Education and Work Experiences：

PhD., Zhejiang University, (2013)

Postdoc, UT Austin, Texas, (US), (2013-2016)

Postdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science, (Israel), (2016-2018)

Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University, (2018-2024)

Professor, Shaanxi Normal University, (2024-now)

Research Interests：

Polymer Postfunctionalization;

Polymer Degradation

Awards and Honors：

Junior Editorial Board Member, Chin. J. Chem. Journal, 2024-now

Xiaomi Scholar, 2024

Thieme Journals Award of Chemistry, 2024

Research Projects as Principal Investigator：

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 21901197, January 2020 -December 2022, RMB 250,000.

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 22371223, January 2024 -December 2027, RMB 500,000.

Representative Publications：

1. Shuangjing Zhou, Shaohong Wang, Cong Yu, Pengchen Ma,* Bin Rao, Rong Zeng* C─H Amination of Polypropylene with Sodium N-Chloro-Amides. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202516324.

2. Zongnan Zhang, Xueli Lv, Xin Mu, Mengyao Zhao, Sichang Wang, Congyu Ke, Shujiang Ding,* Dezhong Zhou,* Minyan Wang,* Rong Zeng.* In-situ Noncovalent Interaction of Ammonium Ion Enabled C-H Bond Functionalization of Polyethylene Glycols. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 4445.

3. Ting Xue, Cheng Ma, Le Liu, Chunhui Xiao,* Shao-Fei Ni,* Rong Zeng,* Characterization of A π–π Stacking Cocycrystal of 4-Nitrophthalonitrile Directed Toward Application in Photocatalysis. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 2455.

4. Zongnan Zhang, Yanfeng Zhang, Rong Zeng,* Photoinduced Iron-Catalyzed C-H Alkylation of Polyolefins. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 9374–9379.

5.  Zongnan Zhang, Xinyang Li, Dezhong Zhou, Shujiang Ding, Minyan Wang,* and Rong Zeng,* Controllable C-H Alkylation of Polyethers via Iron Photocatalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023,145, 7612-7620.