Dr. Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, at NCKU. He earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from NCKU in 2011 and his M.S. in Chemistry from NTU in 2013 under the supervision of Professor Chao-Tsen Chen (陳昭岑). In 2016, he pursued a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, under the guidance of Professor Valérie C. Pierre, and he graduated in 2021. After completing his postdoctoral research with Professor Jonathan L. Sessler at the University of Texas at Austin (2021–2025), he joined the Chemistry Department at NCKU.

Research Interests

1. Physical Chemistry
2. Extractive metallurgy
3. Separation sciences
4. Coordination Chemistry

Education

1. Postdoc - Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin (2021-2025, advisor: Jonathan L. Sessler)
2. PhD - Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (2016-2021, advisor: Valérie C. Pierre)
3. MS - Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei (2011-2013, advisor: Chao-Tsen Chen)
4. BS - Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan (2007-2011, mentor: Mei-Jywan Syu)

Award

1. Huang, S.-Y. Domino The Cat Traveling Award from the University of Texas at Austin. 2024
2. Huang, S.-Y. Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Minnesota. 2020-2021
3. Huang, S.-Y. John Wertz Fellowship from the Department of Chemistry of the University of Minnesota. 2019-2020
4. Huang, S.-Y. Luminescent lanthanide complexes for anion sensing in water. Paul and Gerda Gassman Award, Outstanding Research and Presentations, oral presentation, University of Minnesota, June 4, 2019
5. Huang, S.-Y. Government Scholarship to Study Abroad, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2016-2018

Presentation

1. Huang, S.-Y.; Sessler, J. L. Material-supported supramolecular receptors for environmental remediation and critical materials recovery, 21st Symposium on Separation Science and Technology for Energy Applications (SS&T), Knoxville, Oct. 25, 2023.
2. Huang, S.-Y.; Pierre, V. C. Sponge Out Phosphate, 3-Minute Thesis: College-Level Competition, UMN, Minneapolis, USA, Oct. 29, 2020.
3. Huang, S.-Y.; Pierre, V. C. Trivalent Metal Complexes for Anion Binding in water, CBITG symposium, flash talk, UMN, Minneapolis, USA, May 20, 2020.
4. Huang, S.-Y.; Qian, M; Pierre, V. C. Luminescent lanthanide complexes for anion sensing in water, CBITG symposium, poster presentation, UMN, Minneapolis, USA, May 22, 2019.
5. Huang, S.-Y.; Pierre, V. C. A luminescent resin for phosphate recycling, NGRPC conference, poster presentation, UMN, Minneapolis, USA, June 10-12, 2018.
6. Huang, S.-Y.; Pierre, V. C. Polymeric lanthanide complexes for phosphate detection and recycling, annual MIKI meeting, poster presentation, UMN, Minneapolis, USA, April 7-9, 2017.

Outreach

1. Interdisciplinary Gamified Teaching of Critical Metals - Hidden Treasures Outreach. Center for Sustainable Separations of Metals. 2022 (virtual)
2. Design and evaluation of an environmental outreach activity for middle school students. Central Middle School, 2019

Reference

1. Prof. Jonathan L. Sessler (Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin), sessler@cm.utexas.edu, https://www.sessler.cm.utexas.edu/
2. Prof. Valérie C. Pierre (Chemistry, University of Utah), *Moved since 2024. v.pierre@utah.edu, https://www.vcplab.com/
3. Prof. Zachariah A. Page (Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin), zpage@utexas.edu, https://www.zpagegroup.com/
4. R&D Staff Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev (ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN), bryantsevv@ornl.gov, https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/vyacheslav-bryantsev