Fan Ren is a distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, Electrochemical Society, Materials Research Society, Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers and American Vacuum Society. He won a Teacher and Scholar Award from the University of Florida in 2014 and the Gordon E Moore Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Solid State Science and Technology from the Electrochemical Society in 2013.