DACHENG REN, Ph.D.

DACHENG REN, Ph.D., has been named interim associate dean for research and graduate programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University. He is the Stevenson Endowed Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and director of the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute. Ren received an early career translational research award in biomedical engineering from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation in 2009 and a National Science Foundation (NSF) career award in 2011. He was named the College Technology Educator of the Year by the Technology Alliance of Central New York in 2010. At Syracuse, Ren was a recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award from the College of Engineering and Computer Science in 2014 and the Chancellor’s Citation for Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction in 2018. Ren’s research has been supported by the NSF, National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and industrial sponsors. He received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2003. After finishing postdoctoral training at Cornell University, he joined Syracuse University in 2006.