Professional Experience

Education

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1997
M.S., Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1993
B.S., Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1990

Turnipseed Family Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020 – present
Environmental Group Coordinator, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2016 – 2019
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2014 – present
Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2007 – 2014
Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000 – 2007
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997 – 1999
Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, 1991 – 1997

Guest Professorship:

Qiushi Chair Professor, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2017 -2020
Guest Professor, National Cheng Kung University and National Taiwan University, Taiwan, March, 2017
Guest Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, June, 2016
Adjunct Professor, College of Civil and Municipal Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, 2013 – 2016
ORISE Visiting Professor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June-Aug, 2012
Guest Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, May, 2012
Guest Professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, March, 2012
Guest Professor, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, May-Aug, 2009

Awards and Recognition

2022, Best Paper Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), ACS ES&T Water
2022, CAPEES/Nanova Lifetime Achievement Award
2021, AEES Outstanding Faculty Award, Georgia Tech
2018, Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series, Peking University, Beijing, China
2017, AEES Outstanding Faculty Award, Georgia Tech
2017, Distinguished Guest Professor Fellowship, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2016, AEESP Distinguished Service Award
2014, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America Chemist Award
2014, Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES) Distinguished Service Award
2013, Georgia Tech CEE Senior Faculty Teaching Award
2012, Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)/Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
2012, Guest Professor Fellowship, Tongji University, China
2012, Guest Professor Fellowship, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2012, “Thank a Teacher” Award by Georgia Tech Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
2012, Invited Speaker, the Disinfection By-Products Gordon Research Conference, South Hadley, MA, USA
2012, American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry Certificate of Appreciation
2011, American Chemical Society Peer Review Certificate of Appreciation
2009, Guest Professor Fellowship, National Science Council, Taiwan
2008, “Thank a Teacher” Award by Georgia Tech Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
2004, Invited Speaker, the Environmental Sciences Water Gordon Conference, Polymouth, NH, USA
1997, First Author, American Chemical Society (ACS) Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Research Paper Award

Awards Received by Dr. Huang’s Advisees:

2023, Gonter Research Paper Award, ACS, Division of Environmental Chemistry (J. Wang)
2023, 1^st place, Best Poster Award, the 5^th ILSEPT Conference (T. Liu)
2022, Best Paper Award, American Chemical Society, ACS ES&T Water (J. Kim)
2022, Georgia Tech President Undergraduate Research Award (C. Krall)
2021, ACS Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award (L. Stoy)
2020, CAPEES Founding President Best Paper Award (C. Luo)
2020, AEES Outstanding PhD Student Award (C. Luo)
2020, ACS Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award (C. Luo)
2019, Midwest Coal Ash Association (MCAA) Student Award (W. Zhang)
2018, Bill Schutz Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (C. Luo)
2018, American Chemical Society (ACS) Certificate of Merit (Best Presentation) (C. Luo)
2017, Air & Water Waste Managment scholarship and invited presentation (C. Luo)
2017, World of Coal Ash (WOCA) Confernece best poster presentation (W. Zhang)
2016, Global Waste Management Symposium Best Student Presentation 2nd place (J. Renew)
2016, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (L. Mast)
2015, Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) Scholar (L. Mast)
2015-2016, P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship (W.-N. Lee)
2015, Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (P.Z. Sun)
2014, Georgia Tech CEE Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (P.Z. Sun)
2014, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) Undergraduare Research Fellow (M. Carrasquillo)
2014, American Chemical Society (ACS) Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Research Paper Award (P.Z. Sun)
2014, American Chemical Society (ACS) Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award (P.Z. Sun)
2014, Georgia Tech AEES Outstanding Doctoral Student Award (P.Z. Sun)
2012, American Chemical Society (ACS) Certificate of Merit (Best Presentation) (L. Padhye)
2010, American Chemical Society (ACS) Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award (L. Padhye)
2010, Georgia Tech AEES Outstanding Doctoral Student Award (L. Padhye)
2005, Georgia Tech CEE Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (H. Zhang)
2003, Georgia Tech CEE Best M.S. Thesis Award (M. Dodd)
2002, American Chemical Society (ACS) Certificate of Merit (Best Presentation) (H. Zhang)

Selected Professional Services and Contributions

Editorship: Associate Editor, ACS ES&T Water (2020-present); Associate Editor, Science of the Total Environment (2018-2020); Editorial Advisory Board, Environmental Science & Technology (2016-present); Editorial Advisory Board, Environmental International (2018-2021); Guest Editor, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Drinking Water Special Issue (2012-2013)
Professional Organization Services: Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Secretary (2014-2016) and Elected Board Member (2013-2016); AEESP Conference Site Selection Committee (2011-2016); AEESP Membership Committee (2011-2013)
Professional Organization Services: Association of Chinese American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Sciences (CAPEES) Board of Directors Chair (2011), President (2010), President-Elect (2009), and Founding Committee Member (2007)
Conference/Workshop Chair, Organizer and Program Committee: (i) the 76^th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, poster session (2003); (ii) the 1st International Conference on Environmental Exposure and Health (2005) – Symposium of Emerging Water Contaminants: Environmental Fate and Health Effects; (iii) the 231st ACS National Meeting (2006) – Symposium of Advances in Surface-Mediated Transformation in Environmental Systems; (iv) Emerging Contaminant Workshop (2007) for metro Atlanta water officials, co-organized and sponsored by R2T, Inc. and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; (v) the 6^th International Conference on Sustainable Water Environment, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA (2010); (vi) the 8^th International Conference on Sustainable Water Environment, Guilin, China (2012); (vii) the 250th ACS National Meeting (2015) – Symposium of Resource Recovery and Contaminant Elimination in Waste Streams of Increasing Concern; (viii) the 252nd ACS National Meeting (2016) – Symposium of Aquatic Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Professor Alan T. Stone; Symposium of Advances in Understanding Antibiotics, Antibiotic Resistance Genes & Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Engineering & Natural Environment; (ix) Chair and organizer of the “Peroxy Acids for Water Treatment” Workshop, Atlanta, May 23, 2019; (x) Chair for the Symposium of Advances in chemical Oxidative Processes for Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater, the ACS National Meeting (2021); (xi) Co-Chair, Symposium on “Women in Science & Engineering (WISE), the ACS National Meeting (2023, 2024).
Professional Organization Technical Committees: AWWA Organic Contaminant Committee (2011-2014); AWWA Project Advisory Committee (2013-present).
Professional Organization Memberships: Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP); American Chemical Society (ACS); American Water Works Association (AWWA); Water Environment Federation (WEF); International Water Association (IWA); Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC); Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP).