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Prof. Rong-Zhen Liao (廖荣臻, born in 1983, Zhongxiang, Hubei province) obtained his B.Sc. degree from Beijing Normal University in 2005 and his Ph.D. degree from Stockholm University in 2010 (with Prof. Fahmi Himo) and from Beijing Normal University in 2011 (with Prof. Ruo-Zhuang Liu). After postdoctoral studies at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (with Prof. Walter Thiel) and at Stockholm University (with Prof. Per E. M. Siegbahn), he was appointed a full professor at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology directly in 2015. He received the “Annual Research Star Award” (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2016) and “Young Scholar of Distinction” (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2017). He has been supported by the “Hubei Youth Talent Program” (Hubei Province, 2021).

Email: rongzhen@hust.edu.cn

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8989-6928

Scopus Author ID: 16307238300

Postdoc

Jia-Yi Chen 2024-present   

PhD students  

Kelin Xian 2023-present

Ya-Qi Wu 2023-present

Li-Na Liu 2023-present

Hao-Ran Chen 2025-present

Yan Li 2026-present

Master students

Zhe-Yu Song 2024-present

Yu-Hang Shi 2025-present

Xian-Yue Cao 2026-present