þ Master Supervisor

Current Professional Societies

1 .Guest Editor of SCI Journal Frontiers in Physics (IF 3.1, JCR Q2)

2. Members of Chinese Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (ACS), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Beijing Overseas Talents Association, Beijing Science Writers Association, Southwest Catalysis Society, Society of Plastic Engineering, Society of Asian Scientists & Engineers, Chinese-American Chemical Society

Research Areas

1. Design and development of functional materials and their composite architectures for synergistic capture and conversion of greenhouse gases;

2. Biomimetic tailoring and green scale-up of porous and/or semiconducting materials based on crystallization mechanism(s).

Honors

1. Elected and awarded the honorary titles of “High-level Talent of Beijing with Overseas Experience”, “100 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Innovation Figures of Guangdong Province”, and “High-level Talent of Shenzhen with International Experiences (Peacock Program)”.

2. Rising Researcher Award of Director’s Innovation Award of SIAT

3. Excellent Employee of SIAT

4. Best Dissertation Award of Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston

5. 2017 Poster Award of AICHE, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division

6. 2016 Travel Award of AICHE, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division

Publications

1. Li, R.; Linares, N.; Sutjianto, J.G.; Chawla, A.; Garcia-Martinez, J.; Rimer, J.D., “Ultrasmall Zeolite L Crystals Prepared from Highly-Interdispersed Alkali-Silicate Precursors”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 11283. (IF=16.823, JCR Q1 TOP)

2. He, B.; Wang, Y.-J.; Bai, X.; Bian, H.;Xie Y.;Li, R.*;Li, J.-R., “Rational Construction of MOF-on-MOF Heterojunction with an Array of Flexible Two-Dimensional Microsheets for Efficient CO₂ Photo reduction”, Chem. Eng. J., 2024, 482, 149000. (*Corresponding author, IF=15.1, JCR Q1 TOP)

3. Wang, Y.-J.; He, B.; Ma, D.;Li, R.*;Xie Y.; Li, J.-R.*, “A Hierarchical In₂O₃ @ZIF-67 Architecture with Upgraded CO₂ Photo reduction Performances”,Chem. Eng. J.,2023, 467, 143329. (*Corresponding authors, IF=15.1, JCRO1 TOP)

4. Batur, J.; Duan, Z.; Jiang, M.;Li, R.*;Xie Y.; Yu, X-F; Li, J.-R., “Molecular Modification of Zeolites with Cold Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jet: A Green and Facile Strategy”, Chem. Mater., 2023, 35, 10, 3867. (*Corresponding author, IF = 10. 508, JCR Q1 TOP)

5. Li, R.; Batur, J.; Bian, H.; Wang, Y.-J.; Duan, Z.; Xie Y.; Li, J.-R., “Green and Facile Fabrication of Metal Oxide/Red Phosphorus Composite Catalysts for CO₂ Photo reduction”, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2022,10, 26, 8658. (IF=9.224, JCRQ1 TOP)

6. Li, R.; Smolyakova, A.; Maayan, G.; Rimer, J.D., "Designing Peptoids as Tunable Modifiers of Zeolite Crystallization ", Chem. Mater., 2017, 29, 9536. (IF=10.508, JCR Q1 TOP)

7. Kumar, M.^*; Li, R.^*; Rimer, J.D., “Assembly and Evolution of Amorphous Precursors in Zeolite L Crystallization”, Chem. Mater., 2016, 28, 1714. *Authors contributed equally. (IF=10.508, JCR Q1 TOP)

8. Li, R.; Elliott, W. A.; Clark, R. J.; Sutjianto, J.G.; Rioux, R. M.; Palmer, J. C.; Rimer, J.D., “Factors Controlling the Molecular Modification of One-Dimensional Zeolites”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 18610 (JCR Q1).

9. Li, R.; Chawla, A.; Linares, N.; Sutjianto, J.G.; Chapman, K.W.; Garcia-Martinez, J..; Rimer, J.D., “Diverse Physical States of Sol Gel Precursors in Zeolite Synthesis”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2018, 57, 8460. (Invited) (JCR Q1 TOP)

10. Chawla, A.^*;Li, R.^*; Jain, R., Clark, R.J., Sutjianto, J.G., Palmer, J.C., Rimer, J.D., “Synergistic Effects of Inorganic and Organic Structure-Directing Agents in ZSM-5 Crystallization”, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2018, 3, 159. *Authors contributed equally. (one of eight 2018 MSDE Hot Articles)

Personal Statement

Dr. Li, Rui, an assistant professor of Beijing University of Technology and supervisor of Master’s students, graduated from the University of Houston, US with a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering (Best Dissertation Award granted). He was elected and awarded the honorary titles of “High-level Talent of Beijing with Overseas Experience”, “100 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Innovation Figures of Guangdong Province”, and “High-level Talent of Shenzhen with International Experiences (Peacock Program)”. His research features internationality and interdisciplinarity, attempting to debottleneck real problems from the perspective of fundamental sciences. He has published 14 SCI papers, among which 10 is first, co-first or corresponding author (9 ranking JCR Q1). 12 Chinese/PCT patent applications and 2 US patent applications have been filed with his discoveries, among which 8 have been granted till now. He also served as one of the main contributing authors in the composition of several professional books including Assessment and Outlook of the Development of Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases Emission Reduction Technologies (Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China). His research has been sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program and Young Scientists Grant), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Special Grant and General Program), etc., with a total funding exceed CNY 1,800k. He also served as a reviewer for many renowned international journals such as Chem. Eng. J., ChemComm, AIChE J., RSC Adv., and CrystEngComm.