Prof. Dr. Zhifeng Ren

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietHerstellung und Eigenschaften von Funktionsmaterialien,Experimentelle Physik der Kondensierten Materie
Keywordscatalyst, 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

LandUSA
OrtHouston
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Houston (UH)
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Physics

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Kornelius NielschInstitut für Metallische Werkstoffe, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW) e.V., Dresden
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.06.2019

Programm(e)

2018Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA

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.