Shirley Chiang
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Shirley Chiang is an American microscopist focused on the high-resolution imaging of surfaces, including the use of scanning tunneling microscopy and low-energy electron microscopy,[1] and known for capturing the first image showing the ring structure of benzene molecules.[2][3] She is a professor at the University of California, Davis, in the Department of Physics and Astronomy,[1] and editor-in-chief of the MDPI journal Nanomaterials.[4]
Chiang graduated from Harvard University in 1976, and earned her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1983. She became a researcher for IBM Research in their Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California from 1983 until 1994.[1] It was at IBM, in 1988, that she captured the first image of individual benzene molecules, using a scanning tunneling microscope to view benzene attached in a single-molecule-thick layer to a rhodium crystal.[2][5]
In 1994, she took her present position at the University of California, Davis. She was department chair from 2003 to 2008,[1] and has also served as a faculty assistant to the vice provost for academic affairs.[6]
