User:7Piguine/draft/Xiaoliang Sunney Xie

Xiaoliang Sunney Xie (born 1962 in Beijing, China) is a biochemist. He is Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. Xie is considered as a founding father of single-molecule enzymology. He has made major contributions to CARS microscopy (based on coherent anti-stokes raman scattering). .

Xie received a B.S. in chemistry from Peking University, followed by his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of California at San Diego. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago and in 1992 joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where he later became a Chief Scientist. In 1999, he was appointed Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University.

Xie was among the first to conduct fluorescence studies of single molecules at room temperature in the early 1990s. His group has since contributed to the emergence of the field of single-molecule science and its application to biology. In particular, their work has been focusing on single-molecule enzymology, protein conformational dynamics, and single-molecule dynamics in living cells.

Honors and Awards

 * 2008: Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis for Applied Laser Technology
 * 2008: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
 * 2007: Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Sciences and Quantum Optics
 * 2006: Fellow of Biophysical Society
 * 2006: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
 * 2004: National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
 * 2003: Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences
 * 1996: Coblentz Award