特聘副研究员，硕士生导师，四川省天府峨眉计划特聘专家，2014年本科毕业于四川大学，2019年博士毕业于山东大学，之后进入大连理工大学精细化工全国重点实验室从事博士后研究，2022年通过“香江学者计划”前往香港城市大学开启海外访问研究。长期从事高效新材料开发及清洁能源低碳转化技术开发研究,在J. Am. Chem. Soc (2), Chemical Reviews, ACS Nano, Small, J. Mater. Chem. A等期刊发表论文18篇，其中2篇入选ESI高被引论文 (TOP 1%)，2篇入选ESI热点论文，2篇入选封面文章。目前为中国化学学会会员，可再生能源学会会员，香港学者协会会员，美国化学学会会员，担任《Exploration》青年编委和《Molecules》客座编辑。主持国家自然科学基金青年项目、香江学者基金、四川省重点研发项目、成都市重点研发项目、四川省重大科技专项子课题、广东省自然科学基金面上项目、深圳市自然科学基金面上项目、香港特别行政区“研究人才库”计划基金、西南石油大学“启航计划”等国家级和省部级科研项目，并入选“2021香江学者计划”，被香港学者协会授予“2023年香江学者奖”。

1．太阳能合成燃料

2．天然气绿色综合利用（太阳能驱动CO2/H2S资源化利用）

3．光电驱动二氧化碳转化利用

1、代表性项目

(1)国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目, 22102015, 三维有序缺陷态AB(O,N)3基异质复合反蛋白石阵列及光电化学性能, 2022-01至 2024-12, 30万元, 结题, 项目负责人

(2) “香江学者计划”基金, XJ2021006, 纳米半导体光催化涂层的开发及其在高效稳定海洋防污防腐的应用研究, 2022-01 至 2024-12, 72万元, 结题, 项目负责人

(3) 四川省重大科技专项项目子课题, 2025ZDZX0083, 氢气高效转化催化材料及循环利用技术研发与应用, 2025-10 至 2028-09, 25万元, 在研, 项目负责人 

(4) 四川省重点研发项目, 26SYSX0050, 光电耦合催化CO2资源化利用制液态燃料关键技术开发, 2026-01至2027-12, 20万元, 在研, 项目负责人 

(5) 西南石油大学自然科学启航计划项目, 202599010019, 太阳能光驱动纳米光催化剂开发及其CO2转化利用技术研究, 2025-03 至 2027-02, 30万元, 在研, 项目负责人 

(6) 成都市重点研发项目, 2025-YF05-00618-SN, 光驱动CO2资源化利用制绿色液态燃料关键技术开发, 2026-01 至 2026-12, 10万元, 在研, 项目负责人 

(7) 香港创新科技署“研究人才库计划”基金, 00483250, 新型半导体纳米光催化海洋防污防腐涂层设计与开发, 2022-01 至 2024-12, 108万元, 结题, 项目负责人 

(8) 广东省自然科学基金面上项目, 2023A1515011976, 三维有序氮化物基复合阵列光阳极及其光电催化分解水性能研究, 2023-01 至 2024-12, 10万元, 结题, 项目负责人 

(9) 深圳市自然科学基金面上项目, JCYJ20230604185758077, 光电驱动CO2高值利用制绿色甲醇关键技术研究, 2023-01 至 2024-12, 30万元, 结题, 项目负责人 

2、代表性论文

(1) Lei Ran; Zhuwei Li; Bei Ran; Jiaqi Cao; Yue Zhao; Teng Shao; Yurou Song; Michael K. H. Leung; Licheng  Sun; Jungang Hou; Engineering single-atom active sites on covalent organic frameworks for boosting CO2 photoreduction, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 17097-17109.

(2) Lei Ran; Shi Qiu; Panlong Zhai; Zhuwei Li; Junfeng Gao; Xiaomeng Zhang; Bo Zhang; Chen Wang; Licheng Sun; Jungang Hou; Conformal macroporous inverse opal oxynitride-based photoanode forrobust photoelectrochemical water splitting, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 7402-7413.

(3) Bei Ran#; Lei Ran#; Zuokai Wang; Jinfeng Liao; Dandan Li; Keda Chen; Wenlin Cai; Jungang Hou and Xiaojun Peng; Photocatalytic Antimicrobials: Basic Principles, Design Strategies and Applications. Chemical Reviews, 2023, 123, 12371-12430.

(4) Lei Ran; Yifan Xu; Yue Zhang; Jinsong Zhou; Mingzi Sun; Yingguang Zhang; Bei Ran; Chengxu Zhang; Jue Hu; Bolong Huang; Michael K. H. Leung; Engineering Iridium-Ruthenium Dual-Atomic Active Sites on Redox-Active Covalent Organic Frameworks for Boosted Overall Water Splitting, Small, 2026, 22, e10427.

(5) Pengshan Xie#, Shuhui Shi#, Lei Ran#, Chunhua Wang#, Dengji Li, Yuxuan Zhang, Yiyang Wei, Quan Quan, Bowen Li, You Meng, Boxiang Gao, Michael K. H. Leung, Zhongrui Wang, and Johnny C. Ho; Flicker-Suppressed Neuromorphic Unit for Dynamic Vision Processing, ACS Nano, 2026, 20, 7640-7651.

(6) Lei Ran; Jungang Hou; Shuyan Cao; Zhuwei Li; Yanting Zhang; Bo Zhang; PanlongZhai; Licheng Sun; Defect engineering of photocatalysts for solar energy conversion, Solar RRL, 2020, 4, 2070045.  

(7) Keda Chen; Bei Ran; Yifan Xu; Qinglan Tang; Yizhen Zhang; Lei Ran*; Michael K.H. Leung*; Defective ZnIn2S4/NiO Z-Scheme Heterostructure for Photothermal-Assisted High Performance Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution under Visible Light. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 127, 394-404.

(8) Keda Chen#, Lei Ran#, Bei Ran, Wei Xiong, Michael K. H. Leung; Boosting charge migration kinetics using an Fe-S bridge for efficacious photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025, 13, 3045-3055.

(9) Yue Zhao#, Lei Ran#, Rui Chen, Yurou Song, Junfeng Gao, Licheng Sun, Jungang Hou; Boosting   Charge Mediation in Ferroelectric BaTiO3-x-Based Photoanode for Efficient and Stable Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation, Small Structures, 2023, 2300072.

(10) Yanting Zhang#; Lei Ran#; Yanxue Zhang; Panlong Zhai; Junfeng Gao; Zhuwei Li; Bo Zhang; Zhaozhong Fan;Licheng Sun; JungangHou; Two-dimensional defective boron-doped niobic acid nanosheets for   robust nitrogen photofixation, ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 17820- 17830.

(11) Lei Ran; Longwei Yin; Ternary hierarchical Cu7S4/TiO2/CoCr-LDH heterostructured nanorodarrays with multiphase reaction interfaces for more efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2019, 6(2): 1800970- 1800970.

(12) Bei Ran#; Lei Ran#; Jungang Hou; Xiaojun Peng; Incorporating boron into niobic acid nanosheets enables generation of multiple reactive oxygen species for superior antibacterial action, Small, 2022, 18, 2107333.

(13) Yanting Zhang#; Lei Ran#; Panlong Zhai; Bo Zhang; Zhaozhong Fan; Chen Wang; Xiaomeng Zhang; Jungnang Hou; Licheng Sun. Simultaneously Efficient Solar Light Harvesting and Charge Transfer of Hollow Octahedral Cu2S/CdS p-n Heterostructures for Remarkable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation, Transactions of Tianjin University, 2021, 27, 348-357.

(14) Lei Ran; Longwei Yin; Double-walled heterostructured Cu2-xSe/Cu7S4 nanoboxes with enhanced electrocatalytic activity for quantum dot sensitized solar cells, CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 5640-5652.

(15) Lei Ran; Xueping Gao; Danyang Zhao; Longwei Yin; Highly crystalline Ti-doped SnO2 hollow structured photocatalyst with enhanced photocatalytic activity for degradation of organic dyes, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 4225-4237.

3、入选人才计划

(1) “香江学者”计划人才项目，2021

(2) 四川省“天府峨眉”计划青年人才，2026