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College of Polymer Science and Engineering

Sichuan University, Wangjiang Campus

No. 24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road,

Xisijiaoxue Building, Room 206

Chengdu 610065, P. R. China

E-mail: rensj@scu.edu.cn

Biography:

Dr. Shijie Ren is a professor at the College of Polymer Science and Engineering and a permanent member of the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymer Materials, Sichuan University. He currently also serves as Deputy Director of the Department of Polymer Materials at Sichuan University and Dean of the School of Materials and Energy at Guang'an Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. degree from Tongji University in 2003 and Ph.D. degree from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2008 (advisor: Prof. Qiang Fang). He subsequently carried out postdoctoral research in Andrew B. Holmes' group at the University of Melbourne, Australia (2008–2010), and in Andrew I. Cooper's group at the University of Liverpool, UK (2011–2012), before joining Sichuan University.

In recent years, he has led more than twenty research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC), the Ministry of Education, the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, and industry collaborations. His research focuses on the preparation of functional polymer materials and specialty engineering plastics, as well as their applications in energy and environmental fields (such as photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production, fluorescent sensing, polymer-based lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, CO₂ capture/separation and utilization, and electrolytic water splitting for hydrogen production). He has published more than 90 papers intop-tier journals, including Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Functional Materials, and ACS Macro Letters; and holds eight granted national invention patents. He serves as anEarly-Career Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Functional Polymers, a project review expert for the NSFC, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, and Department of Economy and Information Technology of Sichuan Province, as well as a reviewer for multiple chemistry and materials journals.

He has received nearly ten teaching and mentoring awards, including the Special Prize of the China Petroleum and Chemical Education Teaching Achievement Award, Special Prize of the Sichuan University Teaching Achievement Award,Haoweilai Outstanding Scholar Award, Tuoli Education Award, Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Advisor, Excellence in English-Medium Teaching Award, Outstanding Classroom Teaching Quality Award, and Outstanding Mentor Award for College Student Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Practice Education.

Selected Publications:

1. W. Liang, M. Gao, J. Zhu, S. Yang, B. Li, B. Chen, Q. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Liu, Q. Liao, C. Gu,*S. Ren,* “Ultralong-Lived Excitons in Metallo-Quinoline-Incorporated Covalent Organic Frameworks Promote Photoreductive Cross-Coupling”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202508849.

2. W. Dong, X.Yu, Z.Qin, Y. Chen, S. Ren,* L. Li,* “Synergistic Enhancement of Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution inCovalent Organic Frameworks via Isoreticular Design, Isomerismand Protonation”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202511200.

3. W. Yang, H. Ling, Q. Cai, B. Chen, J. Li, W. Liang, C. Gu, L. Li, H. Liu,* S. Ren,* “Cationic Porous Organic Polymer Gels from One-Pot Polymerizations of Amino Acid Amides forAnion Conduction”, ACS Macro Letters, 2025, 14, 1175-1181.

4. Y. Zhong, W. Dong, S. Ren,* L. Li,* “Oligo(Phenylenevinylene)-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks with Kagome Lattice For Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution”, Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2308251.

5. K. Wang, Y. Zhong, W. Dong, Y. Xiao,S. Ren,* L. Li,* “Intermediate Formation of Macrocycles for Efficient Crystallization of 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks with Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202304611.

6. W. Dong, Z. Qin, K. Wang, Y. Xiao, X. Liu,S. Ren,* L. Li,* “Isomeric oligo (phenylenevinylene) based covalent organic frameworks with different orientation of imine bonds and distinct photocatalytic activities”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202216073.

7. Z. Cao, M. Wang, H. Gao, L. Li,* S. Ren,* “Porous Organic Polymers via Diels-Alder Reaction for the Removal of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solutions”, ACS Macro Lett., 2022, 11, 447-451.

8. Y. Xu, Y. Yue, F. Kong, S. Ren,* “Direct Chemical Synthesis of Nitrogen-doped Graphynes with High Supercapacitance via a Cross-coupling Copolymerization Strategy”, Chem. Eng. J., 2022, 435, 135121.

9. Q. Li, S.Li, C. Yu, Z. Zhan, G. Cheng, B. Tan,*S. Ren,* “Hypercrosslinked Polymer Membranes via Interfacial Polymerization for Organic Dye Separations”, Commun. Mater., 2024, 5, 255.

10. M. Wang, C. Yu, H. Sun, H. Liu,*S. Ren,* “Bottom-up synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphynes for high-performance electrocatalysis in Zn-air battery”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2024, 63, 5357-5366.