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Jun Young Cheong commenced work as a Reader in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow since May 2024, focusing on the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Previously, he was a group leader at the University of Bayreuth, in the Department of Chemistry and the Bavarian Center for Battery Technology (Baybatt), which is a state-funded battery research center in Bavaria. Before his tenure at Bayreuth, he served as a staff engineer at Samsung SDI, specializing in electrode processing. Jun holds a BS degree, an MS degree, and a PhD degree in materials science engineering from KAIST, Korea. His research interests encompass the synthesis of functional materials, energy storage, and conversion, with a significant emphasis on the materials manufacturing aspects of lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, and next-generation batteries. He is also interested in integrating energy storage systems with energy harvesters and welcomes collaboration from individuals with backgrounds in chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering.