Kevin Huang

Kevin Huang is currently a South Carolina SmartState Endowed professor and director at University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. He received his PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 1992. After his PhD study, he joined Prof. John B. Goodenough’s group as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin in 1995. After 5 years, he joined Siemens Energy as a senior engineer in 2000 and was promoted to the rank of fellow engineer by 2008. In 2010, he joined the University of South Carolina as an associate professor and was promoted to full professor in 2015 and to the current endowed professorship in 2018. Over his research career, he has published 270 peer-reviewed journal articles, 3 books, 4 book chapters and 14 patents. His primary research areas include batteries, fuel cells, membranes, and modeling. He was the recipient of 2023 Class Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials, and numerous university’s awards including: 2018 Breakthrough Leadership in Research Award, 2017 Educational Foundation Award for Research in Science, Mathematics and Engineering, 2015 College of Engineering and Computing Research Achievement Award, and 2014 University of South Carolina Breakthrough Stars.

Kevin Huang has been an active ACerS member since 2010 in the division of Basic Science, Electronics and Energy Materials and Systems, and Carolina chapter.

Kevin Huang is currently working on high-temperature solid oxide electrolytic cells for hydrogen production, carbon capture and conversion membrane reactors for decarbonization and rechargeable aqueous Zinc-ion batteries for stationary energy storage.