Wencai Ren - Curriculum Vitae#

Affiliation Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Research Field

• Creation and characterization of novel 2D materials
  
• Growth and applications of 2D materials in electronics and optoelectronics
  
• Assembly and applications of 2D-material-based macrostructures in iontronics, thermal management, energy, and environmental technologies

Professional Career

• since 2011 Professor, Institute of Metal Research, CAS
  
• 2009 - 2010 Visiting Researcher, University of Manchester, UK (with Profs. AK Geim and KS Novoselov)
  
• 2006 - 2011 Associate Professor, Institute of Metal Research, CAS
  
• 2005 - 2006 Assistant Professor, Institute of Metal Research, CAS

Education

• 2000 - 2005 PhD, Institute of Metal Research, CAS
  
• 2004 - 2005 Jointly supervised PhD student, University Siegen, Germany
  
• 1997 - 2000 MSc, Northeastern University, China
  
• 1993 - 1997 BSc, Northeastern University, China

Publications

Published >250 SCI-indexed papers, including 4 in Science and Nature, 28 in Nature family journals (Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, etc), 2 in Science Advances, and 4 in PNAS.

All the papers are cited over 56,000 times, with 15 papers cited >1,000 times each, 28 cited >500 times, and 86 cited >100 times (Google Scholar).

The h-index is 90 (Google Scholar) and 85 (Web of Science).

Named a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher every year since 2018.

Patents

Holds >120 granted patents (10 commercially used) and co-founded 2 graphene companies.

Awards

• 2024 National Natural Science Award of China* (the principal awardee, ranked first)
  
• 2023 National Award for Excellence in Innovation (no more than 300 awardees every three years)
  
• 2018 HO LEUNG HO LEE FOUNDATION Prize for Scientific and Technological Innovation (18 awardees)
  
• 2017 National Natural Science Award of China* (the principal awardee, ranked first)
  
• 2013 National Award for Youth in Science and Technology (no more than 100 awardees every two years)
  
• 2013 Young Scientist Award of CAS (10 awardees)
  
• 2006 National Natural Science Award of China. The National Natural Science Award of China, presented by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, is the highest national honour for basic research in China. Only about 40 achievements are selected annually or biennially from 10 major scientific disciplines

Professional Leadership

• PI, 2D materials research group, Institute of Metal Research, CAS
  
• PI, National Key R&D Program, China-Austria Cooperative R&D Project, etc

Academic Service

• Editor-in-Chief, 2D Materials (IOP publishing, since 2021)
  
• Executive Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Materials and Technology (Elsevier, since 2024)
  
• Peer reviewer for Science, Nature, Nature Materials, etc
  
• Chair/Co-Chair, 2D Materials 2024, International Forum on Graphene (Shenzhen), RPGR 2024, etc
  
• International Scientific Committee, European Graphene conference (2013, 2015-2021), RPGR (2021-2025), etc