Jiaxing Huang

Jiaxing Huang is a Chinese researcher, materials scientist, and chair professor of materials science at Westlake University. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 2016, he received the Humboldt Prize for research.^[1]

He is one of the most cited researchers. A paper he published in 2003 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society is one of the most cited paper in the field of Polymer chemistry.^[2][3]

Education and career

Jiaxing obtained a degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China and a doctorate degree in chemistry from the University of California. He was a faculty member at Northwestern University,^[4] where he became a full professor, before he joined Westlake University in 2021

He is chair professor of materials in the university's School of Engineering.^[1]

In 2014, he received the Guggenheim Fellowship, and in 2016, he received the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship.^[1]

Since 2020, he is the editor-in-chief of Accounts of Materials Research, a journal published by American Chemical Society.^[5]