Professor Mingxin HUANG
黃明欣
FHKEng [2025]
Chair Professor, Head of Department, Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Hong Kong
- Founding Member, The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences
- Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, (FIMMM)
- Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor (長江學者講座教授), Ministry of Education of China, 2020
- Awardee, Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology Award
- Awardee, The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
- Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology Award, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering, 2023
- Outstanding Researcher Award, The University of Hong Kong, 2023
- Innovator Award, The University of Hong Kong, 2023
- Top 1% worldwide by citations, Clarivate Analytics, 2023
- Croucher Senior Research Fellowship, Croucher Foundation, 2022
- Top 1% worldwide by citations, Clarivate Analytics, 2022
- Top 1% worldwide by citations, Clarivate Analytics, 2021
- Xplorer Prize (科學探索獎), Tencent Foundation, 2021
- Outstanding Researcher Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong, 2021
- Gold Medal, Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, 2021
- National Distinguished Young Scholars (國家傑出青年), The National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2024, the first recipient in Hong Kong in the field of Engineering
Prof. Mingxin Huang is the Chair Professor of Materials Technology and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at HKU. He is also the director of the Centre for Structural Materials at HKU. Prof. Huang has made exceptional contributions to academic research, technology transfer, and engineering applications in materials science. His landmark Super Steel research, published twice in Science and integrated into China’s national high school chemistry curriculum, reaching over 15 million students every year, highlights profound societal impact. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor. He has received prestigious honors including the Xplorer Prize, Croucher Senior Research Fellowship, and Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology Award. Prof. Huang has published over 190 SCI journal papers on international journals including Science, Science Advances, Materials Today, Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, JMPS and IJP etc， and has ranked among the global top 1% in Materials Science since 2021.
BEng
Engineering Mechanics
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
MSc
Engineering Mechanics
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
PhD
Materials Science
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands