Aston Labs

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Conference Presentations

Research Interests

• Single Virus, Cell and Nano-Metal particle Mass Measurement
• Electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry
• Charge Transfer of Multiple Charged Ions
• Theory of  Quadrupole Ion (Paul) Trap and Cylindrical Ion trap

Education

• 2007- Postdoctor, Purdue University, USA
• 2005- 2007 Postdoctor, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica, Taibei, Taiwan
• 2004 - 2005 Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, China
• 2004  Visiting Scholar, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Sinica, Taibei, Taiwan.
• 1998 - 2003 Ph.D. Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.

Honors and Awards

• The paper, which was published on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45, 8131-8134 (2006), was elected as one of the "Hot Papers" by the editors of Angewandte Chemie International Edition and appeared on the journal website on November 17, 2006. Moreover, a press release entitled "Weighty viruses" was issude by the journal on December 5, 2006, to highlight this research result. The press release was later picked up by United Press International on December 5, 2006 and concurrently published on Medical News Today on December 7, 2006. Thie work was also reported as a Science & Technology Concentrate with the title "Individual virus weighed precisely" in Chemical & Engineering News 84, 31 (2006) on December 11, 2006

Publications (outside the group)

• Z.X. Nie, F.P. Cui, M.L. Chu, C.-H. Chen, and H.-C. Chang, Calibration of a frequency-scan quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer for microparticle mass analysis, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 270, 8 (2008).
• Z.X. Nie, F.P. Cui, Y.-K. Tzeng, H.-C. Chang, M.L. Chu, H.-C. Lin, C.-H. Chen, H.-H. Lin, and Alice L. Yu, High-speed mass analysis of whole erythrocytes by charge-detection quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry, Anal. Chem. 79, 7401 (2007).
• Z.X. Nie, Y.-K. Tzeng, H.-C. Chang, C.-C. Chiu, C.-Y. Chang, C.-M. Chang and M.-H. Tao, Microscopy-based mass spectrometry of single whole virus in a cylindrical ion trap, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45, 8131 (2006).
• W.-P.Peng, Y.-C.Yang, M.-W.Kang, Y.-K.Tzeng, Z.X. Nie, H.-C.Chang, W.Chang, and C.-H.Chen, Laser-induced acoustic desorption mass spectrometry of single bioparticles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45, 1423 (2006).
• Z. X. Nie, C.-W. Lin, W.-P. Peng, Y. T. Lee, and H.-C. Chang, Frequency scan of a quadrupole mass analyzer in the third stability region for protein analysis, J. Chin. Chem. Soc. (Taipei) 53, 47 (2006).
• Zongxiu Nie, Li Jiao-mei, Jiang Yu-rong, Zhu Yan-wu, Guan Hua, Shu Hua-lin, Shao Hui-li, and Gao Ke-lin, Character of Store and Reaction of Ground Multiply Charged Fen+(n=1-3) Ions in a Paul Trap, ACTA PHYS SIN-CH ED 53 (4): 1034(2004).
• Kelin Gao, Zongxiu Nie, Yurong Jiang, and Jiaomei Li, Measurement of charge transfer rate of Fe³⁺ ion coefficients with H₂, N₂ at electron-volt energy, Phys. Rev. A67, 022702 (2003).
• Yurong Jiang, Zongxiu Nie, Jiaomei Li, and Kelin Gao, Production and Storage Property of Ground Multiply-charged Ions of Sc³⁺ and Ti³⁺ in RF Ion Trap, CHINESE JOURNAL OF LASERS 29, 2 (2002).
• Zongxiu Nie, Mang Feng, Jiaomei Li, Lei Shi, Xiwen Zhu, and Kelin Gao, Effect of the double frequency of trap field in a Paul trap, Commu. Theor. Phys. 15, 593 (2001).
• Yurong Jiang, Zongxiu Nie, Jiaomei Li, and Kelin Gao, Charge transfer of Sc³⁺ with N₂ and H₂ at electron-volt Energy, Chin. Phys. Lett. 18, 528 (2001).