Prof. Yu Huang (Keynote)

Prof. Yu Huang

Traugott and Dorothea Frederking Endowed Chair in Engineering

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Phone: (310) 869-1328 · E-mail: yuhuangucla@gmail.com · URL: http://yhuang.seas.ucla.edu

Education

09/1999 – 08/2003: Harvard University — Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
09/1999 – 06/2002: Harvard University — M.A. in Chemistry
09/1994 – 06/1999: University of Science and Technology of China — B.Sc. in Chemistry

Positions

2024 – current: Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry — UCLA
2024 – current: Faculty Scientist — Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
2022 – current: Traugott and Dorothea Frederking Endowed Chair in Engineering — UCLA
2021 – 2024: Chair, Materials Science & Engineering — UCLA
2018 – 2021: Vice Chair, Materials Science & Engineering — UCLA
2015 – current: Professor, Materials Science & Engineering — UCLA
2011 – 2015: Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering — UCLA
2006 – 2011: Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering — UCLA
2003 – 2006: Lawrence Postdoctoral Fellow — Lawrence Livermore National Lab/MIT

Contact

Phone: (310) 869-1328
E-mail: yuhuangucla@gmail.com
URL: http://yhuang.seas.ucla.edu

Selected Honors

2005 Henry Samueli Fellowship (UCLA Henry Samueli School of Applied Sciences and Engineering)
2004 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Young Chemist Prize
2003 MIT Technology Review World Top 100 (TR100) Young Innovators
2002 Grand Prize winner of Collegiate Inventors Competition (National Inventors Hall of Fame)
2001 MRS Graduate Student Award (Silver Award)

Selected Journal Publications (Google Scholar H-index 160, with over 110,000 citations)

1. Sparsely dispersed CeOₓ-stabilized Pt nanoparticles overcome Pt loading–durability trade-off for highly durable heavy-duty fuel cells

Peng, B., Liu, Z., Tsai, Y.J., Hsiao, T.J., Jia, Q., Wen, J., Zhou, T., Segre, C.U., Duan, X., Huang, Y.* (2026). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 148, 11, 11871–11878

2. Precision chemistry for the hydrogen cycle

Duan, X.*, Huang, Y.* (2025). Precision Chemistry, 3(10), 567-569

3. A cation-exchange approach to tunable magnetic intercalation superlattices

Zhou, J., Zhou, J., Wan, Z., Qian, Q., Ren, H., Yan, X., Zhou, B., Zhang, A., Pan, X., Fang, W., Ping, Y., Sofer, Z., Huang, Y.*, Duan, X.* (2025). Nature, 643, 683-690

4. Pt catalyst protected by graphene nanopockets enables lifetimes of over 200,000h for heavy-duty fuel cell applications

Liu, Z., Peng, B., Tsai, Y., Zhang, A., Xu, M., Zang, W., Yan, X., Xing, L., Pan, X., Duan, X., Huang, Y.* (2025). Nature Nanotechnology, 20, 807-814

5. Hydrogen transfer pathway controls selectivity in electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction

Wan, C., Ager, J.W.*, Huang, Y.* (2025). Nature Chemistry, 17, 307-308

6. Biomimetic cell stimulation with a graphene oxide antigen-presenting platform for developing T cell-based therapies

Zhu E., Yu, J., Li, Y., Ma, F., Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Li, M., Kim, Y., Zhu, Y., Hahn, Z., Zhou, Y., Brown, J., Zhang, Y., Pelegrini, M., Hsiai, T., Yang, L.*, Huang, Y.* (2024). Nature Nanotechnology, 19, 1914-1922

7. Embedded oxide clusters stabilize sub-2nm Pt nanoparticles for highly durable fuel cells

Peng, B., Liu, Z., Sementa, L., Jia, Q., Sun, Q., Segre, C., Liu, E., Xu, M., Tsai, Y., Yan, X., Zhao, Z., Huang, J., Pan, X., Duan, X., Fortunelli, A.*, Huang, Y.* (2024). Nature Catalysis, 7, 818–828

8. Highly selective electrochemical reduction of CO₂ into methane on nanotwinned Cu

Cai, J., Zhao, Q., Hsu, W.-Y., Choi, C., Liu, Y., Martirez, J.M., Chen, C., Huang, J., Carter, E.*, Huang, Y.* (2023). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 16, 9136–9143

9. Graphene nanopocket encaged PtCo nanocatalysts for highly durable fuel cell operation under the demanding ultralow Pt loading conditions

Zhao, Z., Liu, Z., Zhang, A., Yan, X., Xue, W., Peng, B., Xin, H., Pan, X., Duan, X., Huang, Y. (2022). Nature Nanotechnology, 17, 968-975

10. Experimental Sabatier plot for predictive design of active and stable Pt-alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

Huang, J., Sementa, L., Liu, Z., Barcaro, G., Feng, M., Liu, E., Jiao, L., Xu, M., Leshchev, D., Lee, S.J., Li, M., Wan, C., Zhu, E., Liu, Y., Peng, B., Duan, X., Goddard III, W.A.*, Fortunelli, A.*, Jia, Q.*, Huang, Y.* (2022). Nature Catalysis, 5, 513-523

11. Silver nanoparticles boost charge extraction efficiency in Shewanella microbial fuel cells

Cao, B., Zhao, Z., Peng, L., Shiu, H., Ding, M., Song, F., Guan, X., Lee, C.K., Huang, J., Zhu, D., Fu, X., Wong, G.C.L., Liu, C., Nealson, K., Weiss, P.S., Duan, X., Huang, Y. (2021). Science, 373, 1336-1340

12. Highly active and stable stepped Cu surface for enhanced electrochemical CO₂ reduction to C₂H₄

Choi, C., Kwon, S., Cheng, T., Xu, M., Tieu, P., Lee, C., Cai, J., Lee, H.M., Pan, X., Duan, X., Goddard, W.A.*, Huang, Y.* (2020). Nature Catalysis, 3, 804–812

13. General synthesis and definitive structural identification of MN₄C₄ single-atom catalysts with tunable electrocatalytic activities

Fei, H., Dong, J., Feng, Y., Allen, C.S., Wan, C., Volosskiy, Li, M., Zhao, Z., Wang, Y., Sun, H., An, P., Chen, W., Guo, Z., Lee, C., Chen, D., Shakir, I., Liu, M., Hu, T., Li, Y., Kirkland, A.I., Duan, X.*, Huang, Y.* (2018). Nature Catalysis, 1, 63–72

14. Ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires enable ultrahigh mass activity for the oxygen reduction reaction

Li, M., Zhao, Z., Cheng, T., Fortunelli, A., Chen, C.Y., Yu, R., Zhang, Q., Gu, L., Merinov, B.V., Lin, Z., Zhu, E., Yu, T., Jia, Q., Guo, J., Zhang, L., Goddard, W.A.*, Huang, Y.*, Duan, X.* (2016). Science, 354(6318), 1414–1419

15. High-performance transition metal–doped Pt₃Ni octahedra for oxygen reduction reaction

Huang, X., Zhao, Z., Cao, L., Chen, Y., Zhu, E., Lin, Z., Li, M., Yan, A., Zettl, A., Wang, Y.M., Duan, X., Mueller, T.*, Huang, Y.* (2015). Science, 348(6240)

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