Jingrun Ran

Jingrun Ran is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, where he also earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering. His research focuses on the atomic-level design and synthesis of photocatalysts for solar energy-driven reactions like plastic reforming, biomass conversion, CO₂ reduction, and light alkane activation, supported by state-of-the-art in-situ/ex-situ characterizations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. He leads the development of industrial reactor systems for practical solar-driven photocatalytic applications.

Research interests include:

• Atomic-scale regulation of photocatalysts
• Solar-to-chemical energy conversion
• Plastic and biomass upcycling
• CO₂ conversion technologies
• Photocatalysis and photothermal systems
• Structure-performance relationships in catalysts

Scientific accolades:

• ARC Future Fellowship (2023)
• ARC DECRA Fellowship (2020)
• Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2020-2024)
• Elsevier and Stanford University Top 2% Scientists (2020-2024)
• Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator (2021)

He is eligible to supervise Masters and PhD students and has published 69+ papers with over 20,722 citations (h-index: 43) in journals like Nature Communications and Advanced Materials.