Dr. Jaeyun Moon is leading the Complex Materials Group at the University of Florida within the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department. His research focuses on microscopically understanding fundamental materials properties of various complex materials such as liquids and glasses and harnessing this knowledge for providing novel design principles for energy applications ranging from batteries and nuclear reactors to thermoelectrics. In his free time, he enjoys cycling, swimming, and hiking.
Contact: jaeyun.moon at ufl.edu
Full CV can be found here.
Education
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 2020
- M.S., California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 2016
- B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) with the highest honor, 2014
Work Experience
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Cornell University, 2023 – 2025
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory & University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2020 – 2023
Professional Service
- Guest Editor for Special Topic: Disordered Materials at the Atomic Scale, Journal of Applied Physics
- Referee for Nature Physics, Physical Review X, Physical Review Letters, npj Computational Materials, Cell Reports Physical Sciences, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, and others.
- Member of ASME Heat Transfer Division K9 Committee on Nanoscale Thermal Transport
- Session chair, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Conference on Computational Physics, 2025
- Session chair, MRS April Meeting, 2024
Awards
- Samsung Fellowship
- Resnick Graduate Fellowship
- Acosta Fellowship
- International Union of Crystallography Young Scientist Award
- SAMPE Tech Conference Outstanding Paper Award