Chun-lai Ren

Email: chunlair@nju.edu.cn

Personal data

Date of Birth: 03/06/1979

Gender: Female

Place of Birth: Ningbo, Zhejiang Province

Education

1997.9-2001.6: B.Sc.Physics Department，Ningbo University

2001.9-2006.6: Ph.D.Physics Department, NanjingUniversity

Working Experience

2006.7-2007.2: Faculty in Physics Department, Nanjing University

2007.2-2008.2: Postdoc in Chemistry Department, Purdue University

2008.2-2009.2: Postdoc in Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University

2009.3-present: Associate Professor in Physics Department, Nanjing University

Research Interests

My research interests are focus on the theoretical modelling of complex molecular systems, such as polymer, colloid, and some biological systems, which combine physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science. Our aims include trying to discover the real mechanism under experimental observations and making some valuable predications to guide experiments. Specific systems of interest are: self assembly of polymer and colloid systems and protein adsorption.

近期部分代表性论文目录：

1).Chunlai Ren, Yuejin Zhu, and Yuqiang Ma, Ordering structures in a chemically reacting binary mixture under driven particles,Mod. Phys. Lett. B 16, 1125(2002).

2).Chunlai Ren, Kang Cheng, and Yuqiang Ma, Ordering mechanism of asymmetric diblock copolymers confined between polymer-grafted surface, J. Chem. Phys.122, 154904(2005).

3).Chunlai Ren, and Yuqiang Ma, Reentrant ordering transition of asymmetric copolymer solution film confined between polymer-grafted surfaces, Phys. Rev. E, 72,051804(2005).

4).Chunlai Ren, and Yuqiang Ma, Phase behavior in thin films of confined colloid-polymer mixtures,J. Am. Chem. Soc.128,2733(2006).

5).Chunlai Ren, R. J. Nap, and I. Szleifer, The Role of Hydrogen Bonding in Tethered Polymer Layers, J. Phys. Chem. B112,16238(2008).

6).Andrea R. Statz, Jinghao Kuang, Chunlai Ren, Annelise E. Barron, Igal Szleifer, and Phillip B. Messersmith, Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Chain Length and Surface Coverage on Fouling of Surface Grafted Polypeptoids, Biointerphases, 4,FA22(2009).

7).Chunlai Ren, Daniel Carvajal, Kenneth R. Shull and Igal Szleifer, Streptavidin-Biotin Binding in the Presence of a Polymer Spacer. A Theoretical Description, Langmuir, 25, 12283 (2009).

8).Rina Shvartzman-Cohen, Chunlai Ren, Igal Szleifer and Rachel Yerushalmi-Rizon, An isotopic effect in self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers: the role of hydrogen bonds, Soft Matter,5, 5003, (2009).

9).Chunlai Ren and Yuqiang Ma, Structure and organization of nanosized-inclusion-containing bilayer membranes. Phys. Rev. E 80, 011910 (2009).