男,回族,1959 年8月出生,寧夏回族自治區固原市人陝西師範大學教授、博士生導師。1982年起任教於西北大學,2003年調任陝西師範大學生命科學學院,主要從事系統與進化植物學、大熊貓主食竹及秦巴山區植物區系三方面的教學和科研工作。在毛茛目植物花形態、發育與適應性進化、基部被子植物管狀分子進化等方面做出了突出的成就。先後主持國家自然科學基金5項,參加重點項目、973項目專題、十一五科技攻關項目子課題及橫向項目等20餘項,在PNAS、Annals of Botany、Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society等國內外植物學主流期刊上發表論文90餘篇,主編或參編學術專著9部、教材1部,獲得陝西省科技進步三等獎2項、陝西省林業廳科技進步獎2項、陝西省高等學校自然科學一等獎1項。
1. Ren Y., Li Z.-J, Lei Y.-J. 2003. Achene and seed abortion contribute to the rarity of Kingdonia uniflora. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 51: 39–44
2. Ren Y., Li Z.-J., Chang H.-L., Lei Y.-J. and Lu A.-M. 2004. Floral Development of Kingdonia (Ranunculaceae s. l., Ranunculales). Plant Systematics and Evolution 247:145–153.
4. Ren Y.., Liu X., Ge S. 2005. Low genetic diversity among populations of the rare Chinese endemic Kingdoniauniflora revealed by RAPD-analysis. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 53: 65–73.
5. Chang H.-L., Ren Y.* and Lu A.-M. 2005. Floral morphogenesis ofAnemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex DC. var. flore-minore Maxim. (Ranunculaceae) with special emphasis on androecium development sequence. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 47: 257–263.
6. Zhang X.-H., Ren Y.*, Tian X.-H., Pan L.-Z. 2005. Anatomical studies on Sinofranchetia chinensis (Lardizabalaceae) and their systematic significance. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 149: 271–281.
7. Tian X.-H., Zhang L.,Ren Y. 2006. Morphogenesis of flowers and inflorescences of Circaeaster (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales). Plant Systematics and Evolution 256: 89–96.
10. Chen L., Ren Y.*, Endress P. K., Tian X.-H., Zhang X.-H. 2007. Floral organogenesis in Tetracentron sinense (Trochodendraceae) and its systematic significance. Plant Systematics and Evolution 264: 183–193.
11. Ren Y., Li H.-F., Zhao L., Endress P. K. 2007. Floral morphogenesis in Euptelea (Eupteleaceae, Ranunculales). Annals of Botany 100: 185–193.
12. Tian X.-H., Zhao L., Ren Y., Zhang X.-H. 2007. Number of floral organs in Circaeasteragrestis (Circaeasteraceae) and possible homeosis among floral organs. Plant Systematics and Evolution 265: 259–265.
13. Yan X.-L., Ren Y.*, Tian X.-H., Zhang X.-H. 2007. Morphogenesis of pistillate flowers of Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Cercidiphylleceae). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 49: 1400–1408.
14. Ren Y., Cheng L., Tian X.-H., Zhang X.-H., Lu A.-M. 2007. Discovery of vessels in Tetracentron (Trochodendraceae) and its systematic significance. Plant Systematics and Evolution 267: 155–161.
16. Wang Z.-F., Ren Y.*. 2008. Ovule morphogenesis in Ranunculaceae and its systematic significance. Annals of Botany 101: 447–462.
17. Li J., Ren Y.*. 2008. Floral morphogenesis of Aristolochia L. (Aristolochiaceae). 西北植物學報28: 267–271.
18. Zhang X.-H., Ren Y*. 2008. Floral morphology and development in Sargentodoxa (Lardizabalaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 1148–1158.
19. Zhang X.-H., Ren Y.*, and Tian X.-H. 2009. Floral morphogenesis of the genus Sinofranchetia (Lardizabalaceae) and its systematic significance. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 82-92.