Name:		Rong Cao
	Address:		Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter,  Chinese Academy of Science,  West Yangqiao Road 155, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
	Tel:		0591-83796710
	Fax:		0591-83714946
	E-mail:		rcao@fjirsm.ac.cn
	Research group:		Http://www.fjirsm.cas.cn/yjxt/jgjcyjs/cr/

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• B.S., 1986, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
• M.S., 1989, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with Prof. Hanqin Liu
• Ph.D., 1993, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with Prof. Hanqin Liu
• Assistant Professor, 1993-94, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994-96, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with Prof. Albert S.C. Chan.
• Associate Profersor, 1996-98, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Professor, 1998-2000, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Foreign Fellowship of JSPS, 2000-2002, Nagoya University, with Prof. Kazuyuki Tatsumi.
• Professor, 2002-present, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Director, 2003-2009, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Deputy Director, 2008-now, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Inorganic supramolecular chemistry.
• Nano Catalysis.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• The Second Class Award of Natural Sciences of China (the third author), 2002
• The First Class Award of Natural Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences (the third author), 2001
• The Second Class Award of Natural Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences (the second author), 2000
• The Award for Young Scholar of China, 2006
• The Award for Young Scholar of Fujian Province, 1998
• The Award for Young Chemists of Chinese Chemical Society, 1998.
• The YINGSHENG Award for Young Scholar, 2003.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Zhengang Guo, Rong Cao,* Xin Wang, Hongfang Li, Wenbing Yuan, Guojian Wang, Haohan Wu, Jing Li, A Multifunctional 3D Ferroelectric and NLO-active Porous Metal-organic Framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 6894-6895 (2009).
2. Zhaoliang Zheng, Hongfang Li, Tianfu Liu, Rong Cao,* Monodisperse noble metal nanoparticles stabilized in SBA-15: synthesis, characterization and application in microwave-assisted Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction, J. Catal., 270, 268–274 (2010)
3. Minna Cao, Jingxiang Lin, Hongxun Yanga and Rong Cao,* Facile synthesis of palladium nanoparticles with high chemical activity using cucurbit[6]uril as protecting agent, Chem. Commun., 46, 5088–5090 (2010).
4. Zu-Jin Lin, Tian-Fu Liu, Yuan-Biao Huang, Jian Lü, and Rong Cao*, ]A Guest-dependent Approach to Retain Permanent Pores in Flexible Metal-organic Frameworks via Cation Exchange, Chem.--Eur. J., 18, 7896-7902(2012)
5. Yuanbiao Huang, Songjüan Liu, Zujin Lin, Weijin Li, Xinfa Li, Rong Cao,* Facile synthesis of palladium nanoparticles encapsulated in amine functionalized mesoporous metal-organic frameworks and catalytic for dehalogenation of aryl chlorides, J. Catal., 292, 111-117(2012)