Professor Jianren Fan received his PhD from the Department of Mechanics, Vienna University of Technology (Technischen Universität Wien) in Austria in 1984. In the same year, he returned to Zhejiang University in China and later became a Changjiang Chair Professor. In 1994, he was awarded the first National Distinguished Young Scholar from National Natural Science Foundation of China and also received the Outstanding Contribution to Overseas Students Award from the State Education Commission and the Ministry of Human Resources of China. Currently he is a Professor of College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, and an Adjunct Professor of Shanghai Institutefor Advanced Study of Zhejiang University (SIAS).

He is mainly engaged in the research of multiphase flow theory and computational combustion fluid dynamics. In recent years, professor Fan has led more than 10 national research projects and was awarded national and provincial awards. He has co-authored 3 monographs and published more than 100 journal articles.