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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1972 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
  • 1972 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1966 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Yuen-Ron Shen is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines with a focus on physics and astronomy, computer science, and medicine. The main subfields of study include atomic and molecular physics and optics, artificial intelligence, emergency medicine, oncology, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including quantum optics and atomic interactions, quantum information and cryptography, emergency and acute care studies, laser-matter interactions and applications, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, healthcare systems and technology, and child and adolescent health.

Yuen-Ron Shen has contributed to a number of research publications in diverse venues. Recent papers include:

  • Improving the wait time to triage at the emergency department, 2020, BMJ Open Quality
  • Modeling Emergency Department crowding: Restoring the balance between demand for and supply of emergency medicine, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Emergency department 'outbreak rostering' to meet challenges of COVID-19, 2020, Emergency Medicine Journal
  • Protecting endangered megafauna through AI analysis of drone images in a low-connectivity setting: a case study from Namibia, 2022, PeerJ
  • One to many one-way control in quadripartite asymmetric Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering, 2024, New Journal of Physics

Frequent collaborators include Xiaomao Cheng, Junwei Lv, Yanxia Jiang, Youbin Yu, and Long Cheng. These coauthors have contributed multiple joint publications with Shen, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

The venues where Shen frequently publishes reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the research, with contributions in journals such as BMJ Open Quality, PLoS ONE, Emergency Medicine Journal, PeerJ, and New Journal of Physics.

Yuen-Ron Shen has received several distinctions throughout their career, including Fellowship awards from prominent scientific organizations:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1995
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1990
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 1972
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1972
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1966

Best Publications

  • The Principles of Nonlinear Optics

    Y. R. Shen

  • Surface properties probed by second-harmonic and sum-frequency generation

    Y. R. Shen

  • Sum-Frequency Vibrational Spectroscopy on Water Interfaces: Polar Orientation of Water Molecules at Interfaces

    Yuen Ron Shen;Victor Ostroverkhov

  • Vibrational spectroscopy of water at the vapor/water interface.

    Q. Du;Q. Du;R. Superfine;R. Superfine;E. Freysz;E. Freysz;Y. R. Shen;Y. R. Shen

  • Mapping molecular orientation and conformation at interfaces by surface nonlinear optics

    X. Zhuang;X. Zhuang;P. B. Miranda;P. B. Miranda;D. Kim;D. Kim;Y. R. Shen;Y. R. Shen

  • Optical Second Harmonic Generation at Interfaces

    Y. R. Shen

  • Sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy of a Langmuir film: Study of molecular orientation of a two-dimensional system.

    P. Guyot-Sionnest;P. Guyot-Sionnest;J. H. Hunt;J. H. Hunt;Y. R. Shen;Y. R. Shen

  • Theory of Stimulated Brillouin and Raman Scattering

    Y. R. Shen;N. Bloembergen

  • Liquid interfaces: A study by sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy

    P.B. Miranda;Y.R. | Shen

  • Vibrational spectra of water molecules at quartz/water interfaces.

    Q Du;E Freysz;YR Shen

  • General considerations on optical second-harmonic generation from surfaces and interfaces.

    P. Guyot-Sionnest;W. Chen;Y. R. Shen

  • STUDIES OF POLYMER SURFACES BY SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY

    Zhan Chen;Y. R. Shen;Gabor A. Somorjai

  • Surface-enhanced Second-harmonic Generation

    C. K. Chen;A. R. B. de Castro;Y. R. Shen

  • Introduction to nonlinear laser spectroscopy

    M. D. Levenson;Y. R. Shen

  • New Information on Water Interfacial Structure Revealed by Phase-Sensitive Surface Spectroscopy

    Victor Ostroverkhov;Glenn A. Waychunas;Y. R. Shen

  • Ethylene Hydrogenation on Pt(111) Monitored in Situ at High Pressures Using Sum Frequency Generation

    Paul S. Cremer;Xingcai Su;Y. R. Shen;Gabor A. Somorjai

  • Linear and nonlinear wave propagation in negative refraction metamaterials

    V. M. Agranovich;V. M. Agranovich;Y. R. Shen;R. H. Baughman;A. A. Zakhidov

  • Surface vibrational spectroscopy by infrared-visible sum frequency generation.

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  • Spectroscopy of Molecular Monolayers by Resonant Second-Harmonic Generation

    T. F. Heinz;C. K. Chen;D. Ricard;Y. R. Shen

  • DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR ORIENTATION OF MONOLAYER ADSORBATES BY OPTICAL SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION

    T. F. Heinz;H. W. K. Tom;Y. R. Shen

  • Local-field enhancement on rough surfaces of metals, semimetals, and semiconductors with the use of optical second-harmonic generation

    G.T. Boyd;T.H.M. Rasing;J.R.R. Leite;Y.R. Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabor A. Somorjai
Gabor A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley
Xiaowei Zhuang
Xiaowei Zhuang Harvard University
Mikhail A. Belkin
Mikhail A. Belkin Technical University of Munich
Feng Wang
Feng Wang University of California, Berkeley
Yuan T. Lee
Yuan T. Lee Academia Sinica
Tony F. Heinz
Tony F. Heinz Stanford University
Marvin L. Cohen
Marvin L. Cohen University of California, Berkeley
Miquel Salmeron
Miquel Salmeron Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tai-Chang Chiang
Tai-Chang Chiang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Theo Rasing
Theo Rasing Radboud University

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