Lin X. Chen

Lin X. Chen

Principle Investigator

Professor of Chemistry
Tech L144
Chemistry Department, Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
l-chen@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-3479

Senior Scientist
Argonne National Laboratory
lchen@anl.gov
(630) 252-3533

Biography

Lin Chen received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. After her postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley, she joined Argonne as a staff scientist. In 2007, she joined Northwestern University where her research are focused on fundamental light-matter interactions of different solar energy conversion platforms, including excited state molecular structural dynamics in photocatalytic processes and photovoltaic materials; understanding roles of ultrafast and coherent electronic and atomic motions in in photochemical reactions, and functional structural dynamics of biomacromolecules on multiple spatial and temporal scales. Her main tools for research are ultrafast laser and X-ray spectroscopy/scattering and other property/structural methods in collaborations with theorists and chemists making molecules and materials.

She was awarded one of the highly cited scientists in 2019 by the Web of Science, with >250 publications, and >200 invited lectures. She has been members of the Research Council for the Chemical, Biological and Geological Sciences Division, Basic Energy Science, US Department of Energy, the Advisory Editorial Board of Journal of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics Letters, Senior Editor of ACS Energy Letters, Associate Editor of Chemical Science (RSC) and the International Science Advisory Committee for π-Functional Materials. She is an AAAS Fellow and has won Experimental Physical Chemistry Award from ACS Physical Chemistry Division in 2020. She has been recognized as a highly cited researcher by the Web of Science in 2019, and obtained the distinguished performance award at Argonne.

Ana Camino

Ana Camino

Program Assistant

Chemistry Department, Northwestern University
Ryan Hall 4021
2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
Tel: (847) 467-4973 | linchen-ofc@northwestern.edu

Research Faculty

Pyosang Kim

Pyosang Kim

Argonne Staff

Ultrafast Coherence of TMC
pyosang.kim@northwestern.edu

2018 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
2013 – Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Yonsei University
2008 – B.S. Chemistry, Yonsei University

Michael W. Mara

Michael W. Mara

Argonne Staff

Ultrafast Coherence of TMC, XTA, XFEL
michael.mara@northwestern.edu

2018 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
2017 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
2013 – Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Northwestern University

Postdoctoral Associates

Wenfan Chen

Wenfan Chen

Postdoctoral Associate

wenfan.chen@northwestern.edu

2023 – Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego
2016 – B.S., Physics, Peking University

Tyler Haddock

Tyler Haddock

Postdoctoral Associate

thaddock@anl.gov

2022 – Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2016 – B.S. Chemistry and Nanoscience, Northwest Missouri State University

Sean Roget

Sean Roget

Postdoctoral Associate

sroget@anl.gov

2022 – Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Stanford University
2016 – B.S. Chemistry, Duke University

Graduate Students

Ariel Leonard

Ariel Leonard

aleonard@u.northwestern.edu

2011 – B.A. Physics, Washington University in St. Louis

Adam Nijhawan

Adam Nijhawan

adamnijhawan2023@u.northwestern.edu

2019 – B.A. Chemistry, Carleton College

Madison Schwinn

Madison Schwinn

MadisonSchwinn2024@u.northwestern.edu

2019 – B.S. in Physics, University of Missouri-Columbia

Matthew Baldwin

Matthew Baldwin

matthewbaldwin2026@u.northwestern.edu

2021 – B.S. Chemistry, University of Utah

Zachary Mast

Zachary Mast

zachary.mast@u.northwestern.edu

2021 – B.A. Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder
2021 – B.A. Music, University of Colorado, Boulder

Madeline Ho

Madeline Ho

NIH Molecular Biophysics Trainee

 
2020 – B.A. Chemistry, Carleton College
Bailey Chandler

Bailey Chandler

baileychandler2026@u.northwestern.edu

2021 – B.S. Chemistry, University of Kentucky

Evan Oriel

Evan Oriel

Ryan Fellow

evanoriel2026@u.northwestern.edu

2021 – B.A. Chemistry, Lawrence University

Sydney Koehne

Sydney Koehne

sydneykoehne2027@u.northwestern.edu

2021 – B.S. Chemistry, Tulane University
2021 – B.S. Mathematics, Tulane University

Chuying Huang

Chuying Huang

chuyinghuang2027@u.northwestern.edu

2022 – B.S. Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley