主要从事共价有机框架膜高端膜材料研发及环境、能源领域的应用研究，重点研究膜表界面、孔道等多级结构精密构筑及分子、离子、纳米流体高效传递过程。具体包括：

（1）共价有机框架（COF）膜、固有微孔聚合物（PIM）膜、多孔有机笼（POC）膜等新型有机多孔膜用于分子分离、离子分离与传递

（2）超薄聚酰胺（PA）膜用于脱盐、离子分离

（3）高通量、抗污染中空纤维超滤膜用于污水深度处理及资源化

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累计发表SCI论文135篇，H因子55。以第一/共同通讯作者在Chem. Soc. Rev.、Nat. Commun.（2篇）、Adv. Funct. Mater.、Small（2篇）、J. Mater. Chem. A（7篇）、J. Membr. Sci.（17篇）等期刊发表SCI论文40余篇，他引2700余次。在COF膜领域发表SCI论文34篇，暂居国际第三位（Web of Science核心库以“covalent organic framework” or “COF” membrane检索）。授权中国发明专利16项，参与编写英文专著1章。获天津市优秀博士学位论文、中国石油与化学工业联合会科技进步一等奖（5/12）和创新团队奖（7/7）、中国石油与化学工业联合会-克莱恩“CPCIF-Clariant”可持续发展青年创新奖优秀奖（1/1），连续入选斯坦福大学发布的“全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单”（2020-2024年度）、入选2020美国化学会I&EC Research有影响力研究学者榜单（全球15人）及Elsevier Rising Stars in Desalination (2024)。

主持国家自然科学基金面上和青年科学基金项目（C类）、国家重点研发计划项目子课题、海南省重点研发项目课题、中国博士后科学基金特别资助（站前）和面上项目、浙江省基础公益研究计划项目等项目8项。

[1] Runnan Zhang, Yanan Liu, Mingrui He, Yanlei Su, Xueting Zhao, Menachem Elimelech, Zhongyi Jiang*. Antifouling membranes for sustainable water purification: strategies and mechanisms, Chemical Society Reviews, 2016, 45, 5888-5924.

[2] Xiaoyao Wang, Benbing Shi, Hao Yang, Jingyuan Guan, Xu Liang, Chunyang Fan, Xinda You, Yanan Wang, Zhe Zhang, Hong Wu, Tao Cheng, Runnan Zhang*, Zhongyi Jiang*. Assembling covalent organic framework membranes with superior ion exchange capacity, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 1020.

[3] Niaz Ali Khan, Runnan Zhang*, Xiaoyao Wang, Li Cao, Chandra S. Azad, Chunyang Fan, Jinqiu Yuan, Mengying Long, Hong Wu*, Mark. A. Olson Zhongyi Jiang*. Assembling covalent organic framework membranes via phase switching for ultrafast molecular transport, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 3169.

[4] Kai Xu, Yu Zheng, Junjie Zhou, Yang Zhao, Xiao Pang, Lijuan Cheng, Hui Wang, Xianjuan Zhang, Runnan Zhang*, Zhongyi Jiang*. Microwave-assisted fabrication of highly crystalline, robust COF membrane for organic solvent nanofiltration, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2417383.

[5] Yu Zheng, ZhiChao Li, Zixu Yang, Jianliang Shen, Chao Yang, Hui Wang, Kai Xu, Lijuan Cheng, Yihui Hu, Yuxuan Zhao, Runnan Zhang*, Zhongyi Jiang*. Tailor-made heterocharged covalent organic framework membrane for efficient ion separation, Small, 2024, 20(44), 2403300.

[6] Xu Dong, Yu Zheng, Hao Deng, Xiao Pang, Tao Wu, Shiyi Zhu, Runnan Zhang*, Zhongyi Jiang*. Bubble drainage assisted fabrication of polyamide membranes with crater-like structures for efficient desalination, Nano Letters, 2024, 24(45), 14389-14397.

[7] Jianliang Shen, Jingqiu Yuan, Benbing Shi, Xinda You, Rui Ding, Tianyi Zhang, Yujing Zhang, Yuanzhi Deng, Jingyuan Guan, Mengying Long, Yu Zheng, Runnan Zhang*, Hong Wu, Zhongyi Jiang*. Homointerface covalent organic framework membranes for efficient desalination, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 23178-23187.

[8] Jianliang Shen, Guangzhe Wang, Xinda You, Benbing Shi, Jing Xue, Jingqiu Yuan, Yafei Li, Jingyuan Guan, Yu Ma, Yanlei Su, Runnan Zhang*, Zhongyi Jiang*. Thermal-facilitated interfacial polymerization toward high-performance polyester desalination membrane, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 8470-8479.

[9] Yanan Liu, Jingyuan Guan, Yanlei Su, Runnan Zhang*, Jialin Cao, Mingrui He, Jinqiu Yuan, Fei Wang, Xinda You, Zhongyi Jiang*. Graphene oxide membranes with an ultra-large interlayer distance through vertically grown covalent organic framework nanosheets, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 25458-25466.

[10] Jianliang Shen, Runnan Zhang*, Yanlei Su, Benbing Shi, Xinda You, Weixiong Guo, Yu Ma, Jinqiu Yuan, Fei Wang, Zhongyi Jiang*. Polydopamine-modulated covalent organic framework membranes for molecular separation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 18063-18071.