Dr. Gan Huang

Dr. Gan Huang

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Institute of Microstructure Technology
    Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
    76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

CV

  • 2025-present     PI of Helmholtz Investigator Group, and Head of “Hybrid Solar Technologies (HST)” Lab
  • 2022- present    Honorary Research Fellow, Imperial College London
  • 2022-2025         Group Leader and KIT YIG-Prep-Pro Fellow, Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • 2021-2022         Research Scientist, Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • 2019-2021         Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
  • 2018-2019         Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
  • 2017                   Visiting PhD student, Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2013-2018         PhD student, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University

 Research interests:

  • Our research integrates experimental and modelling approaches to advance next-generation solar energy technologies. Our focus is on leveraging solar energy and universe coldness to develop sustainable solutions for cooling, heating, electricity generation, and solar fuels. We work across material, device, and system levels. More details can be found on the HST lab website.

Selected Awards and Honours:

  • Fraunhofer UMSICHT Science Prize, 2024
  • Helmholtz Best Scientific Image Award, 2023
  • 35 Innovators Under 35 (Europe) awarded by MIT Technology Review, 2023
  • Young Scientists in 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting & Carl Zeiss Fellowship, 2022
  • Sir Williams Wakeham Highly Commended Award at Imperial College London, 2021
  • Best Paper Award (ECOS2020), 2021
  • Outstanding PhD Thesis Award of Tsinghua University, 2018

  Publications:

  Google Scholar

  Vacant positions:

We have openings for Master students, PhD candidates, and Postdoctoral researchers (updated: 2025). We also welcome fellowship applications, including DAAD, CSC, Helmholtz-OCPC, Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship, and Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. For inquiries, please contact Dr. Gan Huang via email.