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Aug. 1, 1997 Physical/Computational Chemistry (05) 272-0411 ext. 66402 (05) 272-1040 chewph@ccu.edu.tw

Academic Experience:

• B.S. in Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1988
• Ph. D. in Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1995
• Postdoc Research, The Scripps Research Institute, 1995-1997
• Assistant Professor, National Chung Cheng University, 1997-2001
• Associated Professor, National Chung Cheng Univeristy, 2001-

Courses Opened This Semester

• General Chemistry(I)
• General Chemistry Laboratory (I)
• Physical Chemistry Seminar

• Molecular Modeling
• Quantum Chemical Calculation
• Reaction Dynamics Calculation
• Computer Assisted Molecular Design
• Bioinformatics

• Chen, Y.-L.; Hu, W. –P. “Rate Constant Calculation for HArF ? Ar + HF and HKrF ? Kr + HF Reactions by Dual-Level Variational Transition State Theory with Quantized Reactant State Tunneling” Journal of the Physical Chemistry A, 2004, 108, 4449-4454.
• Yen, S.-Y.; Mou, C.-H.; Hu, W. –P. “Strong Hydrogen Bonding between Noble-Gas Molecules (HNgF, Ng = Ar, Kr, and Xe) and Hydrogen Fluoride: A Theoretical Study” Chemical Physics Letters, 2004, 383, 606-611.
• Hung, F. -T.; Hu, W. -P.; Li, T.-H.; Cheng,C.-C.; Chou, P. -T. “Ground and Excited-State Acetic Acid Catalyzed Double Proton Transfer in 2-Aminopyridine” Journal of the Physical Chemistry A, 2003, 107, 3244-3253.
• Yaw-Shien Fu, Shih-Chung Tsai, Chun-Huei Huang, Shih-Yao Yen, Wei-Ping Hu, and Shuchun Joyce Yu Kinetics Study and Theoretical Modeling of the Diels-Alder Reactions of Cyclopentadiene and Cyclohexadiene with Methyl Vinyl Ketone. The Effects of A Novel Organotungsten Catalyst. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003, 68, 3068-3077.
• Fa-Tsai Hung, Wei-Ping Hu, Tsung-Hui Li, Chung-Chih Cheng, and Pi-Tai Chou Ground and Excited-State Acetic Acid Catalyzed Double Proton Transfer in 2-Aminopyridine, Journal of the Physical Chemistry A, 2003, 107, 3244-3253.
• Wei-Ping Hu, Ru-Min You, Shih-Yao Yen, Fa-Tsai Hung, Po-Hung Chou, and Pi-Tai Chou Dynamics of ground-state reverse proton transfer in the 7-azaindole/carboxylic acid systems,Chemical Physics Letters, 2003, 379, 139-146.
• Fa-Tsai Hung, Wei-Ping Hu, and Pi-Tai Chou (2001) The Ground- and Excited State (1np* and 1pp*) Carboxylic Acid-Catalyzed Proton (Hydrogen Atom)-Transfer Energy Surface in 3-Formyl-7-azaindole, Journal of the Physical Chemistry A, 2001, 105, 10475-10482.
• Huang, C.-H.; Tsai, L.-C.and Hu, W. P. "Dual-Level Direct Dynamics Study on the Diels-Alder Reaction of Ethylene" Journal of the Physical Chemistry A, 2001, 105, 9945-9953.
• Hung, F.-T.; Hu, W. P.and Chou P. T. "The Ground and Excited State Carboxylic Acids Catalyzed Proton (Hydrogen Atom) Transfer Energy Surface in 3-Formyl-7-Azaindole" Journal of the Physical Chemistry A, 2001, 105,10475-10482.
• Hu, W. P. and Huang, C.-H. "The Intrinsic Stability of the Noble Gas-Coordinated Transition-Metal Complex Ions", Journal of the American Chemical Society 2001 123, 2340-2343
• Lien, P.-Y.; You, R-.M.and Hu, W. P. "Theoretical Modeling of the Hydrogen Abstraction Reaction of Fluoromethane by the Hydroxyl Radical", Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2001, 105, 2391-2400
• Huang, C.-H.; You, R.-M.; Lian, P.-Y. and Hu, W. P. "Improved Interpolated Correction Schemes for Dual-Level Direct Dynamics Calculation", Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2000 104, 7200-7208
• Wu, Y.-R. and Hu, W. P. "Reaction Dynamics Study on the Tunneling Effects of a Microsolvated E2 Reaction FO^-(H₂O) + C₂H₅Cl -> HOF(H₂O) + C₂H₄ + Cl^-", Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999, 121, 10168-10177
• Hu, W. P.; Rossi, I; Corchado, J. and Truhlar,D. G. "Molecular Modeling of Combustion Kinetics. The Abstraction of Primary and Secondary Hydrogens by Hydroxyl Radical", Journal of Physical Chemistry A 1997, 101, 6911-6921
• Hu, W. P.; Kolinski, A. and Skolnick, J. "Improved Method for Prediction of Protein Backbone "U"-turn Positions and Major Secondary Structural Elements between "U"-turns", Proteins 1997, 29, 443
• Hu, W. P.and Truhlar, D. G. "Factors Affecting Competitive Ion-Molecule Reactions: ClO^- + C₂H₅Cl and C₂D₅Cl via E2 and S_N2 Channels," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1996, 118, 860-869