lammi, A.J. Gesquiere, P.F. Barbara Singlet-Triplet and Triplet-Triplet Interactions in Conjugated Polymer Single Molecules J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 10025-10034 (2005) A.J. Gesquiere, Y.J. Lee, J. Yu, P.F. Barbara Single Molecule Modulation Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polymers J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 12366-12371 (2005) J. Yu, N.W. Song, J.D. McNeill and P.F. Barbara Efficient Exciton Quenching by Hole Polarons in the Conjugated Polymer MEH-PPV Israel Journal of Chemistry 44, 127-132 (2004) S. Park, A. Gresquiere, J. Yu and P.F. Barbara Charge injection and photo-oxidation of single conjugated polymers molecule J. Am. Chem. Soc 126, 4111-7 (2004) D. Hu, J. Yu, G. Padmanaban, S. Ramakrishanan and P.F. Barbara Spatial Confinement of Exciton Transfer and the Role of Conformational Order in Organic Nanoparticles Nanoletters 2, 1121-1124 (2002) J. Yu, D. Hu and P. F. Barbara Unmasking Electronic Energy Transfer of Conjugated Polymers by Suppression of O2 Quenching Science 289, 1327 (2000) D. Hu, J. Yu, K. Wong, B. Bagchi, P. J. Rossky and P. F. Barbara Collapse of stiff conjugated polymers with chemical defects into ordered, cylindrical conformations Nature 405, 1030-1033 (2000) D. Hu, J. Yu and P. F. Barbara Single-Molecule Spectroscopy of the Conjugated Polymer MEH-PPV J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 6936-6937 (2000) W. T. Yip, D. Hu, J. Yu, D. A. Vanden Bout and P. F. Barbara Classifying the photophysical dynamics of single- and multiple-chromophoric molecules by single molecule spectroscopy J. Phys. Chem. A 102, 7564-7575 (1998) Reviews and book chapters X. Sunney Xie, Ji Yu and Wei Yuan Yang Living Cells as Test Tubes Science, 312, 228-230 (2006) Ji Yu, Dehong Hu and P.F. Barbara Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polymers Nobel Conference Lectures, R. Rigler, M. Orrit, and T. Basche (eds.), Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, p. 144-160

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