Minfang Yeh

Chemist

SNO  and LENS solar neutrino projects; neutrino physics; nuclear reaction mechanisms; radiochemistry and analytical chemistry; and nuclear waste management

 

Education

·         Ph. D in Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 

·         M. S. in Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.

·         B. S. in Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.

 

Honors Received

·         The President of Chinese Student Association at the University of Kentucky, 1994.

·         Eastern Michigan University Graduate Dean¢s Award for Research Excellence, 1993.

·         American Chemistry Society Huron Valley Section Teaching/Research Award, 1993.

·         Eastern Michigan University Chemistry Department Research Award, 1992.

 

Research Experience

Assistant Scientist, November 2001 ¾
Research Associate, February 2000 ¾ October 2001

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Upton, NY

·         Solar Neutrino Research.

·         Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nuclear chemistry.

·         Nuclear Instrumentation/Electrostatic counter (ESC) /coincident a-b measurements.

·         Industrial large-scale separation chemistry for inorganic and organic compounds in water.

·         Environmental radioactivity measurement and cleanup.

 

Instructor & Research Associate, August 1997 ¾ February 2000

Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

·         Supercritical fluid applications in radioactive waste and organic compound extraction.

·         Lanthanide & actinide chemistry using solvent extraction, potentiometric & calorimetric measurements, and spectroscopic investigations.

·         Luminescence Spectroscopic/Solvent Extraction Studies of Lanthanides and Actinides Complexation with Environmental Organic and Inorganic Ligands.

·         XRD/EXAFS, gross a, b, g radioactivity and a-& g-spectroscopy.

·         Lectures in advanced instrumental and analytical chemistry (graduate/undergraduate).

 

Staff Scientist, August 1997 ¾ February 2000

Nuclear Radiation Center, Washington State University

·         NAA in biomedical and environmental samples with 1 MW TRIGA fission reactor.

 

Research Associate, February ¾ July 1997

Van de Graaff Accelerator Laboratory, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

·         Accelerator operation and electronic design.

·         Maintain computer data acquisition system and electronics.

·         Nuclear structure study via various nuclear reactions.

·         Maintaining and operating accelerators.

·         Set up the computer data acquisition system and electronics.