Ran Long

Ran Long (simplified Chinese: 龙冉) is a Chinese scientist. She is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

Education Long received her bachelor's degree in chemistry in 2009 and a Doctor of Philosophy in inorganic chemistry in 2014 under the supervision of Professor Yujie Xiong both from USTC.

Career She joined the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) at USTC as a postdoctoral researcher since 2014, working with Professor Li Song. From 2016 to 2021, she held positions as an associate professor at NSRL. Since 2021, she has been a professor at the School of Nuclear Science and Technology and NSRL at USTC. She has authored more than 50 papers as the first or corresponding author in high-impact journals such as Nature Science Review, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, and Chemical Society Reviews.

Awards and honors Long won the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science International Rising Talents Award in 2017 for unlocking the potential of energy resources with nanochemistry. In 2018, she became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.