Jing Zhao(赵静)

Jing Zhao received the B.S. degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China, in 2003. Currently, she is working toward the Doctoral degree in the Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, where she is also a graduate student jointly between Prof. Richard P. Van Duyne's and Prof. George C. Schatz's groups. Her current research interests include experimental and theoretical studies of the mechanisms and applications of localized surface plasmon resonance and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Ms. Zhao was the recipient of the MRS Graduate Student Silver Award, The International Society for Optical Engineers (SPIE) Scholarship, the Phi Lambda Upsilon Gelewitz Award, and the Outstanding Researcher Award from Northwestern Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) in 2007.