Name:		Bin Ren
	Address:		Room 434, Department of Chemistry,  Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
	Tel:		0592-2186532
	Fax:		0592-2181906
	E-mail:		bren@xmu.edu.cn
	Research group:

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
B.Sc., Xiamen Univ. (1992)
Ph.D., Xiamen Univ. (1998)
Visiting Scholar, CASI, City College of New York, USA (1997-1998)
AvH Fellow, Fritz-Haber Institute, Germany (2000-2001)
Professor, Xiamen Univ. (2004 - )

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, applications and theories
Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and applications
Interfacial electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry
Raman spectroscopy and electrochemistry for bio-related systems
Surface plasmonics

HONORS AND AWARDS
2016 Science and Technology Innovation Leader, the second batch “National Ten Thousand Talent Project”
2016 Science and Technology Innovation Leader, Fujian Province
2015 Young Science and Technology Innovation Leader, Ministry of Science and Technology of China
2010 Yunsheng Science and Technology Award for Young Investigator, Fujian Province
2008 Distinguished Young Scholar Award of National Natural Science Foundation of China
2007 Chinese Young Electrochemist Award
2004 Young Scholar Award, Chinese Chemical Society

ACADEMIC SERVICES
Analytical Chemistry (ACS), Associate Editor
Secretary, Chinese Light Scattering Committee, Chinese Physical Society
Vice Director, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
1. Revealing the molecular structure of single-molecule junctions in different conductance states by fishing-mode tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Z. Liu, S.-Y. Ding, Z.-B. Chen, X. Wang, J.-H. Tian, J. R. Anema, X.-S. Zhou, D.-Y. Wu, B.-W. Mao, X. Xu, B. Ren*, Z.-Q. Tian, Nature. Commun. 2011, 2,305.
2. When the Signal is not from the Original Molecule to be Detected: Chemical Transformation of para-aminothiophenol on Ag during the SERS Measurement, Y.-F. Huang, H.-P. Zhu, G.-K. Liu, D.-Y. Wu*, B. Ren* and Z.-Q. Tian, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 9244–9246 .
3. Revealing intermolecular interaction and surface restructuring of an aromatic thiol assembling on Au(111) by Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. X. Wang, J.-H. Zhong, M. Zhang, Z. Liu, D.-Y. Wu, and B. Ren*, Anal. Chem, 2016, 88, 915−921.
4. Electrochemical Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Z.-C. Zeng, S.-C. Huang, D.-Y. Wu, L.-Y. Meng, M.-H. Li, T.-X. Huang, J.-H. Zhong, X. Wang, Z.-L. Yang, and B. Ren*, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2015, 137, 11928–11931.
5. Transient electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TEC-SERS): a millisecond time-resolved study of an electrochemical redox process. C. Zong, C.-J. Chen, M. Zhang, D.-Y. Wu, and B. Ren*, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2015, 137, 11768−11774.
6. Reliable Quantitative SERS Analysis Facilitated by Core-Shell Nanoparticles with Embedded Internal Standards. W. Shen, X. Lin, C. Jiang, C. Li, H. Lin, J. Huang, S. Wang, G. Liu, X. Yan, Q. Zhong, B. Ren*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2015, 54, 7308 –731
7. Label-free Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Detection of DNA with Single-base Sensitivity. L. Xu, Z. Lei, J. Li, C. Zong, C. Yang, B. Ren*, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2015, 137, 5149−5154.
8. Quantitative Correlation between Defect Density and Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Rate of Single Layer Graphene. J. H. Zhong, J. Zhang, X. Jin, J. Y. Liu, Q. Y. Li, M. H. Li, W. W. Cai, D. Y. Wu, D. P. Zhan*, B. Ren*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136,16609–16617
9. Activation of Oxygen on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Assisted by Surface Plasmon Resonances, Y. F. Huang, M. Zhang, L. B. Zhao, J. M. Feng, D. Y. Wu*, B. Ren*, Z. Q. Tian, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 2353–2357.
10. Probing the Location of Hot Spots by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Toward Uniform Substrates. X. Wang, M. Li, L. Meng, K. Lin, J. Feng, T. Huang, Z. Yang,* B. Ren*, ACS Nano. 2014, 8, 528–536