FENG WANG

Department of Chemistry, Boston University
590 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
(617) 353-2082 (office); (617) 353-6466 (fax)
fengwang@bu.edu

Education

May 1998                    B.S. in Chemistry, Honors Science Program                  Peking University

April 2003                    Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry              University of Pittsburgh

Thesis:              A Drude Model Approach to Dispersion Interactions in Dipole-bound Anions

Thesis Advisor:  Professor Kenneth D. Jordan

 

Professional Experience

5/2003 – 8/2005          Post-doctoral Study in Computational Physical Chemistry 

University of Utah

Post-doctoral Advisor: Professor Gregory A. Voth

9/2005                         Assistant Professor, Boston University, Department of Chemistry

 

Awards and Honors

2007                            NSF CAREER Award

2002                            Mellon Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

2001                            IBM graduate student award in computational chemistry, Subdivision of Theoretical Chemistry, American Chemical Society

1997                            Young Eagle Scholarship, Peking University

1994                            Distinguished New Students Scholarship, Peking University

 

Publications

 

“Correcting one-body and two-body interactions for molecular system in density functional theory through supplemental potentials”, Yang Song, Omololu Akin-Ojo, and Feng Wang, J. Chem. Phys. Submitted.

 

“Optimizing the switching function for non-equilibrium free-energy calculations: An on-the-fly approach”, Gerrick Lindberg , Timothy Berkelbach, and Feng Wang, J. Chem. Phys. Submitted.

“Improving the point-charge description of hydrogen bonds by adaptive force matching”, Omololu Akin-Ojo and Feng Wang., J. Phys. Chem. B., 113, 1237 (2009).

“Kinetic Monte Carlo Modeling of Chemical Reactions Coupled with Heat Transfer”, T. C. Castonguay and F. Wang, J. Chem. Phys., 128, 124706 (2008).

 “Developing ab initio quality force fields from condensed phase QM/MM calculations through the adaptive force matching method”, Omololu Akin-Ojo, Yang Song, and Feng Wang, J. Chem. Phys. 129, 064108 (2008).

“Electro-static Switching: An Efficient Method for Determining Dielectric Constant of Ice Ih from Molecular Dynamics.” G. Lindberg and F. Wang, J. Phys. Chem. B. 112, 6436 (2008).

“Nitrous oxide vibrational energy relaxation is a probe of interfacial water in lipid bilayers” L. R. Chieffo, J. T. Shattuck, E. Pinnick, J. J. Amsden, M. K. Hong, F. Wang, S. Erramilli,  L. D. Ziegler, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 12776 (2008).

“Unusual “amphiphilic” association of hydrated protons in strong acid solution”, F. Wang, S. Izvekov, and G. A. Voth, JACS, 130, 3120 (2008).

“An Improved Multistate Empirical Valence Bond Model for Aqueous Proton Transport”, Y, Wu, H. Chen, F. Wang, F. Paesani, and Gregory A. Voth, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 467 (2008).

“A Linear-Scaling Self-consistent Generalization of the Multi-state Empirical Valence Bond Method for Multiple Excess Protons in Aqueous Systems”, F. Wang, and G. A. Voth, J. Chem. Phys., 122, 144105 (2005).

“Excess Proton Solvation and Delocalization in a Hydrophilic Pocket of the Proton Conducting Polymer Membrane NafionTM”, M. K. Petersen, F. Wang, N. P. Blake, H. Metiu,  and G. A. Voth, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 3727 (2005).

 "Calculation of the Photodetachment Cross Sections of Dipole-bound electrons from HCN- and HNC-",M. Sindelka, V. Spirko, P. Jungwirth, F. Wang, M. Sahasranaman, and K. D. Jordan, J. Chem. Phys., 121, 1824-1829 (2004)

"Electron Attachment to (H2O)2Arn Clusters", M.-K. Tsai, F. Wang, and K. D. Jordan, J. Phys. Chem. A, 108, 2912-2921 (2004).

"Parallel Tempering Monte-Carlo Simulations of the Finite Temperature Behavior of (H2O)6-" F. Wang and K. D. Jordan, J. Chem. Phys., 119, 11645-11653 (2003).

"Theory of Dipole-bound Anions" K. D. Jordan and F. Wang, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem., 54, 367-396 (2003).

"Theoretical Calculations of Voltage-dependent STM Images of Acetylene on the Si(001) Surface" F. Wang, D. Sorescu and K. D. Jordan, J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 6, 1316-1321 (2002).

"Application of a Drude Model to the Binding of an Excess Electron to Small Water Clusters.", F. Wang, K. D. Jordan, J. Chem. Phys., 116, 16, 6973-6981 (2002).

"A Drude-model Approach to Dispersion Interactions in Dipole-bound Anions", F. Wang and K.D. Jordan, J. Chem. Phys., 114, 24, 10717 (2001)

Synergistic Activity

Panelist: National Science Foundation

Reviewer: National Science Foundation, the Journal of Physical Chemistry, the Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics Letters, Journal of American Chemical Society, Physica A.,W.H. Freeman and Company Publishers