曾获北京大学优秀博士论文、洪堡学者等奖励，主持德国洪堡基金项目。入选2020年海外高层次计划青年项目。研究领域主要集中于金属、碳材料、高分子气凝胶/水凝胶的可控制备方法的发展，并探索与促进其在催化、智能材料、传感、储能等方面的应用。详细信息请参阅https://www.x-mol.com/groups/ran_du。目前在Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., Matter, Adv. Mater., Small等国际知名期刊发表论文40余篇，担任Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, ACS Nano等十余种国际SCI期刊审稿人，任SmartMat青年编委。

2007-2011 福多多app引导网站 高分子材料科学与工程 工学学士
2011-2016 北京大学 化学与分子工程学院 理学博士

2016-2017 新加坡南洋理工大学 材料科学工程学院 博士后
2017-2019 德国德累斯顿工业大学 物理化学系 洪堡学者、博士后
2020-2021 香港大学浙江科学技术研究院、香港大学先进功能材料实验室/机械工程系 博士后
2021-今 福多多app引导网站材料学院 教授

       在气凝胶/水凝胶的前沿领域开展交叉学科研究，主要集中于金属、碳材料、高分子气凝胶/水凝胶的可控制备方法发展，并探索其在催化、智能材料、传感、储能等方面的应用。详细信息请参阅课题组网页详见https://www.x-mol.com/groups/ran_du。研究方向包含但不限于：
       1. 金属气凝胶的可控制备与合成方法学开发
       2. 金属-高分子、金属-纳米碳、其它新型金属复合气凝胶/水凝胶的可控制备与合成方法学开发
       3. 金属气凝胶/水凝胶的力学调控与自愈合性质研究
       4. 外场作用下（如磁场、光场、电场、机械力场等），金属基气凝胶/水凝胶的刺激响应性质与电催化性质研究
       5. 新型气凝胶/水凝胶可控制备，新应用开发

1. Jiang, X., Du, R.*, Hübner, R., Hu, Y., Eychmüller, A., A Roadmap for 3D Metal Aerogels: Materials Design and Application Attempts. Matter 2021, 4, 54-94.
2. Du, R., Jin, W.*, Wu, H., Hübner, R., Zhou, L., Xue, G., Hu, Y., Eychmüller, A.*, Rapid synthesis of gold–palladium core–shell aerogels for selective and robust electrochemical CO2 reduction. J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 17189-17197.
3. Du, R.*, Joswig, J.-O., Fan, X., Hübner, R., Spittel, D., Hu, Y., and Eychmüller, A.*, Disturbance-Promoted Unconventional and Rapid Fabrication of Self-Healable Noble Metal Gels for (Photo-)Electrocatalysis, Matter 2020, 2, 908-920.
4. Du, R., Wang, J., Wang, Y., Hübner, R., Fan, X., Senkovska, I., Hu, Y.*, Kaskel, S., and Eychmüller, A.*, Unveiling reductant chemistry in fabricating noble metal aerogels for superior oxygen evolution and ethanol oxidation, Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 1590.
5. Du, R.*, Joswig, J.-O., Hübner, R., Zhou, L., Wei, W., Hu, Y., and Eychmüller, A.*, Freeze-Thaw-Promoted Fabrication of Clean and Hierarchically-Structured Noble Metal Gels for Electrocatalysis and Photoelectrocatalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 8293-8300.
6. Fan, X., Zerebecki, S., Du, R.*, Hübner, R., Marzum, G., Jiang, G., Hu, Y., Barcikowki, S., Reichenberger, S., and Eychmüller, A.*, Promoting the Electrocatalytic Performance of Noble Metal Aerogels by Ligand-Directed Modulation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 5706-5711.
7. Du, R., Jin, W.*, Hübner, R., Zhou, L., Hu, Y., and Eychmüller, A.*, Engineering Multimetallic Aerogels for pH-Universal HER and ORR Electrocatalysis, Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 1903857.
8. Du, R.*, Jin, X., Hübner, R., Fan, X., Hu, Y., and Eychmüller, A.*, Engineering Self-Supported Noble Metal Foams Toward Electrocatalysis and Beyond, Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 1901945.
9. Du, R.*, Fan, X., Jin, X., Hübner, R., Hu, Y., and Eychmüller, A.*, Emerging Noble Metal Aerogels: State of the Art and a Look Forward, Matter 2019, 1, 39-56.
10. Du, R., Hu, Y.*, Hübner, R., Joswig, J.-O., Fan, X., and Eychmüller, A.*, Specific Ion Effects Directed Noble Metal Aerogels: Versatile Manipulation for Electrocatalysis and Beyond, Sci. Adv. 2019, 5, eaaw4590.
11. Du, R., Du, R., Gao, X., Feng, Q., Zhao, Q., Li, P., Deng, S., Shi, L., and Zhang, J.*, Microscopic Dimensions Engineering: Stepwise Manipulation of the Surface Wettability on 3D Substrates for Oil/Water Separation, Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 936-942.
12. Du, R., Zhang, N., Zhu, J., Wang, Y., Xu, C., Hu, Y., Mao, N., Xu, H., Duan, W., Zhuang, L., Qu, L., Hou, Y., and Zhang, J.*, Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Nanotube Aerogels for High‐Performance ORR Catalysts, Small 2015, 11, 3903-3908.
13. Du, R.‡, Zheng, Z.‡, Mao, N., Zhang, N., Hu, W.*, and Zhang, J.*, Fluorosurfactants-Directed Preparation of Homogeneous and Hierarchical-Porosity CMP Aerogels for Gas Sorption and Oil Cleanup, Adv. Sci. 2015, 2, 1400006. (‡ Equal contribution)
14. Du, R., Zhang, N., Xu, H., Mao, N., Duan, W., Wang, J., Zhao, Q., Liu, Z., and Zhang, J.*, CMP Aerogels: Ultrahigh-Surface-Area Carbon-Based Monolithic Materials with Superb Sorption Performance, Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 8053-8058.
15. Du, R., Wu, J., Chen, L., Huang, H., Zhang, X.*, and Zhang, J.*, Hierarchical Hydrogen Bonds Directed Multi-Functional Carbon Nanotube-Based Supramolecular Hydrogels, Small 2014, 10, 1387-1393.