Yuxun Ren has been an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Central Florida since January 2025 and holds a joint appointment at the Resilient, Intelligent and Sustainable Energy Systems cluster (RISES). He obtained his doctorate in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2019. From 2019 to 2023, he received postdoc training at Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Maryland, College Park. He also worked as a senior scientist in the battery industry from 2023 to 2024.