Professor Renren DENG

Dr. Renren Deng is currently a Professor-Level Research Scientist (2016 -) at Zhejiang University. He earned his BS degree from Zhejiang University in 2009. He completed his PhD on enhancing multiphoton upconversion at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2014 under the direction of Professor Xiaogang Liu. During 2014-2016, he subsequently worked as postdoctoral researcher at NUS, as well as Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge University. His research interests are in the development of novel luminescent nanomaterials for applications such as photovoltaics and 3D displays, and understanding energy transfer through lanthanide-doped nanocrystals.

RESEARCH BACKGROUND

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanomaterials, nanomaterial synthesis and nanostructure self-assembly, organic/inorganic heterostructured nanomaterials, photonics and laser optics.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

2016 – present, Research Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

2015 – 2016, Research Associate, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge  (with Dr. Akshay Rao)                

2013 – 2015, Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore  (with Prof. Xiaogang Liu)

EDUCATION

2009 – 2013   Ph.D., Chemistry      National University of Singapore, Singapore

“Functional Lanthanide-doped Upconversion Nanocrystals: Optical Properties and Mechanism Study” (with Professor Xiaogang Liu)

-       Design and synthesis of ucponversion nanocrystals for biological applications.

-       Synthesis of gold nanoparticles for imaging studies and clinical assay.

-       Morphology control and mechanism study of quantum-sized semiconductor nanocrystals.

2005 – 2009   B.Sc., Chemistry       Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

-       Synthesis of conjugated perylene-based red-fluorescence organic molecules for high efficient OLED and chemical sensing applications.

Personal Page：https://person.zju.edu.cn/en/drr