Yi-De Chuang (莊怡德) 1 Cyclotron Rd. Phone: (510)495-2328 Mail Stop 6-2100 Fax: Berkeley, CA 94720 E-mail: ychuang@lbl.gov (510)486-6651 CAREER OBJECTIVE Use synchrotron-based spectroscopic tools, such as angle-resolved photoemission, x-ray absorption and emission (XAS/XES) and resonant elastic and inelastic x-ray scattering (RSXS/RIXS), to study complex systems, such as strongly correlated electrons and heavy fermionic systems, to understand how the interactions between different electronic degrees of freedom can manifest emergence material properties. EDUCATION 08/96-12/01 PhD in Physics University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Thesis advisor: Prof. Daniel S. Dessau 08/90-06/94 BS in Physics National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 11/06 - Title: Physicist Scientist Scientific Support Group (SSG), Advanced Light Source (ALS), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Supervisor: Dr. Zahid Hussain Beamline Scientist of Beamline 4.0.3 (meV-resolution beamline, or MERLIN) Ongoing Research Projects: Static and dynamic resonant elastic soft x-ray scattering spectroscopy (RSXS) on strongly correlated materials to study the electronic ordering phenomena in charge, spin, lattice and orbital degrees of freedom. Ultra-high energy resolution resonant inelastic x-ray scattering Spectroscopy (MERIXS) at sort X-ray/deep UV regime to study elementary excitations of strongly correlated materials. Ongoing Instrument Projects: Upgrade of the MERLIN beamline. Support for the MERIXS users’ operation. Upgrade and support for the RSXS operations at the ALS (beamline 8.0) and LCLS (SXR and XPP). Design and development of the x-ray spectrograph and endstation for SISGR project (time- and momentum-resolved RIXS, or tr-qRIXS). Past Instrument Projects: Construction and commissioning of the MERLIN beamline. 01/02-02/06 Design and construction of the experimental endstation for ultra-high resolution resonant inelastic x-ray scattering spectrometer (MERIXS). Design and construction of a roll-up endstation for LCLS soft X-ray (SXR) beamline (RSXS endstation) for time-resolved experiments. Design of the refocus mirrors for LCLS beamline (AMO). Title: Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher Scientific Support Group, Advanced Light Source (ALS), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Supervisor: Dr. Zahid Hussain Instrument Projects: Construction and commissioning of a variable-line-spacing (VLS) soft X-ray emission spectrograph (150~1200eV, L edge). Construction and commissioning of the momentum-resolved RIXS endstation to study the strongly correlated systems. Commissioning of a ultra-high resolution (resolving power greater than 10,000) deep UV emission spectrograph (30~100eV, transition metal M edge). In charge of the optical design and performance evaluation of meV resolution beamline (MERLIN beamline, funded by DOE BES) at the ALS. Design, construction and commissioning of a Resonant X-ray scattering (RXS) endstation to study ordering phenomena in charge, spin, lattice and orbital channels in complex systems. Research Projects: 12/96-12/01 ARPES studies on CMR manganese oxides (bilayer manganites). This work is in collaboration with Prof. Daniel S. Dessau at University of Colorado, Boulder. ARPES studies on layered superconducting cobaltates and strongly correlated 4f electron systems. This work is in collaboration with Dr. M. Zahid Hasan at Princeton University. Ultra-high resolution Resonant Inelastic soft X-ray scattering (RIXS) studies on layer manganites to study correlation effects on CMR phenomena. Resonant Inelastic hard X-ray scattering (RIXS) studies on superconducting copper oxides (cuprates) and low (quasi-zero and one) dimensional cuprates. This work is under the collaboration with Dr. M. Zahid Hasan at Princeton University to study evolution of Mott gap upon doping and dimensionality. Title: Research Assistant Condensed Matter Laboratory (CML), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Advisor: Professor Daniel S. Dessau Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies on cuprates and manganites. 08/96-12/96 Title: Teaching Assistant 08/99-05/00 Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO AWARD 09/12 – 09/14 co-PI, Work for Others Agreement No. WFO09409 between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), Taiwan. “High throughput and high resolution grating spectrometer and in-situ reaction cells for soft X-ray spectroscopy experiments”. 09/12 – 09/13 co-PI, FWP ASLAC2, “Time-Resolved Soft X-ray Materials Science at the LCLS and the ALS”, Office of Basic Energy Science, Department of Energy. 09/12 – 09/13 PI, Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program Award, title “Studying the emergence of electronic correlations with time- and momentum-resolved RIXS”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 09/12 – 09/13 co-PI, Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program Award, title “Magnetic field induced and transient quantum phases of correlated materials”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 10/2011 Klaus Halbach award for innovation instrumentation at the ALS, “Time-resolved and conventional soft X-ray scattering (RSXS) spectroscopy for both fundamental and practical material research”. 09/10 – 09/12 co-PI, Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program Award, title “Soft X-ray Spectroscopy of Lithium and Conductive Polymers for Li-Ion Batteries”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 09/09 – 09/11 co-PI, Single Investigator and Small Research Group research proposal (SISGR), title “Time-Resolved Soft X-ray Materials Science at the Linac Coherent Light Source and the Advanced Light Source”, Office of Basic Energy Science, Department of Energy. 09/09 – 09/10 co-PI, Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program Award (LDRD, LB08001), title “Optimization of flux pinning in type II superconductor based magnet for soft x-ray scattering applications”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 07/03 - Project scientist for “Inelastic X-ray Scattering and Ultra-High resolution Photoemission Studies with a New meV-Resolution Beamline at the ALS”, Grant from Office of Energy Research (OER), Department of Energy. Program Notice 03-03 - Enhanced Research Capability at DOE X-ray and Neutron Facility. DOE contract number DE-AC0205CH11231. 08/96-05/08 University Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. 08/96-08/97 Department Assistantship, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. 05/91-05/92 Paul Ching-Wu Chu Material Science Research Scholarship, China Technical Consulting Inc. (CTCI) Foundation. PUBLICATIONS 1. R.I. Tobey, S. Wall, M. Forst, H. Bromberger, V. Khanna, J.J. Turner, W. Schlotter, M. Trigo, O. Krupin, W.S. Lee, Yi-De Chuang, R. Moore, A.L. Cavalieri, S.B. Wilkins, H. Zheng, J.F. Mitchell, S.S. Dhesi, A. Cavalleri, J. Hill, “Evolution of three-dimensional correlations during the photoinduced melting of antiferromagnetic order in La1.5Sr0.5MnO4”, Physical Review B 86, 064425 (2012). 2. M.A. Hossain, M. H. Burkhardt, S. Sarkar, H. Ohldag, Yi-De Chuang, A. Scholl, A.T. Young, A. Doran, D.S. Dessau, H. Zheng, J.F. Mitchell, H.A. Durr and J. Stohr, “Interplay between intrinsic and stacking fault magnetic domains in bi-layer manganites”, Applied Physics Letters 101, 132402 (2012). 3. Xiaosong Liu, Jun Liu, Ruimin Qiao, Yan Yu, Hong Li, Liumin Suo, Yong-sheng Hu, Yi-De Chuang, Guojiun Shu, Fangcheng Chou, Tsu-Chien Weng, Dennis Nordlund, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Yung Jui Wang, Hsin Lin, Bernardo Barbiellini, Arun Bansil, Xiangyun Song, Zhi Liu, Shishen Yan, Gao Liu, Shan Qiao, Thomas J. Richardson, David Prendergast, Zahid Hussain, Frank M. F. de Groot, and Wanli Yang, “Phase Transformation and Lithiation Effect on the Electronic Structure of LixFePO4: An In-Depth Study by Soft X-Ray and Simulation”, Journal of American Chemical Society 134, 13708 (2012). 4. Yi-De Chuang, L.A. Wray, J.D. Denlinger and Z. Hussain, “Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectroscopy at MERLIN beamline at the Advanced Light Source”, Synchrotron Radiation News 25, issue 4, 23-28 (2012). 5. M. A. Hossain, B. Bohnenbuck, Yi-De Chuang, M. W. Haverkort, I. S. Elfimov, A. Tanaka, A. G. Cruz Gonzalez, Z. Hu, H.-J. Lin, C. T. Chen, R. Mathieu, Y. Tokura, Y. Yoshida, L. H. Tjeng, Z. Hussain, B. Keimer, G. A. Sawatzky, and A. Damascelli, “Mott versus Slater type metal-insulator transition in Mn doped Sr3Ru2O7”, Physical Review B 86, 041102 (2012). 6. W. S. Lee, Yi-De Chuang, R. G. Moore, Y. Zhu, L. Patthey, M. Trigo, D. H. Lu, P. S. Kirchmann, , O. Krupin, M. Yi, M. Langner, N. Huse, J. S. Robinson, Y. Chen, S. Y. Zhou, G. Coslovich, B. Huber, D. A. Reis, R. A. Kaindl, R. W. Schoenlein, D. Doering, P. Denes, W. F. Schlotter, J. J. Turner, S. L. Johnson, M. Först, T. Sasagawa, Y. F. Kung, A. P. Sorini, A. F. Kemper, B. Moritz, T. P. Devereaux, D.-H. Lee, Z. X. Shen and Z. Hussain, “Phase Fluctuations and the Absence of Topological Defects in Photo-excited Charge Ordered Nickelate”, Nature Communications 3, 838 (2012). 7. W.S. Lee, A.P. Sorini, M. Yi, Yi-De Chuang, B. Moritz, W.L. Yang, J-H. Chu, H.H. Juo, A.G. Cruz, I.R. Fisher, Z. Hussain, T.P. Devereaux and Z.X. Shen, “Resonant Enhancement of Charge Density Wave Diffraction in the Rare-Earth Tritellurides”, Physical Review B 85, 155142 (2012). 8. M.H. Burkhardt, M.A. Hossain, S. Sarkar, Yi-De Chuang, A.G. Cruz Gonzalez, A. Doran, A. Scholl, A.T. Young, N. Tahir, Y.J. Choi, S.-W. Cheong, H.A. Durr and J. Stohr, “Imaging the First Order Magnetic Transition in La0.35Pr0.275Ca0.375MnO3”, Physical Review Letters 108, 237202 (2012). 9. M. Beye, O. Krupin, G. Hays, A.H. Reid, D. Rupp, S. de Jong, S. Lee, W.S. Lee, Yi-De Chuang, R. Coffee, J.P. Cryan, J.M. Glownia, A. Fohlisch, M.R. Holmes, A.R. Fry, W.E. White, C. Bostedt, A.O. Scherz, H.A. Durr and W.F. Schlotter, “X-Ray Pulse Preserving Single-Shot Optical CrossCorrelation Method for Improved Experimental Temporal Resolution”, Applied Physics Letters 100, 121108 (2012). 10. S. L. Johnson, R. A. de Souza, U. Staub, P. Beaud, E. Mohr-Vorobeva, G. Ingold, A. Caviezel, V. Scagnoli, W. F. Schlotter, J. J. Turner, O. Krupin, W.-S. Lee, Yi-De Chuang, L. Patthey, R. G. Moore, D. Lu, M. Yi,P. S. Kirchmann, M. Trigo, P. Denes, D. Doering, Z. Hussain, Z.-X. Shen, D. Prabhakaran and A. T. Boothroyd, “Femtosecond Dynamics of the Collinear-to-Spiral Antiferromagnetic Phase Transition in CuO”, Physical Review Letters 108, 037203 (2012). 11. M. Forst, R. I. Tobey, S. Wall, H. Bromberger, V. Khanna, A. L. Cavalieri, Yi-De Chuang, W. S. Lee, R. Moore, W. F. Schlotter, J. J. Turner, O. Krupin, M. Trigo, H. Zheng, J. F. Mitchell, S. S. Dhesi, J. P. Hill, and A. Cavalleri, “Driving magnetic order in a manganite by ultrafast lattice excitation”, Physical Review B 84, 241104(R) (2011). 12. C. Jozwiak, Y. L. Chen, A. V. Fedorov, J. G. Analytis, C. R. Rotundu, A. K. Schmid, J. D. Denlinger, Yi-De Chuang, D.-H. Lee, I. R. Fisher, R. J. Birgeneau, Z.-X. Shen, Z. Hussain and A. Lanzara, “Widespread spin polarization effects in photoemission from topological insulators”, Physical Review B 84, 165113 (2011). 13. D. Doering, Yi-De Chuang, N. Andresen, K. Chow, D. Contarato, C. Cummings, E. Domning, J. Joseph, J.S. Pepper, B. Smith, G. Zizka, C. Ford, W.S. Lee, M. Weaver, L. Patthey, J. Weizeowick, Z. Hussain and P. Denes, “Development of a compact fast CCD camera and resonant soft x-ray scattering endstation for time-resolved pump-probe experiments”, Review of Scientific Instruments 82, 073303 (2011). 14. S.Y. Zhou, Y. Zhu, M.C. Langner, Yi-De Chuang, P. Yu, W.L. Yang, A.G. Cruz Gonzalez, N. Tahir, M. Rini, Y.-H. Chu, R. Ramesh, D.-H. Lee, Y. Tomioka, Y. Tokura, Z. Hussain, R.W. Schoenlein, “Ferromagnetic enhancement of CE-type spin ordering in (Pr,Ca)MnO3”, Physical Review Letters 106, 186404 (2011). 15. O. Fuchs, L. Weinhardt, M. Blum, M. Weigand, E. Umbach, M. Bar, C. Heske, J. Denlinger, Yi-De Chuang, W. Mckinney, Z. Hussain, E. Gullikson, M. Jones, P. Batson, B. Nelles and R. Follath, “High resolution high transmission soft X-ray spectrometer for the study of biological samples”, Review of Scientific Instruments 80, 063103 (2009). 16. N. Kelez, Yi-De Chuang, A. Smith-Baumann, K. Franck, R. Duarte, A. Lanzara, M.Z. Hasan, D.S. Dessau, T.C. Chiang, Z.X. Shen, Z. Hussain, “Design of an elliptically bent refocus mirror for the MERLIN beamline at the advanced light source”, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A – Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment 582, 135 (2007). 17. Z. Sun, J.F. Douglas, A.V. Federov, Yi-De Chuang, H. Zheng, J.F. Mitchell, D.S. Dessau, “A Local Metallic State in Globally Insulating La1.24Sr1.76Mn2O7 Well Above the Metal-Insulator Transition”, Nature Physics 3, 248 (2007). 18. R. Reninger, J. Bozek, Yi-De Chuang, M. Howells, N. Kelez, S. Prestemon, S. Marks, T. Warwick, C. Jozwiak, A. Lanzara, M.Z. Hasan and Z. Hussain, “MERLIN-a meV-Resolution Beamline at the ALS”, AIP Conference Proceedings 879, 509 (2006). 19. Z. Sun, Yi-De Chuang, A.V. Federov, J.D. Douglas, D. Reznik, F. Weber, N. Aliouane, D.N. Argyriou, H. Zheng, J.F. Mitchell, T. Kimura. Y. Tokura, A. Revcolevshi and D.S. Dessau, “Quasiparticle like Peaks, Kinks and Electron-Phonon Coupling at the (,0) Regions in the CMR Oxides La2-2xSr1+2xMn2O7”, Physical Review Letters 97, 056401 (2006). 20. D. Qian, D. Hsieh, L. Wray, Yi-De Chuang, A.V. Federov, D. Wu, J.L. Luo, N.L. Wang, L. Viciu, R.J. Cava and M.Z. Hasan, “Low Lying Quasiparticle States and Hidden Collective Charge Instabilities”, Physical Review Letters 96, 216405 (2006). 21. A. Kouprin, M.Z. Hasan, Yi-De Chuang, Z. Hussain, D. Qian, M. Foo and R.J. Cava, “AngleResolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES) of Na0.7CoO2”, International Journal of Modern Physics B 19, 345 (2005). 22. Yi-De Chuang, J. Pepper, W. Mckinney, Z. Hussain, E. Gullikson, P. Batson, D. Qian and M.Z. Hasan, “High-Resolution Soft X-ray Emission Spectrograph at the Advanced Light Source”, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 66, 2173 (2005). 23. D. Qian, YinWan Li, M.Z. Hasan, D.M. Casa, T. Gog, Yi-De Chuang, K. Tsutsui, T. Tohyama, S. Maekawa, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, “Dispersion Relation of Charge Gap Excitations in Quasi 1D Mott Insulators Studied by Resonant X-Ray Scattering”, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 66, 2212 (2005). 24. M.Z. Hasan, Yi-De Chuang, D. Qian, Y.W. Li, Y. Kong, A.P. Kuprin, A.V. Fedorov, R. Kimmerling, E. Rotenberg, K. Rossnagel, Z. Hussain, H. Koh, N.S. Rogado, M.L. Foo, R. J. Cava, “Fermi Surface and Quasiparticle Dynamics of NaxCoO2 (x=0.7) Investigated by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy”, Physical Review Letters 92, 246402 (2004). 25. Yi-De Chuang, A.D. Gromko, A.V. Fedorov, Y. Aiura, K. Oka, Y. Ando, M. Lindroos, R.S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil, D.S. Dessau, “Bilayer Splitting and Coherence Effects in Optimal and Underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8”, Physical Review B 69, 094515 (2004). 26. A.D. Gromko, A.V. Fedorov, Yi-De Chuang, J.D. Koralek, Y. Aiura, Y. Yamaguchi, K. Oka, Yoichi Ando, D.S. Dessau, “Mass Renormalized Electronic Excitations at (,0) in the Superconducting State of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+”, Physical Review B 68, 174520 (2003). 27. M.Z. Hasan, Yi-De Chuang, Y. Li, P.A. Montano , Z. Hussain, G. Dhalenne, A. Revcolevschi, H. Eisaki, N. Motoyama, “Correlated Charge Excitations in Low-Dimensional Mott Insulators”, International Journal of Modern Physics B 17, 3519 (2003). 28. M. Z. Hasan, Y. Li, Yi-De Chuang, P.A. Montano, Z. Hussain, H. Eisaki, N. Motoyama, S. Uchida, “Particle-Hole Pair Excitations in a Quasi-Zero-Dimensional Mott Insulator”, International Journal of Modern Physics B 17, 3513 (2003). 29. M.Z. Hasan, Yi-De Chuang, Y. Li, P.A. Montano , M. Beno, Z. Hussain, H. Eisaki, S.I. Uchida, T. Gog, D.M. Casa, “Direct Spectroscopic Evidence of Holons in Quantum Antiferromagnetic Spin 1/2 Chain”, International Journal of Modern Physics B 17, 3479 (2003). 30. A.D. Gromko, Yi-De Chuang, A.V. Fedorov, Y. Aiura, Y. Yamaguchi, K. Oka, Yoichi Ando, D.S. Dessau, “ARPES Studies of c-Axis Intracell Coupling in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+”, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 63, 2299 (2002). 31. Yi-De Chuang, A.D. Gromko, A.V. Fedorov, Y. Aiura, K. Oka, Yoichi Ando, H. Eisaki, S.I. Uchida, D.S. Dessau, “Doubling of the Bands in Overdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+: Evidence for c-Axis Bilayer Coupling”, Physical Review Letters 87, 117002 (2001). 32. D.S. Dessau, Yi-De Chuang, A.D. Gromko, T. Saitoh, T. Kimura, Y. Tokura, “Electronic Structure of CMR Oxides: High Resolution Electron-Spectroscopic Studies and a Pseudogap”, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 117-118, 265-276 (2001). 33. Yi-De Chuang, A.D. Gromko, D.S. Dessau, T. Kimura, Y. Tokura, “Fermi Surface Nesting and Nanoscale Fluctuating Charge/Orbital Ordering in Colossal Magnetoresistive Oxides”, Science 292, 1509-1513 (2001). 34. Yi-De Chuang, A.D. Gromko, D.S. Dessau, K. Nakamura, Yoichi Ando, “Fermi Surface Topology of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ at h=33eV”, Physica C 341-348, 2079-2082 (2000). 35. D.P. Moore, J.J. Joyce, A.J. Arko, J.L. Sarrao, L. Morales, H. Hochst, Yi-De Chuang, “Bulk Electronic Structure of YbInCu4 From Photoemission: A Unique Test of the Single Impurity Model”, Physical Review B 62, 16492 (2000). 36. D.S. Dessau, Yi-De Chuang, A.D. Gromko, Y. Aiura, Y. Yamaguchi, K. Oka, A.J. Arko, J. Joyce, H. Eisaki, S.I. Uchida, K. Nakamura, Y. Ando, “A Reexamination of the Electronic Structure and Fermi Surface of BSCCO”, International Journal of Modern Physics B 13, 3597-3600 (1999). 37. Yi-De Chuang, A.D. Gromko, D.S. Dessau, Y. Aiura, Y. Yamaguchi, K. Oka, A. J. Arko, J. Joyce, H. Eisaki, S.I. Uchida, K. Nakamura, Y. Ando, “Reexamination of the Electronic Structure of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ and Bi2Sr2CuO6+: Electron-like Portions of the Fermi Surface and Depletion of Spectral Weight Near M”, Physical Review Letters 83, 3717-3720 (1999). BOOK CHAPTER Yi-De Chuang, D.S. Dessau, “The Electronic Structure, Fermi Surface and Pseudogap in Manganites”, invited chapter in Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites edited by Tapan Chatterji, Chapter 3, p. 93-129, Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (2004). PRESENTATIONS 1. August 2012 – Invited talk, SPIE conference 8504, San Diego, CA, “Resonant soft X-ray scattering endstation for time-resolved pump-probe experiments at the LCLS”. 2. June 2012 – Invited talk, Center of Condensed Matter Science (CCMS), National Taiwan University, Taiwan, “Resonant soft X-Ray scattering studies (RSXS) on the electronic orderings in correlated materials”. 3. May 2012 – Invited talk, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), Taiwan, “MERLIN beamline and high-resolution resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) spectroscopy revealing magnetic excitations associated with breaking the 1D spin ½ chain”. 4. May 2011 – Invited talk, SMF workshop, Brooke Haven National Laboratory, “Current status of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectroscopy (RIXS) and the need for nano-RIXS”. 5. April 2011 – Presentation, UDSCS workshop, Zurich, “Resonant soft X-ray scattering system for LCLS experiments and temporal structures in the laser induced transient state of the nickelate”. 6. October 2010 – Invited talk, ALS Users’ Meeting, Berkeley, CA, “Applications of cFCCD: Resonant soft X-ray scattering spectroscopy (RSXS) at the LCLS”. 7. October 2010 – Presentation, LCLS Users’ Meeting - SXR workshop, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, “Resonant soft X-ray scattering endstation (RSXS) for LCLS experiments”. 8. October 2009 – Invited talk, LCLS Users’ Meeting, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, “Resonant elastic/inelastic X-ray scattering experiments at the LCLS”. 9. October 2009 – Presentation, ALS Users’ Meeting, Berkeley, CA, “Why new detectors? Demand from strongly correlated electronic spectroscopy”. 10. October 2006 – Invited Talk, ALS Users’ Meeting, Berkeley, CA. “Resonant X-ray scattering studies on manganite (La,Sr)3Mn2O7 system”. 11. May 2006 – Oral presentation. The ninth International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI-2006), Dague, South Korea. “High resolution emission spectrograph at Advanced Light Source”. 12. October 2004 – Invited Talk, ALS Users’ Meeting, Berkeley, CA. “Resonant X-ray scattering studies on layered manganites”. 13. October 2003 – Invited Talk, ALS Users’ Meeting, Berkeley, CA. “meV resolution beamline design”. 14. March 2003 – Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Austin, TX. “Bilayer splitting and coherence effects in optimal and underdoped Bi2212”. 15. March 2002 – Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN. “Indication of strong electron-phonon coupling in the metallic state in manganites”. 16. October 2001 – Invited Talk. ALS Users’ Meeting, Berkeley, CA. “Observation of non-vanishing interlayer coupling in bilayer cuprate: Bi2212.” 17. August 2001 – The International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES), Ann Arbor, MI. “High resolution ARPES investigations of BSCCO-Fermi surfaces, bilayer splitting and the anomalous spectral lineshape.” 18. August 2001 – The International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES), Ann Arbor, MI. “Nest Fermi surface segments, a pseudogap and nanoscale fluctuating charge/orbital ordering in colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) oxides.” 19. March 2001 – Invited Talk, Colossal Magnetoresistive Oxide symposium, Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Seattle, WA. “E vs k and Fermi surface of CMRs and relation to charge/orbital ordering.” 20. August 2000 – Eighth International Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy and Structure (ICESS), Berkeley, CA. “New angle resolved photoemission data on Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ and Bi2Sr2CuO6+.” 21. August 2000 – Eighth International Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy and Structure (ICESS), Berkeley, CA. “High resolution ARPES study of the electronic structure of CMR oxides.” 22. March 2000 – Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Minneapolis, MN. “Fermi surface topology of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System.” 23. February 2000 – Sixth International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity and High Temperature Superconductors, Houston, TX. “A Reexamination of the electronic structure of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O: an electron-like Fermi surface and absence of flat band at EF.” 24. March 1999 – Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA. “New findings in the electronic structure of Bi2212.”