Education

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Oregon, 2004.
  
  • Thesis: Generalized Critical Points Analysis of Acetylene Vibrational Dynamics
  • Advisor: M.E. Kellman
  • PDF version of thesis and defense slides
     
• B.S. in Chemistry, Peking University, China, 1997.

Areas of Special Interest

• Chemical Physics;
   
• Nonlinear Dynamics,
   
• Computer Aided Visualization
   

Professional Experience

• Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon,2004-current
   
• Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon,1997-2004.
   
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, 1997-1998.
   

Publications

Under the name "V.Tyng".

1. V. Tyng and M.E. Kellman. Moment of inertia, backbending, and molecular bifurcation. J. Chem. Phys., 127:041101, 2007. PDF
    
2. M.E. Kellman and V. Tyng. The dance of molecules: new dynamical perspectives on highly excited molecular vibrations. Acc. Chem. Res. 40:243, 2006. PDF
    
3. J.L. Hardwick, Z.T. Martin, E.A. Schoene, V. Tyng and E.N. Wolf. Diode laser absorption spectrum of cold bands of C₂HD at 6500 cm^-1. J. Mol. Spectro. 239:208, 2006. PDF
    
4. V. Tyng and M.E. Kellman. Bending dynamics of acetylene: new modes born in bifurcations of normal modes. J. Phys. Chem. B., 110:818859, 2006. PDF
    
5. Y. Shuangbo, V. Tyng, and M.E. Kellman. Spectral patterns of isomerizing systems. J. Phys. Chem. A., 107:8345, 2003. PDF
    
6. M.E. Kellman, M.W. Dow, and V. Tyng. Dressed basis for highly excited molecular vibrations. J. Chem. Phys., 118:9519, 2003. PDF
    
7. J.F. Svitak, V. Tyng, and M.E. Kellman. Bifurcation analysis of higher m:n resonance spectroscopic Hamiltonian. J. Chem. Phys., 106:10797, 2002. PDF
    
8. M.E. Kellman and V. Tyng. Bifurcation effects in coupled Bose-Einstein condensates. Phys. Rev. A, 66:013602/1, 2002. PDF
    
9. C. Zhou, D. Xie, R. Chen, G. Yan, H. Guo, V. Tyng, and M.E. Kellman. Quantum calculation of highly excited vibrational energy levels of CS₂ on a new empirical potential energy surface and semiclassical analysis of 1:2 Fermi resonance. Spectro. Acta. A, 58A:727, 2002. PDF
    
10. M.E. Kellman, J.P. Rose, and V. Tyng. Spectral patterns and ultrafast dynamics in planar acetylene. European Physical Journal D, 14:225, 2001. PDF
     
11. M. Joyeux, D. Sugny, V. Tyng, M.E. Kellman, H. Ishikawa, R.W. Field, C. Beck, and R.Schinke. Semiclassical study of the isomerization states of HCP. J. Chem.Phys., 112:4162, 2000. PDF