2022至今 清華大學，助理研究員

2021-2022 美國通用汽車公司（General Motors Company），高級研究員

2017-2021 美國馬裡蘭大學（University of Maryland），博士後

2015-2017 美國南卡羅來納大學（University of South Carolina），博士後

2013-2015 清華大學，博士後

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多種國際學術期刊審稿人

固态電池、固體氧化物燃料電池

導電（離子、電子）、電催化功能陶瓷材料

長期從事導電及電催化功能陶瓷材料的制備和固态電化學能量轉化及存儲器件的設計開發和産業化應用研究，在固态氧離子-電子混合導體材料、固态锂離子導體電解質材料及固态電池的電解質-電極界面等方面進行深入研究，積累了豐富的理論知識和實踐經驗，并已取得一系列代表性成果和技術專利（見學術成果）。

作為團隊技術骨幹，參與管理多個由中國自然科學基金或美國能源部資助的重大項目，以及美、德兩國政府共同資助的由多所高校及國家實驗室參與的國際合作項目。

已在國内外重要學術期刊或會議發表論文/摘要近30篇，其中一作/通訊作者16篇，獲授權中國專利3項，申請美國專利3項。

代表論文：

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).