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.
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] Chiang was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1994, after a nomination from the APS Division of Chemical Physics, "for advances in real space imaging of surface structure by scanning tunneling and force microscopies, especially molecular identification, imaging of metals and alloys, and atomic-scale frictional forces".
[9][3] She was a 2001 winner of the UC Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award.