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Profil
| Derzeitige Stellung | Professor W-3 und Äquivalente |
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| Fachgebiet | Herstellung und Eigenschaften von Funktionsmaterialien,Experimentelle Physik der Kondensierten Materie |
| Keywords | catalyst, thermoelectricity, flexible transparent conductors, nanostructured energy materials, thermal storage materials |
| Auszeichnungen | 2023: Fellow of Materials Research Society 2022: Highly Cited Researcher (Crossfield) 2021: Highly CIted Researcher (Crossfield) 2020: Highly CIted Researcher (Crossfield) 2019: Highly Cited Researcher (Materials Science) 2018: Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity of UH (Full Professor) 2018: Highly Cited Researcher (Physics) 2018: Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2014: The Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Science from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST) 2013: Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors 2011: Ranked as the 49th of the world’s top 100 Materials Scientists of the decade 2000-2010 2008: R&D 100 Award for the development of high performance thermoelectric materials 2006: Distinguished Senior Research Award of Boston College 2005: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2004: Fellow of the American Physical Society |
Aktuelle Kontaktadresse
| Land | USA |
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| Ort | Houston |
| Universität/Institution | University of Houston (UH) |
| Institut/Abteilung | Department of Physics |
Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung
| Prof. Dr. Kornelius Nielsch | Institut für Metallische Werkstoffe, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW) e.V., Dresden |
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| Beginn der ersten Förderung | 01.06.2019 |
Programm(e)
| 2018 | Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA |
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Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden
| Professor Ren is well known internationally for his outstanding research in different fields of materials science. He has made important contributions to the area of thermoelectric materials, carbon nanotubes, thermal management and superconductors and pioneered the field of thermoelectric materials with novel concepts such as nanograined bulk structures. During his stay in Germany, he intends to elaborate novel fabrication techniques for thermoelectric bulk nanomaterials and plans to build whole flexible thermoelectric generators. |