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{{family name hatnote|[[Ren (surname)|Ren]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name              = Ren Mei'e
|native_name = 任美鍔
|image             = 
|birth_date        = 8 September 1913
|birth_place       = [[Ningbo]], [[Zhejiang]], China
|death_date        = {{death date and age|df=y|2008|11|4|1913|9|8}}
|citizenship       = China
|fields            = [[geology]]<br>[[geomorphology]]<br>coastal science<br>marine science
|workplaces        = [[Zhejiang University]]<br>[[Fudan University]]<br>[[Nanjing University]]<br>NIGLAS
|alma_mater        = [[Nanjing University]] (B.S)<br>[[University of Glasgow]] (PhD)
|known_for         = geology<br>geomorphology<br>modern China's coastline & ports plan
|awards            = [[Victoria Medal (geography)|Victoria Medal]] (1986)
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}}

'''Ren Mei'e''' ({{zh|t=任美鍔|w=Jen Mei-e}}; 1913–2008) was a Chinese [[geomorphologist]], [[geologist]], [[marine (ocean)|marine]] and [[coastline|coastal]] scientist, educator and professor, who was the main founder for the study of many related subjects in [[modern China]].

==Biography==
Ren was born in [[Zhenhai District|Zhenhai]], [[Ningbo]], [[Zhejiang]], China on 8 September 1913. In 1934 Ren graduated from the Department of Geology of National Central University (now [[Nanjing University]]). In 1939 Ren received his doctorate from the [[University of Glasgow]], [[Scotland]].

Ren was a professor of [[Zhejiang University]], [[Fudan University]] and later [[Nanjing University]]. He was the head of the Department of Geography (now School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences), Nanjing University.

Ren was selected to be an academician of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]] in 1980.

==Academic positions==
* Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1980 election)
* President, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS, formally known as the Geographic Institute of China)
* Honorary President, Chinese Society for Oceanography
* President and later Honorary President, [[Chinese Geographical Society]]

==Honors and awards==
Ren received the [[Victoria Medal (geography)|Victoria Medal]] from the [[Royal Geographical Society]] of London in 1986.

==External links==
* [http://www.hlhl.org.cn/english/showsub.asp?id=341 The Holeung Ho Lee Foundation - Ren Mei-E]
* [http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Ren_Meie China Vitae - Ren Meie]
* [http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Ren_Meie/bio China Vitae - brief biography of Ren Meie]

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