Jiaxing Huang

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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]

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References

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