Wencai Ren

Dr. Wencai Ren is a professor in materials science at the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests mainly focus on the synthesis of graphene and other two-dimensional materials and their applications in optoelectronics, energy storage, thermal management, and membrane technology. Prof. Ren has published over 200 peer-refereed papers in Science, Nature Mater., Nature Nanotechnol., Nature Commun., PNAS, etc. with a total citation over 36,000 times, owned 100 granted patents, and co-founded 3 graphene companies. He has received two National Natural Science Awards of China, HO LEUNG HO LEE FOUNDATION Prize for Scientific and Technological Innovation, and National Award for Excellence in Innovation. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of 2D Materials.