Ass. Res. Ren Hao        Tel: +86-29-        E-mail: renhao@snnu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experiences：

Ph.D., Beijing University of Chemical Technology (2012–2018)

Joint Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal (CSC Scholarship Program, 2016–2017)

Joint Ph.D. Student, Peking University (2014–2016)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (tenure-track), Shaanxi Normal University (2018–2021)

Associate Research Professor, Shaanxi Normal University (2021–present)

Research Interests：

1. Interfacial Protein Assembly

2. Multi-responsive Biomaterials

Awards and Honors：

Youth Editorial Board Member, Polymer Science & Technology, 2026–2027

Outstanding Young Chemist Award, Shaanxi Chemical Society, 2025

Young Elite Talent Support Program, Shaanxi Higher Education Institutions, 2024

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 22375122, “Oligomerization of Amyloid Proteins at Biomimetic Membrane Interfaces”, January 2024 – December 2027, RMB 500,000.

2. Young Scientists Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 21905166, “Molecular Mechanisms of Interfacial Adhesion of Amyloid Aggregates”, January 2020 – December 2022, RMB 260,000.

3. General Project of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, “Phase Transition Mechanism of PNIPAM Bearing Ionizable Hydrophobic End-Groups and Its Application in Drug Release”, January 2019 – December 2021, RMB 80,000.

4. General Program (Young Scientists) of the Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation, “Molecular Mechanisms of Adhesion of Non-classical Amyloid Aggregates”, January 2020 – December 2021, RMB 30,000.

5. Xi’an Municipal Science and Technology Project, “Preparation of Protein-Based Wet-Adhesive Materials and Their Drug Delivery Applications”, December 2025 – December 2027, RMB 50,000.

6. Industry–University Collaborative Technology Development Project, “Silica Composite Matting Materials”, August 2022 – August 2024, RMB 200,000.

Representative Achievements:

1．Wei Liu, Yixiang Chen, Hao Ren*, LihuaTian, Yingying Zhang, Shuting Miao, Peng Yang*. Adhesion Mechanisms of Amyloid-Like Oligomer Monolayers Enabling Stable Surface Modification for Inert Polymers. JACS Au, 2026, doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.6c00510

2．Aiting Gao, Xin Guo, Jiaqi Wen, Peng Yang*, Hao Ren*. Dynamic thiol-disulfide exchange regulated protein assembly for adaptive and functional material design.  Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 3430-3451.

3. Hao Ren#*, Qianhui Zhang#, Kai Wang#, Siqi Xu, Wei Liu, Fei Tao, Qian Han, Shuting Miao, Yingying Zhang, Yonggang Liu, and Peng Yang*. Living/controlled supramolecular protein polymerization. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2025, 122, e2510077122.

4．Ren Hao⁺, Chen Huan⁺, Kang Yu⁺, Liu Wei, Liu Yongchun, Tao Fei, Miao Shuting, Zhang Yingying, Liu Qian, Dong Mingdong, Liu Yonggang*, Liu Bing*, Yang Peng*, Non-fibril Amyloid Aggregation at the Air/Water Interface: Self-adaptive Pathway Resulting in a 2D Janus Nanofilm. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 8946-8959.

5. Zhang Yingying+, Liu Yongchun+, Liu Yonggang, Zuo Ping, Miao Shuting, Hu Bowen, Kang Yu, Liu Wei, Yang Qingmin, Ren Hao*, Yang Peng*. α-Helix-Mediated Protein Adhesion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145(31), 17125-17135.

6. Ren Hao, Qiu Xing-Ping, Shi Yan, Yang Peng*, Winnik Françoise M*. The Two Phase Transitions of Hydrophobically End-Capped Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s in Water. Macromolecules. 2020, 53(13), 5105-5115.

7. Peng Yang, Yingying Zhang, Hao Ren, and Yongchun Liu. “Photoelectric Material Based on Ultrathin Protein Nanofilms and Its Preparation Method and Application,” Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. CN202411051200.X.

8. Peng Yang, Jinrui Zhang, Hao Ren, and Muhammad Arif. “A Protein-Based Adsorbent for Selective Adsorption of Rhenium Ions and Its Application,” Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. 202310475015.