1. Education Background
4. Representative Publications
1. 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. U.S.A. 2025, 122, e2510077122.
2. Yongchun Liu, Shuting Miao, Hao Ren, Lihua Tian, Jian Zhao, Peng Yang*, Synthesis and functionalization of scalable and versatile 2D protein films via amyloid-like aggregation, Nat. Protoc. 2024, 19, 539-564.
3. Yingying Zhang#, Yongchun Liu#, Yonggang Liu, Ping Zuo, Shuting Miao, Bowen Hu, Yu Kang, Wei Liu, Qingmin Yang, Hao Ren*, Peng Yang*, α-Helix-Mediated Protein Adhesion, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 17125-17135.
4. Chengyu Fu, Zhengge Wang, Yingtao Gao, Jian Zhao, Yongchun Liu, Xingyu Zhou, Rongrong Qin, Yanyun Pang, Yingying Zhang, Bowen Hu, Songpei Nan, Jinrui Zhang, Xu Zhang, Peng Yang*, Sustainable Polymer Coating for Stainproof Fabrics. Nat. Sustain. 2023, 6, 984-994.
5. Invited Account: Yongchun Liu, Fei Tao, Shuting Miao, Peng Yang*. Controlling the Structure and Function of Protein Thin Films through Amyloid-Like Aggregation. Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 3016–3027 (Cover).
5. Awards and Honors
### National-Level Scientific Research Awards
1. Funding from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2022);
2. National Leading Talent of the "Ten Thousand Talents Program" (2019);
3. Nomination for the National Hundred Excellent Doctoral Dissertations (Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2008);
4. Meituan "Green Mountain Technology Award" (2023);
5. Top 2% of Global Scientists (2025) (in Both of Lifetime Scientific Impact Ranking and Annual Scientific Impact Ranking)
### Provincial/Ministerial/Bureau-Level Scientific Research Awards
1. Second Prize of the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education (3/5) (2010);
2. First Prize of the Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Award - Recipients: Yang Peng, Tao Fei, Liu Yongchun, Yang Facui - Project Title: *Fundamentals of Surface Modification Technology for Material Functionalization* - Issued by: CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Government (2025);
3. Shaanxi Provincial Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars;
4. Shaanxi "Hundred Talents Program";
5. Shaanxi Innovation Talent Promotion Program (i.e., Leading Young and Middle-Aged Scientific and Technological Innovation Talents);
6. Shaanxi Excellent Young Chemist Award (2014);
7. Shaanxi Youth Science and Technology Award;
8. Title of "Shaanxi Provincial Innovation Studio";
9. Special Prize of Outstanding Scientific and Technological Research Achievements of Shaanxi Higher Education Institutions - Recipients: Yang Peng, Liu Yongchun, Ren Hao, Zhao Jian, Gu Quan, Fu Chengyu, Zhang Yingying, Qin Rongrong - Project Title: *New Methods for Controllable Protein Aggregation and Interface Adhesion* - Issued by: Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education (2025);
10. "Innovation Contribution Award" of the Cellulose and Biomass Chemistry Professional Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society (2025);
11. Outstanding Young Scholar Award in Biomedical Polymer Materials of the Chinese Society for Biomaterials (2019)
### Provincial/Ministerial/Bureau-Level Teaching Awards
1. National Excellent Young Teacher Award in Colloid and Interface Chemistry (2017);
2. Special Prize of Postgraduate Education and Teaching Achievements of Shaanxi Normal University - Recipients: Yang Peng, Zhao Jian, Lei Zhongli, Ren Hao, Liu Yongchun, Tao Fei, Li Ruobing, Gao Aiting - Achievement Title: *Exploration and Practice of the Postgraduate Training Model for Interdisciplinary Chemistry Majors Featuring "Unity of Knowledge and Action, and Application to Reality"* (2025);
3. As of September 20, 2025, the BIM Team has trained 35 doctoral students and 105 master’s students.
### Achievement Transformation and Enterprise Incubation
Focusing on basic research, the team has successively incubated 2 national-level high-tech enterprises (Xi’an Meiyou Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and Xi’an Qingxiu Ecological Technology Co., Ltd.). It has also promoted the industrialization of a number of leading technologies and products, including the novel protein-based coated dentin/enamel regeneration technology applicable in clinical practice and protein-based pesticide reduction additives scalable for agricultural crops. These achievements have been extensively reported by media outlets such as *People’s Daily*, *China Science Daily*, *Xi’an Daily*, *Xi’an Evening News*, People’s Network, and Shaanxi Network.
