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Dr. Ren obtained both his Bachelor's and Doctor's degree in Chemistry from Tsinghua University. He received his post-doc training with Prof. Hongkai Wu at HKUST and Prof. Richard N. Zare at Stanford University. He joined Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Chemistry Department in 2014, and was promoted to tenured associate professor in 2020. He is serving as a Senior Academic Member of the SKLEBA at HKBU; co-founder and Associate Director of the HKAP; and the founder and Director of biomimicking microfluidics translational research center at Tsinghua Research Institute, Pearl River Delta. His research centers on micro/nanotechnologies and their applications in materials and healthcare. As corresponding author, he has published articles in Science Advances, PNAS, Biosens. Bioelectro., Lab Chip, Trends Biotech., etc. He is currently on the editorial board of Biomicrofluidics and Scientific Reports, and active reviewer for Science Advances, JACS, Energy & Environmental Science, Chemical Society Reviews, CCS Chemistry, Chemical Science, Small, etc. More information is available at: https://renkangning.wixsite.com/rengroup
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Keywords
- QD Chemistry
- analytical chemistry
- TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
- biomedical engineering
- microfluidics
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A strategy to simultaneously realize topographic functionality and multipronged robustness of biomimetic surfaces
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All-perfluoropolymer, nonlinear stability-assisted monolithic surface combines topology-specific superwettability with ultradurability
Li, W., Chan, C., Li, Z., Siu, S-Y., Chen, S., Sun, H., Liu, Z., Wang, Y., Hu, C., Pugno, N. M., Zare, R. N., Wu, H. & Ren, K., Mar 2023, In: The Innovation. 4, 2, 8 p., 100389.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Enhanced corrosion resistance and self-cleaning properties of superhydrophobic nickel coating fabricated by one-step electrodeposition
Zhou, Z., Ma, B., Zhang, X., Tang, L., Lin, X., Hu, C. & Ren, K., 15 Apr 2023, In: Ceramics International. 49, 8, p. 13109-13118 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Biomimetic reusable microfluidic reactors with physically immobilized RuBisCO for glucose precursor production
Zhu, Y., Chen, Q., Tsoi, C. C., Huang, X., El Abed, A., Ren, K., Leu, S. Y. & Zhang, X., 21 Aug 2022, In: Catalysis Science and Technology. 12, 16, p. 5009-5020 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Fabrication of recyclable, superhydrophobic-superoleophilic quartz sand by facile two-step modification for oil-water separation
Zhang, X., Hu, C., Lin, J., Yin, H., Shi, J., Tang, J., Ma, B., Li, T. & Ren, K., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 10, 1, 107019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Microfluidic synthesis as a new route to produce novel functional materials
Xie, X., Wang, Y., Siu, S. Y., Chan, C. W., Zhu, Y., Zhang, X., Ge, J. & Ren, K., Jul 2022, In: Biomicrofluidics. 16, 4, 041301.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
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Microfluidic Barcode-Like Cell Sensor For Microscope-Free Quantitative Detection Of Small Amount Of Cells
REN, Kangning (Recipient), 2023
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