About the Corresponding Authors
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Alexey Y. Timoshkin was born in Leningrad, USSR. In 1988–1993 studied chemistry at St. Petersburg State University, Russia (diploma degree in chemistry, 1993).
In 1995–1996, on NAFSA/REAP fellowship, he studied computer science at Eastern
Connecticut State University, USA (BGS with dean’s distinction, 1996). In 1997 he
received a Candidate of Science degree in Inorganic chemistry from St. Petersburg
State University. In 2001–2002 he was Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow
at Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany (host Prof. Gernot Frenking). Since 1998
he worked as assistant, associate and now as a full professor at St. Petersburg State
University. In 2010 he received the Teaching Excellence award from St. Petersburg
State University. He is author and supervisor of the online-course “Inorganic
Chemistry: an introduction to the chemistry of the elements” (2017). Since 2017 he
is head of the department of Inorganic Chemistry at St. Petersburg State University.
His areas of expertise are main group chemistry, donor-acceptor complexes,
Lewis superacids, gas phase thermochemistry, tensimetry, calorimetry, applied
quantum chemistry.
He is author or co-author of 178 scientific papers, 1 book chapter and 94 presentations at scientific conferences. Scientific supervisor of 9 diploma, 4 bachelor,
2 master and 2 Candidate of Science Degree theses. Expert of RSF and RAS.
Chapter 7
King-Chuen Lin is a Distinguished Professor of the Department of Chemistry
at National Taiwan University and a Distinguished Research Fellow of National
Science Council, Taiwan. He received his BS degree in Chemistry from National
Taiwan University, Taiwan, his PhD in Chemistry from Michigan State University,
USA, and his postdoctoral career began at Cornell University. His research interests are photodissociation and reaction dynamics in gas and condensed phases,
atmospheric chemistry, materials designed for sensors and catalysts, and single
molecule spectroscopy. He received the Academic Award of Ministry of Education,
Taiwan, in 2014, and Richard B. Bernstein Award in International Conference on
Stereodynamics, Sep. 2018 in Arosa, Switzerland. He now serves as an Associate
Editor for J. Chin. Chem. Soc.(Taipei) and a member of the Editorial Board
for Scientific Reports (Nature publisher), Journal of Analytical and Bioanalytical
Techniques (Gavin Publishers), and Journal of Modern Chemical Sciences (Herald
Scholarly Open Access). He has published more than 201 peer-reviewed papers and
edited one book on reaction dynamics and chemical kinetics.
Chapter 8
Atsushi Nakajima received BSc, MSc, and DrSc degrees from the University
of Tokyo, supervised by Profs. Kozo Kuchitsu and Tamotsu Kondow in 1984,
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Alexey Y. Timoshkin was born in Leningrad, USSR. In 1988–1993 studied chemistry at St. Petersburg State University, Russia (diploma degree in chemistry, 1993).
In 1995–1996, on NAFSA/REAP fellowship, he studied computer science at Eastern
Connecticut State University, USA (BGS with dean’s distinction, 1996). In 1997 he
received a Candidate of Science degree in Inorganic chemistry from St. Petersburg
State University. In 2001–2002 he was Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow
at Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany (host Prof. Gernot Frenking). Since 1998
he worked as assistant, associate and now as a full professor at St. Petersburg State
University. In 2010 he received the Teaching Excellence award from St. Petersburg
State University. He is author and supervisor of the online-course “Inorganic
Chemistry: an introduction to the chemistry of the elements” (2017). Since 2017 he
is head of the department of Inorganic Chemistry at St. Petersburg State University.
His areas of expertise are main group chemistry, donor-acceptor complexes,
Lewis superacids, gas phase thermochemistry, tensimetry, calorimetry, applied
quantum chemistry.
He is author or co-author of 178 scientific papers, 1 book chapter and 94 presentations at scientific conferences. Scientific supervisor of 9 diploma, 4 bachelor,
2 master and 2 Candidate of Science Degree theses. Expert of RSF and RAS.
Chapter 7
King-Chuen Lin is a Distinguished Professor of the Department of Chemistry
at National Taiwan University and a Distinguished Research Fellow of National
Science Council, Taiwan. He received his BS degree in Chemistry from National
Taiwan University, Taiwan, his PhD in Chemistry from Michigan State University,
USA, and his postdoctoral career began at Cornell University. His research interests are photodissociation and reaction dynamics in gas and condensed phases,
atmospheric chemistry, materials designed for sensors and catalysts, and single
molecule spectroscopy. He received the Academic Award of Ministry of Education,
Taiwan, in 2014, and Richard B. Bernstein Award in International Conference on
Stereodynamics, Sep. 2018 in Arosa, Switzerland. He now serves as an Associate
Editor for J. Chin. Chem. Soc.(Taipei) and a member of the Editorial Board
for Scientific Reports (Nature publisher), Journal of Analytical and Bioanalytical
Techniques (Gavin Publishers), and Journal of Modern Chemical Sciences (Herald
Scholarly Open Access). He has published more than 201 peer-reviewed papers and
edited one book on reaction dynamics and chemical kinetics.
Chapter 8
Atsushi Nakajima received BSc, MSc, and DrSc degrees from the University
of Tokyo, supervised by Profs. Kozo Kuchitsu and Tamotsu Kondow in 1984,