XXXX, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, XXXXX
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. SUMMARY
MY RESEARCH ON XXXX IS OF THE NATIONAL INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES.
· Improving Economy
· Improving Healthcare
· Improving National Security
MY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND ABILITIES HAVE SET ME APART FROM OTHER HIGHLY QUALIFIED RESEARCHERS AND MY CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE ELEVATED ME ABOVE THE MAJORITY OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE FIELD.
· My Advanced Degrees
· My Academic and Research Experience
· My Contributions
IV. MY WORK HAS RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE FIELD BECAUSE MY RESEARCH RESULTS HAVE ENJOYED WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION BY THE EXPERTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
· My Publications
· My Memberships in Professional Associations
V. CONCLUSION
I. SUMMARY XXXtechnology comprises any technological developments on the XXXXmeter scale, usually 1 to 100 nm. (One XXXXmeter equals one billionth of a meter.) The research and development of XXXXscale science and technology could lead to breakthroughs in areas such as materials and manufacturing, XXXXscience, healthcare, environment and energy, biotechnology and agriculture, computation and information technology, and national security. The impact of XXXtechnology on the health, wealth, and lives of people could be at least as significant as the combined influences of microelectronics, medical imaging, computer-aided engineering, and man-made polymers developed in this century. Therefore, the research on the sensory nXXXscience and technology is of strategic importance to the national economy as well as the human life of everyone.
My current research in XXX, a world-renowned university, has been focusing on XXXXscale modeling and simulation of silicon XXXXstructures and carbon XXXXtubes, a very important research field of XXXscience and technology. My unique experience and abilities have set me apart from other researchers in this field. I graduated from the best university of XXX ****** University and ranked top 2% in my college. During my Ph.D. and postdoctoral period in ****** University, I have made a number of novel discoveries in XXXscience and technology research, which have both academic and industrial significance. My research has led to more than ten high quality publications. My publications are widely recognized and cited by the researchers in my field from all over the world. I have also been invited to review manuscripts for the prestigious journal in my research field and an active member of ***, AAAS and MRS.
Through my publications and presentations, my research has brought a significant impact on XXXXscience and technology community. I believe that my continuing research will further contribute to this emerging field and thus benefit the national interest. The following statement provides detailed descriptions of my experience, accomplishments and impact in my research field.
II. MY RESEARCH ON XXX SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IS OF THE NATIONAL INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES. Technology is the major driving factor for growth at every level of the U.S. economy. XXXXtechnology is pervasive in its applications across nearly all technologies. So far, XXXXtechnology has been recognized to make great impact in a wide range of fields: materials and manufacturing, XXXXscience and computer technology, medicine and health, aeronautics and space exploration, environment and energy, biotechnology and agriculture, and national security. Therefore, the research on XXXXscience and technology is necessary to maintain and improve the position of US in the world marketplace and it is of national interest of the United States.
The research on silicon materials is very extensive due to the critical role of silicon in electronics industry. However, as the size of silicon-based device becomes smaller and smaller and approaches XXXXmeter regime, the properties of XXXXscale materials and devices are far from clear yet. The research of XXXXscale materials and devices based on silicon and carbon, which is my current research topic, aims to improve the fundamental understanding as well as practical applications of this class of novel materials. This research has a great impact on the whole nation in the following three major aspects:
1. Improving Economy
The technology innovation is the key for US to maintain leadership in the world economy. The XXXXtechnology leads to great technology innovation in a variety of industries: such as electronics industry, manufacturing industry, chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Therefore, XXXXtechnology can significantly change a large cross-section of the economy in the next decades in industrialized countries. ******* include extension of Moore’s law behind microelectronics, biologically based devices and biomimetics, new functional materials (constructive, catalysts, pharmaceuticals, etc.), and portable electronic devices. The research of XXXXscience and technology will decide whether US can still lead the world economy in the next few decades.
2. Improving Healthcare
Living systems are governed by molecular behavior at XXXXmeter scale. The molecular building blocks of life—proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, carbohydrates and their non-biological mimics—are examples of materials that possess unique properties determined by their size, folding, and patterns at the XXXXscale. XXXtechnology can radically change the study of basic biological mechanisms, as well as to significantly improve the prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and adverse medical conditions. The key to this is that XXXXtechnology operates at the same scale as biological processes, offering an entirely unique vantage point from which to view and manipulate fundamental biological pathways and processes. Most other technologies require the study of large numbers of molecules purified away from the cells and tissues in which they usually function; XXXtechnology offers ways to study how individual molecules work inside of cells. Therefore, XXXscience and technology will significantly improve our ability to deal with all kinds of diseases.
3. Improving National Security
XXXtechnology also plays an important role in the US national security. For example, The Department of Defense recognized the importance of XXXXstructures over a decade ago and has played a significant role in nurturing the field. Critical defense applications include (a) continued information dominance through advanced XXXXscience, identified as an important capability for the military; (b) more sophisticated virtual reality systems based on XXXXstructured electronics that enable more affordable, effective training; (c) increased use of enhanced automation and robotics to offset reductions in military manpower, reduce risks to troops, and improve vehicle performance; for example, several thousand pounds could be stripped from a pilotless fighter aircraft, resulting in longer missions, and fighter agility could be dramatically improved without the necessity to limit g-forces on the pilot, thus increasing combat effectiveness; (d) achievement of the higher performance (lighter weight, higher strength) needed in military platforms while simultaneously providing diminished failure rates and lower life-cycle costs; (e) badly needed improvements in chemical/biological/nuclear sensing and in casualty care; (f) design improvements of systems used for nuclear non-proliferation monitoring and management; and (g) combined XXXX and micromechanical devices for control of nuclear defense systems. III. MY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND ABILITIES HAVE SET ME APART FROM OTHER HIGHLY QUALIFIED RESEARCHERS AND MY CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE ELEVATED ME ABOVE THE MAJORITY OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE FIELD.
My Advanced Degrees
I obtained my Ph.D. in Chemistry, Master of Philosophy, Master of Arts degrees from ****** University in August 20XX, February 20XX and October 20XX, respectively. I got my B.S. degree in Chemistry from ****** University in 19XX.
My Academic and Research Experiences
As a Undergraduate Student in Department of Chemistry, ****** University
Excellent academic record
In ****, I attended the National Chemistry Olympiad of China after several rounds of strict selection. I won the First Prize among all the competitors from all over the XXX country after intense experimental and theoretical competitions. Due to my demonstrated talent in chemistry, I was admitted to ****** University with precedence and scholarship, exempt from the National College Entrance Examination. ****** University is the best university in XXX, equivalent to ****** University in the U.S. During four years’ study, I was one of the top 2% students among more than 170 students in the College of Chemistry at ****** University, the best chemistry program and best university in China. I was elected as student representative of my class for 2 years and I received awards every year because of my excellent academic performance and extraordinary research ability. I was also the recipient of one of most prestigious university-wide honors ******* Scholarship, sponsored by *******.
Demonstrated exceptional research abilities
In ****, I joined Center for XXXscale Science and Technology of ***** University to work on a project about fabrication and electrochemical behavior of gold XXXparticle electrode. XXXparticle electrode has wide applications in biomedical field, such as disease diagnosis and bio-compatible sensor. I played a leading role in this project. I successfully fabricated the XXXparticle electrode by the microcontact printing technique which need very high-level experimental skill. For the first time, I detected the special electrochemical characteristics of microelectrode from the electrode made by this way. This beautiful novel research on XXXXparticle electrode was published at the prestigious American XXX Society journal *****, which is very rare for an undergraduate student. I was also invited to present this work at the *********(XXX,XXX, ****. 1-4, 19**), an international scientific conference attracted more than 1000 researchers from Asia, North America and Europe. My research of gold XXXXparticle electrode opened a new way to fabricate microelectrode and enriched the electrochemistry of XXXXparticle electrode, which received worldwide recognition. The great success of this project demonstrated my exceptional research abilities as an outstanding scientist.
o As a Ph.D. student and postdoctoral research scientist in Department of Chemistry, ****** University
The objective and significance
In 19**, due to my excellent academic performance and demonstrated exceptional research abilities, I was admitted as a Ph.D. candidate in Department of Chemistry at **** University with full scholarship. I joined the Prof. ****** and Prof. **** as a joint student. Subsequently, I involved the research program of XXXscale Science and Engineering Center at ****** University. My research focus is theoretical modeling and simulation of XXXscale materials and devices. As discussed above, XXXXscale materials and devices will have wide applications in a variety of fields. However, the properties of XXXmaterials and the behaviors of XXXdevices are not fully understood yet. Many properties and behaviors cannot be measured because of the extreme smallness of the systems or difficulty in preparing uniform samples. Therefore, the XXXscale modeling and simulation are very critical in the study on XXXXscale materials and devices. The aim of my research is to improve the understanding of the properties and behaviors of XXXXmaterials and XXXXdevices, as well as provide a guideline for the industrial in fabricating these types of tiny and useful devices.
My significant role, accomplishment, impact and recognition in the field of modeling and simulations of XXXscale materials and devices.
After joining Prof. ****** and Prof. ****groups in 1999, I started to work on the modeling and simulations of two kinds of XXscale systems, silicon XXXXstructures and carbon XXXotubes. Their importance of applications was also explored.
For the first time, I solved a long-standing puzzle in the field of XXXXscience and technology by using quantum mechanical simulation. I successfully explained the puzzling phenomena that hydrogen-passivated Si XXXXcrystals luminesce in the blue whereas oxide-passivated Si XXXXcrystals luminesce in the yellow-red after systematically studying the effect of different types of capping layers on silicon XXXXcrystals. This discovery has great academic significance as well as important industrial implication. My research results enrich the chemistry and physics of XXXXmaterials and also provide a theoretical basis for designing XXXXscale optical and electric devices, which are the elements of XXXXtechnology-driven products. Based on my outstanding work, I published two papers in the best journals in the fields of XXXXscience and chemistry. They have been widely cited by the research groups from all over the world, which reflects the importance and creativity of this work. Due to both academic and industrial significance of my work, I was invited to present my research results on two prestigious international meetings ****** Conferences (****) and ******(***) National Meeting in the August and September of ****, respectively.
I was the first researcher to accurately predict the structural and electrical activity of dopants in Si XXXXcrystals and Si channel near Si/Oxide interfaces in Field Effect Transistors (FETs). This type of atomic scale study has both academic and industrial significance since electronic circuits keep shrinking the size of silicon-based field effect transistors are approaching the atomic scale. My research results offer valuable guideline as to how to fabricate XXXXmeter scale transistors. My research about doped silicon XXXXcrystals gives the first examination of the chemical trends in donors and acceptors in silicon XXXXcrystals using a first principles approach. This provides the first look at the properties of a full class of impurities in small XXXXcrystals, information that is not yet accessible to controlled experiments. This provides new fundamental insight to screening and electronic states in this prototypical XXXXcrystal system. This original work was quickly accepted for publication at the best archival journal in the field of physics.
I also carried out state-of-the-art quantum mechanical calculations using static and time-dependent Density Functional Theory and extensively studied a particular metallic tube structure (5,5) as a function of tube length. These calculations allow me to provide explicit electronic structure properties and to examine how the band-like behavior develops for long tubes. For the first time, I discovered a new type of electronic absorptions that are characteristic for tubes of moderate length but vanish for very long tubes. This work is of academic significance both for its predictions about the properties of short tubular molecules as well as its implications for the infinite length XXXXtube. My discovery provides a theoretical basis to build an apparatus to measure the length of carbon XXXXtubes by using spectroscopic methods. Due to the significance and strong interest to all people attempting to use the tubes, this work was quickly accepted and published in ***********, the best archival journal in the field of chemistry. In ****, 20**, I was invited by ***** XXXXscale Science and Engineering Center to give a talk about finite-length carbon XXXXtubes at the thrust area strategy meeting. My wonderful work received very good evaluations from the experts in the audience. In ****, I was also invited to present this research result at ******** National Meeting at *****, *****.
3. My Contributions On the Research of XXXXscience and Technology Have Elevated Me Above the Majority of My Colleagues.
My independent, significant contribution to and role in XXXXscience and technology research as well as the importance of my pioneering work have been recognized by the well-known experts worldwide in the field. My work about silicon XXXXcrystals provides a theoretical basis to design XXXXscale optical and electric devices, which have wide application in all kinds of electronic products. My work about modeling of silicon-based field effect transistor offers a valuable guideline as to how to fabricate XXXXscale transistors. My discovery about carbon XXXXtubes provides a theoretical basis to build an apparatus to measure the length of carbon XXXXtubes. My invention of calculating the singlet-triplet energy splitting offers a quick and efficient way to search for the molecular magnetic materials. My research about gold XXXXparticle electrodes opened a new way to fabricate microelectrodes and enriched the electrochemistry of XXXXparticle electrodes. The following details my contributions.
Contribution on the Research of Silicon XXXXcrystals
For the first time, I solved a long-standing puzzle in the field of XXXXscience and technology and illuminated the mechanism that hydrogen-passivated Si XXXXcrystals luminesce in the blue whereas oxide-passivated Si XXXXcrystals luminesce in the yellow-red. This discovery has great academic significance and enriched the chemistry and physics of XXXXmaterials. My research also provides a theoretical basis for designing XXXXscale optical and electric devices, which has industrial importance in manufacturing XXXXtechnology-driven products. My research results have been published in top ranking journals. They have been widely cited by the research groups from all over the world, which reflects its significant influence in the field.
Contribution on the Research of Field Effect Transistors
The silicon-based field effect transistors are the core devices of almost all modern electronic products. I was the first researcher to accurately predict the structural and electrical activity of dopants in Si XXXXcrystals and Si channel near Si/Oxide interfaces in field effect transistors. This type of atomic scale study has both academic and industrial significance since electronic circuits keep shrinking the size of silicon-based field effect transistors are approaching the atomic scale. My research results offer valuable guideline as to how to fabricate XXXXmeter scale transistors.
Contribution on the Research of Carbon XXXXtubes
I am the first researcher to discover a new kind of electronic absorptions that are characteristic for tubes of moderate length but vanish for very long carbon XXXXtubes. This discovery provides a theoretical basis to build an apparatus to measure the length of carbon XXXXtubes by using spectroscopic methods. This research is very significant because all people who wish to use the XXXXtubes are very interested in the properties which I discovered. This result has been published in the best archival journal in chemistry.
Contribution on the Research of Molecular Magnetic Materials
I have invented a novel approach to obtain the molecular singlet-triplet energy splitting, which determines the magnetism of the materials. This work is significant because it offers a useful guide to search for molecular magnetic materials, a new kind of magnetic XXXXmaterials, which have wide applications in magneto-optical devices and energy generation. Two papers related to his research in this area will be submitted to some advanced scientific journals.
Contribution on the Research of XXXXparticle Electrodes
XXXXparticle electrodes have wide applications in biomedical field. I successfully fabricated the XXXXparticle electrodes by the microcontact printing technique. For the first time, I detected the special electrochemical characteristics of microelectrodes from the electrodes made by this way. This novel research on XXXXparticle electrodes was published at the prestigious *** journal * ******. I was also invited to present this work at an international scientific conference. My research about gold XXXXparticle electrodes opened a new way to fabricate microelectrode and enriched the electrochemistry of XXXXparticle electrodes. IV. MY WORK HAS RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE FIELD BECAUSE MY RESEARCH RESULTS HAVE ENJOYED WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION BY THE EXPERTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
1. My Publications Have Been Accepted By Prestigious Peer-reviewed Scientific Journals and Conferences.
Peer-reviewed journals and conferences publish scientific achievements with both theoretical and practical significance. Peer reviews are done by other scientists in the research field. The fact that my publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and conferences indicates that my findings have been well accepted by the scientific research community. The following is the list of my publications in the field:
The following is a list of my papers currently in process of submission:
2. My Work Has Been Widely Recognized and Cited, Due To the Importance and My Contribution In the Field.
The following is the list of papers that referenced my research work:
My Role As an Active Reviewer
In recognition of my research contributions in XXXXscience and technology, I have been invited to review manuscripts by the journal editorial board. To be a reviewer for the papers of a prestigious journal is more than enough to show that I am a researcher at state-of-the-art level and my outstanding accomplishments have been well recognized by peer scientists worldwide. I was invited by the well-known Elsevier publication ****** to review manuscripts in the field of XXXscience and technology.
****** is one of the well-recognized journals in the world since ****. It is devoted to the publication of original contributions on condensed matter physics, theoretical physics, general and cross-disciplinary physics, XXXXscience and so on. The editorial board of this journal chooses the reviewers carefully on the basis of their expertise in particular areas and relies on them heavily to maintain the high standards of quality and significance that the published papers must meet. I have been selected as a reviewer for this journal due to my special expertise in XXXXscience.
My Memberships In Professional Associations
I am an active member of ******** (***), ***** (***), and ******* (***). I was invited to attend the international conferences organized by them and presented my research results for several times.
V. CONCLUSION
As an outstanding member of the XXXXscience and technology community, I’m working in the field that is of strategic national interest of the United States. I am confident that my significant contributions have demonstrated that I exceed the majority of XXXXscience and technology researchers and my continuing research substantially benefits national economy, healthcare and national security of the United States. I believe that my statement clearly shows my qualification and I am sure I qualify for a national interest waiver of the labor certification.
1. I have published more than ten peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. My papers have been widely recognized and cited by the researchers in the field from all over the world. These contributions have elevated me above the majority of my fellow researchers in the field of XXXXscience and technology.
2. I have made several novel discoveries in XXXXscience and technology research, which will greatly benefit the leadership of US in this emerging field and US economic growth. All of these achievements have enabled me to greatly exceed others in my profession.
3. I am an active reviewer for the prestigious journal in my field.
4. I am an active member of ***, **** and ***.
5. I received my Ph.D. in Chemistry degree from **** University in August ***** and B.S. in Chemistry degree from ***** University in July ****.
6. I was the First Prize winner of National Chemistry Olympiad of China. I was a top graduate from the best university of China. I obtained a Ph.D. degree with a widely recognized thesis from a world-renowned university. These accomplishments and demonstrated abilities have set me apart from other researchers in my research field.
7. Several well-known experts in the field of XXXXscience and technology, including Nobel Prize Laureate, members of National Academy of Sciences, department chair of prestigious university as well as the director of industrial research laboratory, strongly support my request to be a permanent resident with recognition of my outstanding contribution to the field. Here I include eight letters supporting my application. As indicated in their letters of recommendation, they unanimously and strongly recommend that my application for a national interest waiver should be approved.
In summary, I am an outstanding researcher in the field of XXXXscience and technology. All the facts above clearly indicate that I have contributed and will continue to contribute more to scientific research in the field with wide application in industrial practice. Therefore a job offer requirement would most likely deprive my employer **** University of the excellent research abilities of me, hence resulting in adverse impact on the national interest in retaining scientists like me to maintain and enhance the US leadership in science and technology in the world.
Your favorable consideration of my petition will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely yours, *************
