Li, Shaowei
scanning tunneling spectroscopy and microscopy, ultrafast laser spectroscopy and microscopy, surface dynamics and kinetics, low dimensional quantum materials, strongly correlated systems
scanning tunneling spectroscopy and microscopy, ultrafast laser spectroscopy and microscopy, surface dynamics and kinetics, low dimensional quantum materials, strongly correlated systems
Contact Information
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Office: Tata Hall 1206
Phone: 858-822-1031
Email: shaoweili@ucsd.edu
Web: https://small.ucsd.edu
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Office: Tata Hall 1206
Phone: 858-822-1031
Email: shaoweili@ucsd.edu
Web: https://small.ucsd.edu
Group: View group members
Education
2017 Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
2010 B.S., Nankai University
2017 Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
2010 B.S., Nankai University
Appointments
2021-2026 Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
2019-2020 Heising-Simons Junior Fellow, UC Berkeley
2018-2019 Postdoc Fellow, Northwestern University
2021-2026 Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
2019-2020 Heising-Simons Junior Fellow, UC Berkeley
2018-2019 Postdoc Fellow, Northwestern University
Awards and Academic Honors
2022
Hellman Fellowship, Hellman Foundation
2020
Early Career Award, AVS Nanoscale Science and Technology Division
2018
Physical Chemistry Young Investigator Award, ACS Division of Physical Chemistry
2018
Margaret Burbidge Award, APS Far West Section
Research Interests
scanning tunneling spectroscopy and microscopy, ultrafast laser spectroscopy and microscopy, surface dynamics and kinetics, low dimensional quantum materials, strongly correlated systems
Primary Research Area
Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Interdisciplinary interests
Materials
Physical Organic
Macromolecular Structure
Physical Organic
Macromolecular Structure
Selected Publications
- Liang K,Wang Z,Quan W,Shi Y,Zhou H,Bi L,Yin Z,Romero N,Young M,Li S "Single-molecule infrared spectroscopy with scanning tunneling microscopy.", Science, 2026, Vol. 391, Issue 6787, 807-811 [View]
- Quan W,Wang Z,Shi Y,Liang K,Bi L,Zhou H,Yin Z,Li WL,Li S "Nanoscale Manipulation of Single-Molecule Conformational Transition through Vibrational Excitation.", J Am Chem Soc, 2025, Vol. 147, Issue 5, 4504-4510 [View]
- Bi L,Jamnuch S,Chen A,Do A,Balto KP,Wang Z,Zhu Q,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Tao AR,Pascal TA,Figueroa JS,Li S "Molecular-Scale Visualization of Steric Effects of Ligand Binding to Reconstructed Au(111) Surfaces.", J Am Chem Soc, 2024, Vol. 146, Issue 17, 11764-11772 [View]