2022至今 清华大学，助理研究员

2021-2022 美国通用汽车公司（General Motors Company），高级研究员

2017-2021 美国马里兰大学（University of Maryland），博士后

2015-2017 美国南卡罗来纳大学（University of South Carolina），博士后

2013-2015 清华大学，博士后

Ionics期刊Managing Editor

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, ACS Applied Interfaces & Materials等20多种国际学术期刊审稿人

固态电池、固体氧化物燃料电池

导电（离子、电子）、电催化功能陶瓷材料

长期从事导电及电催化功能陶瓷材料的制备和固态电化学能量转化及存储器件的设计开发和产业化应用研究，在固态氧离子-电子混合导体材料、固态锂离子导体电解质材料及固态电池的电解质-电极界面等方面进行深入研究，积累了丰富的理论知识和实践经验，并已取得一系列代表性成果和技术专利（见学术成果）。

作为团队技术骨干，参与管理多个由中国自然科学基金或美国能源部资助的重大项目，以及美、德两国政府共同资助的由多所高校及国家实验室参与的国际合作项目。

已在国内外重要学术期刊或会议发表论文/摘要近30篇，其中一作/通讯作者16篇，获授权中国专利3项，申请美国专利3项。

代表论文：

1. Yaoyu Ren, Timo Danner, Alexandra Moy, Martin Finsterbusch, Tanner Hamann, Jan Dippell, Till Fuchs, Marius Müller, Ricky Hoft, André Weber, Larry A. Curtiss, Peter Zapol, Matthew Klenk, Anh T. Ngo, Pallab Barai, Brandon Wood, Rongpei Shi, Liwen F. Wan, Tae Wook, Martin Engels, Jagjit Nanda, Felix H. Richter, Arnulf Latz, Venkat Srinivasan,* Jürgen Janek,* Jeff Sakamoto,* Eric Wachsman,* Dina Fattakhova-Rohlfing.* Oxide-based solid-state batteries: A perspective on composite cathode architecture. Advanced Energy Materials, 13 (1): 2201939 (2023). (Editor’s Choice)

2. Yaoyu Ren, Eric Wachsman.* All solid-state Li/LLZO/LCO battery enabled by alumina interfacial coating. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169 (4): 040529 (2022). (Focus issue in honor of John Goodenough: a centenarian milestone)

3. Yaoyu Ren,* Yang Shen, Yuanhua Lin, Ce-Wen Nan.* Microstructure manipulation for enhancing the resistance of garnet-type solid electrolytes to “short circuit” by Li metal anodes. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11 (6): 5928-5937 (2019).

4. Yaoyu Ren, Yuan Cheng, Raymond J. Gorte, Kevin Huang.* Toward stabilizing Co3O4 nanoparticles as an oxygen reduction reaction catalyst for intermediate-temperature SOFCs. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 164: F3001-F3007 (2017).

5. Yaoyu Ren,* Ting Liu, Yang Shen, Yuanhua Lin, Ce-Wen Nan. Garnet-type oxide electrolyte with novel porous-dense bilayer configuration for rechargeable all-solid-state lithium batteries. Ionics, 23 (9): 2521-2527 (2017).

6. Yaoyu Ren,* Ting Liu, Yang Shen, Yuanhua Lin, Ce-Wen Nan.* Chemical compatibility between garnet-like solid state electrolyte Li6.75La3Zr1.75Ta0.25O12 and major commercial lithium battery cathode materials. Journal of Materiomics, 2: 256-264 (2016).

7. Yaoyu Ren,* Yang Shen, Yuanhua Lin, Ce-Wen Nan.*Direct observation of lithium dendrites inside garnet-type lithium-ion solid electrolyte. Electrochemistry Communications 57: 27-30 (2015). (ISI highly cited paper)

8. Yaoyu Ren,* Kai Chen, Rujun Chen, Ting Liu, Yibo Zhang, Ce-Wen Nan.* Oxide Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 98: 1–21 (2015). (Invited feature article)

9. Yaoyu Ren,* Hui Deng, Rujun Chen, Yang Shen, Yuanhua Lin, Ce-Wen Nan.* Effect of Li source on microstructure and ionic conductivity of Li6.75La3Zr1.75Ta0.25O12 ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 35: 561-572 (2015).