At the forefront of science and innovation Photo credit: TJ Lievonen By A&S News 02-17-2021 Assistant Professor Jia Xie, the first junior professorship hire in the Frost Institute of Chemistry and Molecular Science, discusses his research and new role at the U. Jia Xie, an assistant professor in the Chemistry Department, is the first junior professorship hire for the Frost Institute of Chemistry and Molecular Science (FICMS), now under construction. Xie, who earned his Ph.D. in biomedical science at the University of Connecticut and received his postdoctoral training at the Scripps Research Institute in California in the Department of Molecular Biology, looks forward to expanding his research in biotherapeutics and chemical biology at the FICMS.