Dr Qin has more than 12 years of experience in research and academic administration. Her primary interests are using her scientific and leadership abilities to build peer interaction among faculty engaged in research within and cross school boundaries.  Dr Qin has demonstrated her abilities through the significant accomplishments highlighted as follows:

1. National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
(NSF-NNIN, 2009-2014)

Collaborators:
Professor Sandip Tiwari (NNIN Director) at Cornell University and other  site directors from Stanford University; Harvard University; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Michigan; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of Minnesota; Pennsylvania State University; University of Washington in Seattle; Howard University;University of Texas, Austin; University of Colorado, Boulder; and Arizona State University.

Grant Activities:
PI-Dong Qin, $2,500,000 (2009-2014)
PI-Dong Qin, NSF-NNIN-REU, $187,500 (2009-2014)
PI-Dong Qin, NSF-NNIN-ARRA-MRI, $390,000 (2009-2010)

2. Washington University in St. Louis (2007 - Present)

Collaborators:
Professor Stuart Solin (Arts and Sciences at WUSTL)
Professor Sam Wickline (School of Medicine at WUSTL)
Professor Bob Blankenship (Arts and Sciences at WUSTL)
Professor Mark Goldberg (School of Medicine at WUSTL)
Professor Younan Xia (School of Engineering at WUSTL)
Professor Lihong Wang (School of Engineering at WUSTL)
Professor Daren Chen (School of Engineering at WUSTL)
Neal Schaffer (Facility at WUSTL)

Grant Activities:
Missouri Life Science Board Research (MLSRB) - St. Louis Institute for Nanomedicine; PI - Sam Wickline (WUSOM); Co-PI- Dong Qin, $1,500,000 (2009-2012)

NSF-MRI: Acquisition of a Reactive Ion Etching, Inductively Coupled Plasma Tool for Nanofabrication; PI - Stuart Solin (A&S); Co-PIs: Viktor Gruev (SEAS), William Buhro (A&S), and Dong Qin, $261,576 (2009-2011)

Fidelity Foundation; PI - Mark Goldberg in the Hole Center for Neurological Disorders and Project Investigator - Dong Qin, $30,000 (2008)

NIH-NCRR-SIG: Integrated Two-Photon, Photo-acoustic and  Confocal Systems; PI - Lihong Wang (SEAS) with participants from SEAS, A&S and SOM, $1,200,000 (2010-2011) (Dong Qin plays as a key personnel to provide future home of this tool and management support; the proposal received an NIH impact score of 10, which is the best of 10-90 score)

MLSRB - Acquisition of a TEM with Cryo and Tomography for Biomedical Applications; PI - Robert Blanenship (A&S), Co-PIs: Howard Berg (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center) and Dong Qin, $1,100,000, 2009 (this proposal received high score and was in the position to get funded, however, MLSRB decided to cancel the program resulting from lack of funding.

NSF-NUE:  Nanotechnology Minor at Washington University in St. Louis, PI - Dong Qin, $199,999, 2010, pending

3. University of Washington in Seattle (1997-2007)

Collaborators:
Professor Viola Vogel (Bioengineering)
Professor Paul Yager (Bioengineering)
Professor Suzie Pun (Bioengineering)
Professor Charles T Campbell (Chemistry)
Professor Rudi Aebersold (Genome)
Professor Marjorie Omstead (Physics)

Grant Activities:
NSF-DMR: Spatially Controlled Immobilization of Bioactive Molecules on Solid Surfaces; PI - Suzie Pun (Bioengineering) and Co - PI Dong Qin, $130,717 (2007-2008)

NSF-National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NSF-NNIN); PI - Viola Vogel (Bioengineering) and Key Personnel - Dong Qin, $5,000,000 (2004-2009)

NSF-IGERT: IGERT Program in Nanotechnology; PI - Viola Vogel (Bioengineering) and Key Personnel - Dong Qin, $2,700,000

NSF/NCI-IGERT: Building Leadership for the Nanotechnology Workforce of Tomorrow; PI - Marjorie Olmstead (Physics) and Key Personnel - Dong Qin, $3,200,000 (2005-2010)

NSF: Northwest Nanotechnology Node: Advancing Nanotechnology Education for Workforce Development at the North Seattle Community College; Co-PI - Dong Qin, $99,940 (2006-2007)