任利敏于2007年本科毕业于吉林大学化学学院，同年被保送至吉林大学无机合成与制备国家重点实验室肖丰收教授研究组攻读博士学位；2012年10月，经推荐加入美国明尼苏达大学化工与材料系Michael Tsapatsis院士研究组进行博士后进修。2019年7月回国，加入张大煜学院为特聘研究员。

其科研成果包括分子筛合成新路线的探索，具体包括绿色环保的无溶剂合成法、无有机模板剂合成法、温和路线合成法以及低成本简易路线合成法。同时，她还致力于使用现代化表征手段探索分子筛合成机理，对分子筛的合成具有指导意义。另外，任利敏研究员还擅长分子筛及金属有机骨架 (MOF) 材料在催化方面的应用研究，其中包括对环境有害的氮氧化物气体的消除反应、甲醇制烯烃的反应，以及生物质转化至能源相关的反应。迄今为止，其参与发表SCI论文40余篇，其中第一作者论文9篇，包括三篇在J. Am. Chem. Soc.、Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.等杂志上发表。另外，任利敏研究员还参与了6项已授权的国内专利，两项国际专利。

任利敏研究员长期担任多项国际期刊的审稿工作，其中包括Chemical Society Reviews; Chemistry of Materials, Green Chemistry; ACS Catalysis; Chemical Communications; Environmental Science & Technology; Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research; Microporous and Mesoporous Materials; Chemical Papers; Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering; Chinese Journal of Catalysis.

代表性论文：

1.      X. Zhang, H. Han, J. Zhang, B. Liu, C. Song, L. Ren*, A. Zhang*, X. Guo*, Hierarchical Nanosized ZSM-5 for Enhanced Selectivity of Para-Xylene in the Alkylation of Toluene with Methanol: Synergy of External Acid Sites and Diffusion, ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 11047–11061.

2.      J. Zhang, A. Zhou, F. Hao, K. Yang, Y. Yu, Y. Qin, X. Zhang, L. Ren*, A. Zhang*, G. Zhang, C. Song, X. Guo*, Synthesis of ZSM-5 Zeolite Nanosheets Using Fluorine-free Additives, Chem. Mater., 2025, 37, 3757−3768.

3.      Y. Xiao, B. Cai, H. Wu, H. Wang, J. Wang, J. Liu, R. Ma, T. Lv, L. Miao, J. Liu, C. Yin*, C. Meng*, L. Ren*, Enhanced NH₃-SCR activity of Cu–SAPO-34 by regulating Si distribution via an interzeolite conversion strategy, Chem. Comm., 2025, 61, 1128-1131.

4.      Y. Jiang, W. Cheng, J. Chen, J. Zhang, Y. Liu, X. Yan, L. Liu, Z. Xu, N. Ma, R. Y. Lin*, L. Ren*, C. Meng, Facile synthesis of dual-MOF ultrathin nanosheets supported on layered double hydroxides heterostructure: Electron modulation strategy for enhanced electrocatalytic water splitting, Appl. Catal. B-environ., 2025, 124662.

5.      M. Zhang, C. Zhong, H. Wu,  X. Yan, S. Yan, J. Han, X. Wang, J. Liu*, L. Ren*, Silanol Nest Engineering Facilitates Migration-Driven Trapping of Strong Lewis Acid Sites in Self-Pillared Zeolites, Inorg. Chem., 2025, accepted.

6.      Z. Gao, F. Liu, J. Wu,  Z. Zhang, M. Wang, S. Yan, C. Liu, P. Guo, X. Wang, G. Xiong, L. Ren*, J. Liu*, Urea-Assisted Two-Step Crystallization Synthesis of Hierarchical Titanium-Rich TS-1 Zeolite, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2025, accepted.

7.      Z. Xu, Y. Jiang, L. Chen,  L. Qi, R. Y.-Y. Lin*, L. Ren*, One-step solvothermal construction of 2D CoFe dual-MOF nanosheets for synergistically enhanced oxygen evolution reaction, Next Mater., 2025, accepted.

8.      Y. Jiang, T. Chen, J. Chen, Y. Liu, X. Yuan, J. Yan, Q. Sun, Z. Xu, D. Zhang, X. Wang, C. Meng, X. Guo, L. Ren*, L. Liu*, R. Y. Lin*, Heterostructured bimetallic MOF-on-MOF architectures for efficient oxygen evolution reaction, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2306910.

9.      L. Ren, Y. Xiao, R. Bhattacharjee, J. Wu,  P. Tang, S. Caratzoulas, C. Meng, Q. Guo*, M. Tsapatsis*, High Yield of L-Sorbose via D-Glucose Isomerization in Ethanol over a Bifunctional Titanium-Boron-Beta Zeolite, Chem. Eur. J., 2024, e202402341.

10.   T. Wang, L. Liu, H. Wu, J. Zhang, Z. Feng, X. Yan, X. Wang, G. Han, X. Feng, L. Ren*, X. Guo*, Fabrication of a ZIF-on-lamella-zeolitearchitecture as a highly efficient catalyst for aldol condensation, Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 5212-5221.

11.   W. Huang, H. Wu, X. Yan, J. Zhang, Z. Feng, M. Yang*, P. Tian, X. Guo*, L. Ren*, Rapid Synthesis of Nine-Membered-Ring STT Aluminosilicate Zeolite from Chain Rearrangement of Lamella MWW Zeolite and Its Catalytic Performance in the Methanol-to-Olefin Reaction, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2024, 63, 15438-15447.

12.   R. Ma, Y. Zhou, H. Wu, J. Wang, X. Yan, W. Huang, T. Wang, S. Xu*, L. Ren*, Enhancing Stability of SAPO-37 Molecular Sieve through Aluminum Phosphate Utilization: Synthesis, Stability Mechanism, and Catalytic Performance, Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 14539-14549.

13.   J. Zhang, A. Zhou, L. Ren*, M. Yang, G. Hou, A. Zhang*, C. Song, X. Guo*, Regulating acid properties of ZSM-5 nanosheets by Fe incorporation towards high-performance alkylation of benzene with methanol, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2024, 285, 119594. 

14.   J. Zhang, F. Yuan, L. Liu, A. Zhang*, G. Zhang, L. Ren*, C. Song, X. Guo*, Integrating HZSM‑5 nanosheets with Fe-Co bimetallic catalyst toward efficient CO2-to-gasoline fuel conversionof a ZIF-on-lamella-zeolitearchitecture as a highly efficient catalyst for aldol condensation, Fuel, 2024, 357, 129904.

15.   Z. Ren, L. Fang, M. Cui, T. Lv, H. Wu, Z. Feng, Z. Feng, C. Meng*, L. Ren*, Acid treatment for regulating Hf Sites of the hierarchical Hf-B-BEA zeolite, thereby boosting its MPV reaction performance, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2023, 62, 10057-10068.

16.   X. Yan, J. Zhang, T. Wang, H. Wu, L. Fang, L. Liu, L. Ren* X. Guo*, Seed-assisted interzeolite conversion strategy for fabricating Lewis acid Sn-CHA zeolites, Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 11633-11644.

17.   J. Zhang, A. Zhou, K. Gawande, G. Li, S. Shang, C. Dai, W. Fan, Y. Han, C. Song, L. Ren*, A. Zhang*, X. Guo*, b-Axis-Oriented ZSM-5 Nanosheets for Efficient Alkylation of Benzene with Methanol: Synergy of Acid Sites and Diffusion, ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 3794-3805.

18.   L. Fang, S. Yan, H. Wu, M. Wang, T. Du, T. Wang, J. Liu, C. Meng, X. Guo, L. Ren*, Defect-Guided Synthesis of Hierarchical Sn-B-Beta Zeolite with Highly Exposed Sn Sites, Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 11939-11948.

19.   T. Wang, W. Huang, H. Han, J. Zhang, H. Wu, X. Yan, Y. Jiang, L. Fang, B. Zhang, X. Guo, L. Ren*, Facile and fast synthesis of highly active Lewis acid MWW zeolite from a pure silica ITQ-1, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 3505-3513.

20.   H. Wu, W. Huang, J. Zhang, T. Du, J. Wang, Z. Xu, R. Xu, C. Meng, X. Guo, L. Ren*, M. Tsapatsis, Facile Synthesis of Bifunctional Sn-B-Self-Pillared MFI Zeolite Nanosheets as Highly Selective Catalyst for Sucrose Conversion to Fructose. Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 2022, 341, 112068.

21.   J. Zhang, L. Ren, A. Zhou, W. Li, S. Shang, Y. Liu, Z. Jia, W, Liu, A. Zhang*, X. Guo*, C. Song*, Tailored Synthesis of ZSM-5 Nanosheets with Controllable b-Axis Thickness and Aspect Ratio: Strategy and Growth Mechanism, Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 7, 3217-3226.

22.   G. Kumar, L. Ren, Y. Pang, X. Li, H. Chen, J. Gulbinski, P. J. Dauenhauer*, M. Tsapatsis*, Omar A. Abdelrahman*, Acid Sites of Phosphorus-Modified Zeosils, ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 9933-9948.

23.   J. Gulbinski, L. Ren, V. Vattipalli, H. Chen, J. Delaney, P. Bai, P. Dauenhauer, M. Tsapatsis, O. A. Abdelrahman, W. Fan*, Role of Silica Support in Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Production of p‑Xylene from 2,5-Dimethylfuran and Ethylene, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2020, 59, 22049-22056.

24.   Q. Guo#, L. Ren#, S. Alhassan, M. Tsapatsis*,  Glucose isomerization in Dioxane/Water with Sn-β catalyst: improved catalyst stability and use for HMF production, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 14942-14945. #co-first author.

25.   Q. Guo, L. Ren*, P. Kumar, V. J. Cybulskis, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. E. Davis, M. Tsapatsis*, A Chromium Hydroxide/MIL‐101(Cr) MOF Composite Catalyst and Its Use for the Selective Isomerization of Glucose to Fructose, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 4926-4930.  

26.   L. Ren, Q. Guo, M. Orazov, D. Xu, D. Politi, P. Kumar, S. Alhassan, D. Sidiras, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. E. Davis, M. Tsapatsis*, Pillared Sn-MWW prepared by solid-state-exchange method and its use as a Lewis-acid catalyst,ChemCatChem, 2016, 8, 1274-1278.

27.   L. Ren, Q. Guo, P. Kumar, M. Orazov, D. Xu, S. M. Alhassan, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. E. Davis, M. Tsapatsis*, Self-pillared, single-unit-cell Sn-MFI zeolite nanosheets and their use for glucose and lactose isomerization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 10848-10851. (Very Important Paper)

28.   L. Ren, Q. Wu, C. Yang, L. Zhu, C. Li, P. Zhang, H. Zhang, X. Meng*, F. Xiao*, Solvent-free synthesis of zeolites from solid raw materials. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 15173-15176.