Dr. Kuo-Wei (Andy) Huang is a professor of chemistry and the Associate Vice President for Research at KAUST, bringing expertise as a world leader in catalysis and formic acid electricity as a net-zero hydrogen carrier. Prior to joining the university in 2009 as a founding member, Prof. Huang taught as an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore (2007–2009), and as a Goldhaber Distinguished Fellow at Brookhaven National Laboratory (2004–2007). He is a co-author of more than 340 peer-reviewed international publications and a co-inventor of over 40 patents and patent applications. He has received numerous awards and fellow appointments. As a silver medalist of the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) from Taiwan, Prof. Huang enjoys fostering a passion for chemistry in Saudi Arabian youths in the role of consultant and trainer for the Saudi Team for the International Chemistry Olympiad (STIChO). ​

The research interests of Prof. Huang's group center on catalysis, including renewableenergy (water splitting), carbon dioxide utilization, hydrogen storage, kinetic and DFTstudies of transition metal and organocatalysis. Prof. Huang has co-founded two start-up companies, ULTIM and Lithium Infinity, to commercialize the pioneering researchtechnologies: using formic acid electricity as a net-zero hydrogen carrier to provide adisruptive energy storage and transport option to power a low-carbon energy future andselectively extracting lithium to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate from in-kingdomresources, respectively.​