Professor Ren Bin from the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Xiamen University (XMU) has been awarded the 2025 ISE-Elsevier Prize for Experimental Electrochemistry, as announced by the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE).
The honor recognizes his pioneering contributions to developing spectroelectrochemical methods with high spatial and time resolution, including electrochemical tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS), transient electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and electrochemical dark-field spectroscopy — techniques that enable advanced probing and imaging of electrochemical interfaces.
The ISE-Elsevier Prize is awarded annually to one international scholar, recognizing outstanding achievements in experimental electrochemistry. It evolved from the Prix Jacques Tacussel, a biennial honor previously received by distinguished electrochemists including C Gabrielli, J Lipkowski, K Itaya, and Tian Zhongqun from XMU.
Ren serves as dean of the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces. A recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, he pioneered electrochemical TERS and has published over 400 SCI papers with more than 33,000 citations (h-index 85). He is the associate editor of Analytical Chemistry, a Fellow of the ISE, and received the 2022 Electrochemistry Award from the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry.
