Ching-Hwa Kiang Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy Department of Physics & Astronomy 6100 Main Street - MS 61 Rice University Houston, TX 77005-1892 Office: Herzstein Room 107 (713) 348-4130 (713) 348-4150 chkiang@rice.edu group webpage: www.chkiang.rice.edu

Education
B.S., National Taiwan University
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Awards and Honors
The Best of Small Tech Researcher of the Year award (2007) Link to press release (2007 Best of Small Tech Award Researcher of the Year)
Student Thesis Fellowship, IBM Corporation (1992-1995)
Cram Teacher-Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles (1996-1999)

Press Releases
(APS March 2007 newsletter Mapping Protein Folding)
(Science News Pulling Strings: Stretching proteins can reveal how they fold)
(Rice News & Media Relations press release Protein pulling: Learning how proteins fold by pulling them apart)
(PhysicsWorld Microscope unravels the intricacies of protein folding)
The Best of Small Tech Researcher of the Year award (2007 Best of Small Tech Award Researcher of the Year)

Publications
Recent Invited Talks
Recent Presentations
Book Chapters
U.S. Patents
Interview on ``Molecular Nanotechnology'' for BBC Radio 4 (London) program ``News: Leading Edge.''
CV

Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy of Biomolecules

Our research focuses on understanding the interactions of biological molecules. We use atomic force microscopy to study the forces between and within single biological molecules. The development of single-molecule techniques to studying molecular properties at the molecular level has expanded our understanding on the details of how biology and medicine function at the microscopic level. We are studying proteins and DNA mechanics as well as developing new nanomanipulation techniques to study the properties of single-molecules.

Congratulations! Nolan C. Harris won Chuoke Award.

Graduate research assistantship positions available